Posted on 08/31/2006 1:52:11 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Nice post!
I think PB is getting at the target ID thing. A good point. I keep a Surefire at the bedside and frankly with me in the car. Even in broad daylight I have startled a few bums getting too close to me at a stop light.
Might want to look into adding a light to the shotgun.
I like the surefires, but I am getting to like the Pentagon lights just as much.
I am wanting a tactical light for perimeter clearing that is small enough I can stick in a pouch, yet has at least 150 Lumens.
Why? Because I have LOOOOONG porch on my house, and live in the woods. I like to check the ends of the house...the dark spots, when I get home late at night.
Check pawn shops and ebay. There are lots of 18.5 inch bbls for sale used out there.
Im looking for a short tube for my 20 ga mossberg now.
That's a fine shotgun, as is the 590 Mossberg.
I'm holding off for a Remington 870 Marine Magnum my own self. I keep a spanish 12 ga double for homeland defense right now, along with my Glock 26, but soon, I hope to have the Marine Magnum.
8 shots 12 ga, corrosion resistant finish, sights for shooting slugs..what else do you need to shoot goblins??
Ping!
SAGE advice..
If you are on the second floor, and have to get a child or older person from a room down the hall, have someone cover the stairs with a shotgun while you go down the hall, sidearm and surefire in hand.
Collect the loved ones, get them in the safe room, call 911, lock door and cover said door with scattergun.
Anything coming through there is potentially fair game...unless its a family member or a police office...Just wait for the cavalry to arrive.
Good Post
I've been checking eBay for months now looking for an inexpensive used 18.5" for my pawnshop steal of an 870 Wingmaster 26". No dice.
There are plenty listed, but the bidding gets silly in a hurry. By the time it's over, I could buy a brand new Mossy-made barrel. [/rant]
I agree with his opinion of pistol grips on a shotgun. I have a Mossberg 500, and I tried out a folding stock with a pistol grip. Even with #4 loads, it felt like it was trying to separate my thumb from the rest of my hand! I have better control with the regular stock tucked under my arm. Backup for really tight quarters is the H&K USP compact in .45 Your mileage may vary...
I've got the S&W 410C .40 "C" for the crimson trace grips. I like it lots, and would recommend them to anybody.
I have one that I put a Knoxx Spec-Ops double recoil reducing AR-type adjustable stock on and added the pic rail for signt or light....very nice weapon, lots of ammo for a shotgun....
The slimy lawyers and anti-gun/self-defense prosecutor will use customization of your gun as an indicator that you wanted to shoot someone.
That's the shotgun that I have and it looks identical to that pic except my son put a deaths head sticker on it. Kicks like a freakin' mule firing 3 1/2" mag loads.
But... but... but... Some FReepers swear by their mythical shotguns because one bullet will kill an army of thugs breaking down your doors. And if one bullet doesn't do it, you can fit it with a 50 bullet clip. It will vaporize a watermellon at 1,200 yards and yet the bullet won't penetrate drywall.
/parody
BANG!
Just go down to WalMart and get a Mossberg for a little over $200. They're pretty cheap and very effective.
Me neither. Looks like a Lasermax.
Not a proponent of shotguns for home defence (too cumbersome), but I'd go with a Mossberg pump.
Interesting discussion. I bought a pump shotgun so I could get THAT SOUND it makes when you pump it. At the top of my stairs in the foyer, you can hear a soft-spoken word all over the first floor.
SO - I'm going to pump my shotgun right there, and listen to them break their legs getting out of my house, instead of having to kill them. (Which I will do, if they don't run away...)
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