How best to keep shotgun at the ready

JerseyDrez

Not to pick on just you, but you provided an opportunity to re-state what I thought was the obvious.

One in the chamber, mag fully loaded, and on safety.
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Storing your scattergun in condition 1 is an error that can cost you dearly. Secondly, unless your scattergun has a SEAR locking safety device, then you have NO safety at all, just a trigger blocking mechanism. To my understanding, no current american made scattergun has a sear locking device!

from a previous post 2 years ago;
Some of you STILL assert that you store your scatterguns in condition 1, what can I do to convince you that this is folly. Every year we have injury and death due to scatterguns firing due to bumps, jars, or drops. This is not conjecture this is fact supported by hunting accident stats.
Scattergun Bob says, any shotgun that has a safety that does not lock the sear needs to have an empty chamber BEFORE it leaves you hands. Trust that the folks who came up with "cruiser ready" did so because of blood on the ground and many holes in cruisers. To long term store your scattergun in condition 1 is unsafe and in my option unprofessional. To advocate this type of storage on this forum presents a ethical issue that I for one will always speak against. No matter what the activity, if it is worth doing, it is worth doing safely.
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In my experienced opinion the only safe and sane way to store your scattergun "ready for war" is as follows;

Cruiser Ready is a condition of readiness that allows us to quickly bring our scattergun into condition one (ready to fire) and still maintain a good margin of safety.

Curiser Ready= rounds in the magazine, perhaps even on the carrier, bolt closed on a empty chamber, hammer down, safety ON. To get to condition one is simply a pump of the action and a push on the safety. There are some folks that leave the hammer cocked, I am ok with that
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Again, I am in no way pointing you out for scrutiny, just re-establishing a line in the sand for discussion.

Good Luck & Be Safe
 
I'm planning to try the Mossberg Lock Box.

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Without letting the cat too much out of the bag, I operate a layered system at home. I have motion perimeter sensors, sensor spotlights, CCTV cameras (normal and IR) covering all entrances and windows, heavy grills (bedroom grills can be opened in the event of a fire or other escape reasons but is also secured), ADT alarm system, deadbolts and all padlocks are high quality, anti-cut types.
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Are you a local warlord of some type? :p

For myself, I store my shotgun with a full mag, 5 shells in the buttstock side-saddle, empty chamber.
 
Mossberg 930

Not to hijack but would 5 rounds in the magazine in a Mossberg 930 be "crusier ready" I figure I would just have to cycle the action to load the first round. True?
 
Are you a local warlord of some type?
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Not a warlord. Just someone who likes the idea of being safe and secure in his own home. Especially when the said home also houses my wife and kids. When I'm out of town, my mind is at ease knowing that I've taken all reasonable precautions to ensure their safety.. Like I said, my wife (and quite a few of my friends, come think of it) thinks I'm overly paranoid, but I'd rather be paranoid then spend the rest of my life thinking "what if I had done just a little more to secure my home.." For me.. OTT would be when I start installing trip flares and sleep with NVG's on
 
keeping a urika 391 ready?

My only shotgun is a Beretta 391 Urika 2. Right now it hangs out locked and unloaded. Any suggestions on keeping it ready if I decided to do so?
 
qtzmznt

Your scattergun should work just like it's foster brother the Benelli M-1 and M-2 series. As written earlier in this thread.

Cruiser Ready is a condition of readiness that allows us to quickly bring our scattergun into condition one (ready to fire) and still maintain a good margin of safety.

Curiser Ready= rounds in the magazine, perhaps even on the carrier, bolt closed on a empty chamber, hammer down, safety ON. To get to condition one is simply a pump of the action and a push on the safety. There are some folks that leave the hammer cocked, I am ok with that
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Experiment with this and make it work for you.

Good Luck & Stay Safe
 
I keep my Mossberg 500 w/ a full tube but no round in the chamber. Racking a slide doesn't take long, and if I have to confront an intruder in my home, I want the intimidation factor of the "ka-chuck" sound working in my favor.:D
 
I used to have reservations about leaving one chambered, but if im being attacked, I wanna have stealth. Honestly, cause I live alone in a Huge house, If anyone's in there while I'm sleeping, I don't wanna scare em. i wanna shoot em. Just my method. to each his own. Just knowing several rounds of 12ga at hand is comforting, whether you chamber one or not. All my defensive guns are loaded. The NO TRESSPASSING signs, alarm, and locked doors would let any well-meaning individual(s) to get ahold of me before entering. The first sound the BG hears in my FLORIDA home is BOOM
 
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