home defense shotgun selection

[A10]

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I'm confused. I had a 590 before it was stolen, and my department had 500s. I never had an issue with the slide release as a lefty.

The slide release is on the left side, directly behind the trigger guard. For me, the knuckle on my middle finger strikes the release and allows the slide to open under recoil. Maybe it's just the way I grip the gun, but under stress I'm probably not going to be focused on repositioning my hand to keep it clear of the release. On the 870, with the release forward of the trigger guard on the left side, it's not an issue. I can reach it with my trigger finger to actuate it.

 

[michael thornton]

get the 870 but a mod 12 winchester is right up there at the top!

 

[steamloco76]

I constantly see plain-jane Mossberg 500s for around the $100-150 in the used shotgun rack. Cut the barrel to 18 1/8" , add a shell holder on the stock and that's all ya need for home defense.

All them TACTI-COOL accessories are for mall-ninjas and fantasy-fighters.

I just made a 20 gage HD gun for my wife out of a New Haven 600 (Mossberg 500) that had a 28 inch Polychoke barrel. Paid $115 for the gun. Cut the barrel to 19 inches. Put an ATI AR 15 style butt-stock on it and a ghost ring sight heat shield and now she has a nice, slick intimidating looking HD gun for $200.

She shoots it very well too.

My HD shotgun is a Mossberg 500 12 gage with the 18.5 inch cylinder bore barrel and a 6 round Tac-Star receiver mounted ammo carrier. If I can't stop it with 11 rounds of 12 gage, there is a major problem.

 

[DMTWI]

I have both the 870 Express & a Mossy 500. I like both, but have more use for the 870. The pistol grip 'chopped' Mossy is a little hard to control.

 

[GatorFarmer]

That is the longest a shotgun thread has gone in a while with no one mentioning that you really want an M4 clone... AK... whatnot. Strange. Someone do that so that we can achieve closure.

 

[jspick]

I have tried many different shotguns over the years. I have one make now, it is the Rem. 870.

This is my main home defense shotgun. I bought a older Rem Express 870 and bought a blackhawk stock, a magazine tube extension and a used slug barrel with sights. I have $310 into this gun.

It is loaded with slugs. The chamber is empty and the trigger is in the "fired" condition and saftey off. It sits by the sliding glass door, just out of sight.

The reason for the collapsable stock is so it can fit my wife too. My purpose is to defend myself against grizzly bears. We had 10 different bears under the apple tree last fall IN ONE WEEK! My reason to have one is different than nost people but I have one doe the same reason.

John

 

[BearBio]

Here's my Model 12 I use.

My Model 97 for CAS (marked Adams Express)

And the 590 (going into the classifieds soon):

 

[michael thornton]

I have a mod 12 cut down to 24 inch had choke tubes instaled put rifel sights on it, its a good all around shot gun , my 21 inch 1187 is my bed side shotgun

 

[jframe]

My old 870 Wingmaster with a cut 18.5" barrel and four shot mag does the job just fine. Got less than three hundred bucks in it too, counting the barrel work.