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IWI is getting in on the \u201cother\u201d firearm game with the new\u00a0Mafteah<\/a>. This semi-auto 12-gauge, 3-inch gun features a 14-inch smoothbore barrel and pistol grip, making it an \u201cother\u201d firearm under US law instead of a short barrel shotgun or any other weapon, either of which would be subject to NFA regulation. This new gun is named for the \u201c\u00a0Key of Solomon<\/a>\u201d textbook of magic, which I had to look up because I had never heard of it.<\/p>\n The Mafteah features a drilled and tapped receiver for optics mounting and features a pocket for direct-mounting red dot optics. Three MLOK slots sit on each side of the handguard for accessory mounting, and a strap on the bottom of the handguard keeps the support hand from drifting in front of the muzzle during firing. The gun is recoil operated, with a spring that surrounds the magazine tube operating the bolt. That magazine tube holds five 2 \u00be\u201d shells or four 3\u201d shells if you want a heftier payload. A vent rib with a bead front sight runs down the top of the barrel.<\/p>\n The MSRP for the Mafteah is $999.<\/p>\n From the manufacturer:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt is said the Key of Solomon could do almost anything, contain anything or anyone, and open any passageway one might need. This one isn\u2019t quite so magical, but it will do a number on opening doors. The MAFTEAH Shotgun is a semi-automatic auto loading, shotgun, 12Ga 3\u2019\u2019, with 14 inch barrel. It functions based on a recoil operated system that utilizes a recoil spring around the magazine tube. This allows the shotgun to be very compact and reliable.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Decision, decisions………… IWI Drops New Mafteah “Other” Firearm IWI is getting in on the \u201cother\u201d firearm game with the new\u00a0Mafteah. This semi-auto 12-gauge, 3-inch gun features a 14-inch smoothbore barrel and pistol grip, making it an \u201cother\u201d firearm under US law instead of a short barrel shotgun or any other weapon, either of which would … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-schtuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109559,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109558\/revisions\/109559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}