first home defense shotgun

[funkymonkey1111]

You can never have enough scatterguns!

the 500/590 mossbergs are awesome. Got a couple o them..

Got a 930 spx as well.

Gonna get me one of them Benelli m4 next.

how do you like the 930?

OP,
one issue you need to resolve with the 870/500 choice is the location of the safety. some like the remington safety on the trigger guard. some prefer the safety on the top like the mossberg (like me). otherwise, there isn't a gnat's ass difference between them--if you decide to go with a pump.

[hammer03]

Remington 870, or a saiga with a drum if you don't think anything less than 30 rounds will do it for you.

[pikes_peak]

870 or Mossberg 590A1 in case you need to bayonet someone

[SouthPaw]

I went ahead and got the Maverick 88 18.5 BBL model at Sports Authority in Greeley. Came out to $218.02 with tax and a box of 5 00 Buckshot. Think it was a pretty decent deal.