In what state of readiness do you keep your shotgun?
Shotgun State Of Readiness
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cadmike
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I keep my 870 stoked with 6 in the mag but unchambered. 00 Buck.
sigp220.45
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Tube full, chamber empty.
Mossberg 590. 8 in tube, 1 in chamber. Safety on. #1 buckshot.
If I need a gun, racking in a shell is just one more thing that I could screw up.
If I need a gun, racking in a shell is just one more thing that I could screw up.
mckenney99
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6 - 00 buck in the mag, hammer down on an empty chamber. Same way we carried in patrol cars. Simple, grab forend and rack it, no need to hit the slide release to work the action as you have to do if the hammer is already cocked.
At risk of getting giggles, I don't keep a loaded shotgun in the house. A revolver works for me - we don't have a huge house; our area is really rural.
I do keep an old 22 rifle loaded for varmints too close to horses or the barn. My horses truly don't like shotgun or center fire revolver noise.
I do keep an old 22 rifle loaded for varmints too close to horses or the barn. My horses truly don't like shotgun or center fire revolver noise.
rkittine
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Revolver for me too. All 22 shotguns are empty and locked up.
Police safe. Start with an empty weapon. Point in a safe direction and pull the trigger to drop the hammer. Load the magazine. Mine is loaded with 6 rounds of 2 3/4 inch 00 buck.
Safety is off, chamber is empty. Just grab, rack and go. Just the way we used to carry them in the patrol units.
Safety is off, chamber is empty. Just grab, rack and go. Just the way we used to carry them in the patrol units.
Revolvers first. Pistols available, too. But yes, shotguns in the closet. The pump has a loaded tube, none in the chamber. The single shot has, of course, one in the chamber, but it's a hammer gun so the hammer stays down.
This little gun can be wielded as a club, too! It's ATF legal size, too!
This little gun can be wielded as a club, too! It's ATF legal size, too!
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Which means...?
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short barrel (20 inch)870 within reach from bed . high brass #6 in chamber followed by 3 buckshot followed by 1slug .3 buckshot & 3 slugs in buttstock shell keeper .all family with access instructed in use and safe handling . kenny
short barrel (20 inch)870 within reach from bed . high brass #6 in chamber followed by 3 buckshot followed by 1slug .3 buckshot & 3 slugs in buttstock shell keeper .all family with access instructed in use and safe handling . kenny
Rastoff
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If it's in the safe, it's unloaded.
If I have it out for potential self-defense, it's fully loaded; full mag, full chamber. Otherwise it's just an expensive club.
If I have it out for potential self-defense, it's fully loaded; full mag, full chamber. Otherwise it's just an expensive club.
Protected One
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Shotgun is kept in safe, but with a full tube.
Protected One
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So where do you generally keep it?
Same as cruiser ready. Just not in the cruiser. I saw it mentioned in an article about this very subject.
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We all like pictures. This is my Ithaca M37 pump. Tube stoked, chamber empty. That shell carrier only has one round in it presently and I plan to move it to the single shot H&R Topper M88 shown above - THAT might need a reload. The Ithaca won't - my opinion, obviously. YMMV
Being we also have large animals around (4legged) no close neighbors, no cell service and LEO help if we could call could easily be a 20 minutes to a 1/2 hour out, we are ready to go.
Have 2 large cap Mossie 12G Pumps both loaded to first fire 00 buck then slugs. One is a nine shot and the other is a 10 shot detachable mag, also a spare loaded mag handy. The nine shot model has a bandoleer by it. As we have no kids both guns are chamber loaded safety on. If a SHTF event occurs we are prepared to ''repel borders" so to speak.
I'm not one of those people that relies on the shucking sound of a chamber being loaded will stop any hostilities. Stealth is best and if it comes to it the first noise heard is going to be a very loud BOOM!
Have 2 large cap Mossie 12G Pumps both loaded to first fire 00 buck then slugs. One is a nine shot and the other is a 10 shot detachable mag, also a spare loaded mag handy. The nine shot model has a bandoleer by it. As we have no kids both guns are chamber loaded safety on. If a SHTF event occurs we are prepared to ''repel borders" so to speak.
I'm not one of those people that relies on the shucking sound of a chamber being loaded will stop any hostilities. Stealth is best and if it comes to it the first noise heard is going to be a very loud BOOM!
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Thanks. I've heard of cruiser ready, but not closet ready.
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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.
Sun Roof?? Be Safe,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.
We had a captain create a small sunroof with his Ithaca. They promoted him, of course.
HOUSTON RICK
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I have moody teenagers around the house. Everything is in a vault of some kind.
2ndshift
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Why not? He proved he was competent.
blues7
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Locked up but "cruiser ready"
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.
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.
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Sistema1927
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Cruiser ready, safety off. As much #4 Buck as will fit in the magazine.
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ldausmc1369
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Cruiser ready here! 8 00 buck ready to go!
