School me on home defense shotguns

I feel that if you are racking the slide you are just telling the bad guy that you are not prepared and give you a second. Hopefully the first noise a bad guy hears from me is boom.

I think I will go with an 870 and light. Sounds just like what Im looking for. What lights and loads do you guys run? I assume you stack the loads for different effect from each round?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jhebrew

I feel that if you are racking the slide you are just telling the bad guy that you are not prepared and give you a second. Hopefully the first noise a bad guy hears from me is boom.

I think I will go with an 870 and light. Sounds just like what Im looking for. What lights and loads do you guys run? I assume you stack the loads for different effect from each round?

---

#00 buckshot
1 1/8oz loads (9 pellets)

you'll never remember what is in where, you have no idea what the threat is, etc.

just load it up with something super effective (00 buckshot)

I have a Malkoff MD2 light with an M61 emitter for a light. Federal 00 8-ball low recoil--no other loads necessary or warranted.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by aahorn

stick with a pump action shotgun with a full stock. make sure you get a flashlight on it.
i have a mossy 500 and love it, but if i had to go back and do it again i'd get a 870. IMO the 500's safety is horrendous. stock it came too tight to adjust, so i loosened the screw, but then the safety engaged itself from the recoil.. i ended up so annoyed with the stupid safety that i tightened it down in fire mode and now wont move (because the screw sucks and stripped so easily its garbage) other than that stupid screw/safety the gun is amazing

---

Remove safety, take the spring steel plate with the holes in it and open the hole that is located next to the screw hole. The holes allow the safety to be moved but not opened enough to lock the detent in to safe or fire. I did it to the last 3 500's i encountered and works like a charm, complete with screw set to correct tightness.

Something to consider: If you have a Mossy 500 and you want to put a pistol grip stock or an adjustable stock on it, the safety becomes a PITA. I just put one of these http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=4...TACTICAL-STOCK on mine and moving the safety requires you to take your hand off the pistol grip for a second... Not something I am a huge fan of, but I just keep it with the safety off and the chamber empty.

FWIW, the Kicklite stock is awesome.

I am currently running the Mossberg SA-20 tactical for my all-around shotgun. It is light, fast, and slick for an autolaoder. Downside, is there are little to no accessories for it. Therefore I had to modify existing ones to make them work. Costly, but worth it. The shotgun by itself cost me $475 NIB from Green Mountain Guns.

i prefer .223 for home defense way less penetration then a 12 gauge, smaller package, way more capacity, less recoil

^^ huh??? [NoEvil]

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by MB888

^^ huh??? [NoEvil]

---

i just dont see the point of a hd shotgun

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by cofi

i just dont see the point of a hd shotgun

---

you think a 5.56 going 3200 fps penetrates less than a round ball at 1325 fps?