Show your pump action shotguns...

[shojikitsune]

Assuming you may be using your shotgun for HD:

Have you tried maneuvering in your home with you shotgun sling loaded with shells? I bought one and loaded it with shells and found very difficult to maneuver with shot shells in the sling. I bought a 50 round bandolier instead that I can throw over my shoulder.
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12 gauge 9 pellet 00 buckshot, Winchester segmenting slugs turned in the opposite direction.

I have, and fortunately for me, there's very little maneuvering to do. I live in a singlewide mobile home, and I can maneuver pretty well throughout the place. The sling plus all that buckshot makes it heavy as heck, though. My home defense plan right now is reliant on my .380 being enough gun because everything else is in the safe, though naturally if I have time every gun comes out for New York reloads. Fortunately, as my plan is to retreat to the bedroom at one end of the trailer (the room with the gun safe), the other end faces the brick walls on the back of a nearby strip mall. That gives me near two stories vertically and 50 yards left to right of backstop when facing my bedroom door (the internal trailer walls are effectively irrelevant). It also helps that a collection of run-down trailers in a run-down park just isn't inviting for most crooks. I have to use home carry for the .380 and a safe because I do have a roommate who has admitted he is not firearms savvy and doesn't wish to be. So, at least for right now, that's the compromise. Can't get rid of the roommate either. For all his other flaws, he pays his share of the rent on time, and in this time of uncertain employment, my landlord has generously raised everyone's rent...

 

[Hawaiian]

I need to get off my butt and add a mag tube extension and a light for HD.

 

[DunRanull]

Assuming you may be using your shotgun for HD:

Have you tried maneuvering in your home with you shotgun sling loaded with shells? I bought one and loaded it with shells and found very difficult to maneuver with shot shells in the sling. I bought a 50 round bandolier instead that I can throw over my shoulder.
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12 gauge 9 pellet 00 buckshot, Winchester segmenting slugs turned in the opposite direction.

Yes... carrying shells on the sling and even on the shottie itself can be a problem for maneuver esp. in tight spaces.. the bandoleer is probably the best way to carry extra rounds... a sack of shells can also be useful, if not quite as secure... I like keeping the weapon as light and handy as possible...

 

[DunRanull]

SSS

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[Dinglenutz]

A Remington Model 31 my dad gave me, and a 590

 

[DeanMk]

MrMillspecer,

That is one GORGEOUS 870!

 

[762x39]

My pump 12 ga. is a Mossberg 500, branded by Coast-to-Coast Hardware purchased in late '70s.

Rebarrled, hand grip stock, shell holder added with other changes. Loaded with Aguila 1 3/4" buckshot.

8 in the tube, 12 in the shell holder. Ready for home defense.

 

[DunRanull]

My pump 12 ga. is a Mossberg 500, branded by Coast-to-Coast Hardware purchased in late '70s.

Rebarrled, hand grip stock, shell holder added with other changes. Loaded with Aguila 1 3/4" buckshot.

8 in the tube, 12 in the shell holder. Ready for home defense.

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Should work! Have you had any cycling issues with the shorty Aguila rounds? Some have reported this, IF you did how did you fix it? bad*ss lookin rig!

 

[deadeye]

Should work! Have you had any cycling issues with the shorty Aguila rounds? Some have reported this, IF you did how did you fix it? bad*ss lookin rig!

I bought the insert for the action, well more than one anyways. It's just a little rubber insert to keep from double feeding issue.

OpSol Tactical Mini Clip Mini Shells 2.0 Compatible Adapter With 12ga Mossberg 736902383995 | eBay

Fits 12-gauge Mossberg 500, 590, 590A1, and Maverick 88 models. Lets you practice with less-expensive, lower-recoil Aguila 12-gauge 1.75″ birdshot, buckshot, and slug shells. Easily installs and uninstalls in seconds to allow use of 1.75″, 2.75″, or 3″ shells as desired.

www.ebay.com

 

[762x39]

Should work! Have you had any cycling issues with the shorty Aguila rounds? Some have reported this, IF you did how did you fix it? bad*ss lookin rig!

I have heard that some do have that issue with some other brand but Mossberg modifications seems easiest to deal with by installing a insert shorting the eject/loading port with an angled rubber mini block.

 

[vfm3]

Genuine Remington 870 MCS (manufactured as a normal shotgun). Got it direct from a Remington employee in 2014. It has metal Benelli follower instead of the orange plastic one. Over the years, it had the Remington metal folding stock (it sucks), Sage International telescopic stock, and the Remington RemLock stock. I've stuck with the field stock and sold all the other stocks.

Benelli Supernova with the Trijicon SRO. Only thing upgraded on it is a metal follower and hammer.

Franchi SAS-12. Super lightweight and points very naturally.

 

[Xrperry]

Just got the maverick 88 12 ga today, going to get pistol grip and sling
Maverick 88 20 ga youth

 

[NeSeR13]

My Mossberg 590A1 18.5in barrel w/ Magpul furniture and Mesa Tactical side saddle. Check out the pattern on that 00 buck!

 

[muppetman]

 

[Xrperry]

Maverick 88 12 ga security.....now has pistol grip and sling
Maverick 88 20 ga youth
Neither has been shot

 

[muppetman]

Upgrade alert! ;o)

Swapped out the SB Tactical SBM4 set up for the Gear Head Works Tailhook Mod2 adjustable set up. Small, compact, well built and super functional! Not the cheapest, but not the most expensive either. Loving it so far!

 

[orygun]

Upgrade alert! ;o)

Swapped out the SB Tactical SBM4 set up for the Gear Head Works Tailhook Mod2 adjustable set up. Small, compact, well built and super functional! Not the cheapest, but not the most expensive either. Loving it so far!

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Besides being very short, what's the reasoning behind using a brace instead of a collapsible butt?

 

[Salps]

Mossberg 590a1 Security XS
Hogue 12 inch stock set
M7 bayonet

 

[orygun]

Mossberg 590a1 Security XS
Hogue 12 inch stock set
M7 bayonet

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Much better than the turkey hunter thing you had...

 

[DeanMk]

How do you guys shoulder such short stocks?
I looked at a Keystone Crickett the other day and I couldn't get the stock to even touch my shoulder!