Shotgun State Of Readiness

[NYlakesider]

Not a shotgun guy. My only experience with shotguns was a 2-hour familiarization course with the 870, with some range time. The instructor there, and other instructors who mentioned shotguns, recommended cruiser ready, loaded mag tube with empty chamber, because they're not drop safe, not to scare attackers by racking the slide.

In my post 18 I mentioned shucking slide, that was only for house use. I know about loaded chamber in a moving bouncing cop car.

LEO use is a totally different subject. Years back we did a lot of work for a large town force. One of their Matadors had a chamber loaded gun in a vertical rack. The driver went airborne over a RR track, there is a good reason for Cruiser ready status other than ear damage.

 

[vipermd]

In my post 18 I mentioned shucking slide, that was only for house use. I know about loaded chamber in a moving bouncing cop car.
LEO use is a totally different subject. Years back we did a lot of work for a large town force. One of their Matadors had a chamber loaded gun in a vertical rack. The driver went airborne over a RR track, there is a good reason for Cruiser ready status other than ear damage.

Sun Roof?? Be Safe,

 

[biku324]

We had a captain create a small sunroof with his Ithaca. They promoted him, of course.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I have moody teenagers around the house. Everything is in a vault of some kind.

 

[2ndshift]

Why not? He proved he was competent.

We had a captain create a small sunroof with his Ithaca. They promoted him, of course.

 

[blues7]

Locked up but "cruiser ready"

 

[Fastbolt]

In our area, in normal circumstances I don't keep my shotguns (nor rifles) loaded, and they're in one of the safes.

If I were to feel it prudent to keep one of my pump shotguns outside the safe in a "ready at hand" condition, it would be just like when I carried one at work (and how I was required to teach shotgun use as a LE firearms instructor). Trigger "pulled" on an EMPTY chamber, safety off & magazine full.

Yes, I have buckshot & slugs ready at hand to grab out of the safe with a shotgun, in boxes and (recently) a bandoleer. Old habits.

As a former Patrol FTO and firearms instructor (and armorer), I also have a handful of 12GA Dummy rounds. Handy to use to practice loading/unloading, replacing Buck w/Slug, etc ... to avoid using LIVE shells.

 

[blues7]

Cruiser Ready:

YouTube

Video from "Lucky Gunner"

 

[Sistema1927]

Cruiser ready, safety off. As much #4 Buck as will fit in the magazine.

 

[ldausmc1369]

Cruiser ready here! 8 00 buck ready to go!

 

[Goldstar225]

Cruiser ready, six 00 buck in the magazine tube, six slugs in the sidesaddle. Locked in my safe in my safe room. Loaded handguns readily available.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

For the past 48 years, including 24 years as a cop with a shotgun in the car with me every day, always the same way. Never any need to stop and think, when the time comes to deploy the shotgun the drill is always exactly the same.

Remington 870 pump 12-gauge. Magazine full, chamber empty, action cocked, safety engaged. Relatively safe for any routine handling. When needed, hit the slide release, cycle the slide to chamber a round, release the safety, and ready to fire. Far faster in practice than it takes me to write this, and I can easily do it in the dark without even looking at the shotgun. Never any questions, never any doubts.

Added benefit, here in Colorado anyway, is that the shotgun is perfectly legal for carry in an automobile. Fish & game laws prohibit long guns with a round chambered, but OK with empty chamber and full magazine, so if I choose to add the shotgun for a road trip it is always ready to go and in the expected condition if needed.

 

[scooter123]

Four rounds of #1 Buck in the tube and One in the chamber. Someone kicks in my door they aren't going to hear Chak Chak, if they listen closely they'll hear the snick of the safety going to Fire. BTW, no kids in the home.

 

[biku324]

Why not? He proved he was competent.

Two guys were discussing with me how this captain made major - one said, "Pole turtle." Neirher of us knew what that was, so he told that if you're driving on a country road with barbed-wire fence on either side of the road, then you suddenly see a turtle sat squarely on a fence pole you ask, "Well, how in Hades did he get up there??" - then you've experienced a 'pole turtle.' In policing you'll meet more than one.

 

[BlackTalonJHP]

Magazine full, safety off, hammer down, chamber empty

 

[oink]

Cruiser ready behind bedroom door.

 

[hotshot357]

Tube and chamber full, safety on and under the bed.No kids.

 

[cyphertext]

All hammer down, empty chamber, full magazine here as well. Doesn't matter if a Mossberg or a Remington is grabbed, rack the slide and it is ready.

 

[charlie sherrill]

As a retired LEO with over 40years on the job I carried mine cruiser ready while at work. At home it's a different story. I hunted with an 870 for many years. Still do. In my opinion that's better than any short lived training you may get. Now I keep mine by the bed and another in the other end of the house. They are fully loaded with #4 buckshot, safety on, including one in the barrel. No kids live here and when the grands come over everything gets locked up. An intruder won't hear the clack clack of me loading the barrel. In fact, they probably won't hear anything at all.

 

[StrawHat]

So "Cruiser Ready" is the tacti-cool way of saying Condition 3?

Kevin