ANY shotgun, loaded or not, induces a significant amount of compliance.
I've stopped 2 burglars with a club that looked amazingly like a very old Remington Model 11, but had no ammo nearby when I grabbed it. The burglar's demeanor changed immediately upon presentation of the weapon.
On the other side, I responded to an alarm at 2 AM at my work, only to go into a classified area and have the SWAT team (who had arrived early through an unlocked door) meet me in an area with a 12 GA that honestly had about a 4' diameter barrel 2 feet from my face. I don't know what brand or load, but it really was a puckering-factor.
If you know how use and present to a shotgun, the brand is immaterial. Cheap, expensive birdshot, salt or slug or empty-like-a-club, the bad guy isn't going to check to see if you've got an ugly-black-beat-up-shotgun vs. a $100,000 Holland and Holland.
I've stopped 2 burglars with a club that looked amazingly like a very old Remington Model 11, but had no ammo nearby when I grabbed it. The burglar's demeanor changed immediately upon presentation of the weapon.
On the other side, I responded to an alarm at 2 AM at my work, only to go into a classified area and have the SWAT team (who had arrived early through an unlocked door) meet me in an area with a 12 GA that honestly had about a 4' diameter barrel 2 feet from my face. I don't know what brand or load, but it really was a puckering-factor.
If you know how use and present to a shotgun, the brand is immaterial. Cheap, expensive birdshot, salt or slug or empty-like-a-club, the bad guy isn't going to check to see if you've got an ugly-black-beat-up-shotgun vs. a $100,000 Holland and Holland.
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