Whats your Home Defense Shotgun?

Base gun: Remington 870 Super Magnum Express

18.5" Remington police barrel
Blackhawk Knoxx SpecOps adjustable stock
Surefire 618F forend w/ weapon light
Nordic 2-shot magazine tube extension
Vang Comp shotshell side saddle

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NEF Pardner Pump "Protector"

Here's my NEF 870 clone. Has a Tactical stock from Valhalla Armory on it, came with the front rail and foregrip, but i not sure i like the foregrip....

*this is not the "Recoil Reducing" stock. I just needed a little shorter LOP for more comfortable manuvering. also allows for when my son is older he can still use it by adjusting the stock....

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I don't see too many 1300 Defender's posted lately so here's my old school 1984 model. Next up is either a Knoxx Spec Op or KickLite stock. Still unsure which to choose. I'm not yet sure if I will loose the current fore end or keep it. I'll know more once the stock is on and I have done some testing.

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Stevie-Ray -

No problem, I wanted to test the "even birdshot is a solid column of lead/steel at HD distances" theory for myself, and was a bit surprised at the discrepancy. At 30 feet the buckshot spreads from a fist-sized clump at 20 feet to one about as big as your open hand. Pretty effective in groups of 9, even if they are only 50 grains each.
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Well, you were certainly right. When I took my SPX out last week, the spreads actually surprised me. All shooting was done at 8 yards. Now, I am even a bit leery of using #4 buck. Of course it's light-years ahead of the 7 1/2 load shown here, but the real accuracy and the shot-out middles were done with 00 buck. Since I am having such a hard time finding #1 buck, I would imagine 00 will be my go-to load. Good thing I bought a bunch of it.

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Remington 870 Ati stock and 6 round holders , Remington 18inch police barrel,ATI fore grips, Botack, 1 point sling adapter and sling, and 7 round tube mag extender . Makes a Marine Proud!
 

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Mossberg 500A 12GA. Synthetic. 20in smooth barrel it came with. 8rd capacity but it's plugged down to 3 and I don't want to lose the plug dowel so I leave it in. Loaded with 7 1/2 birdshot.

I used to keep buck in it, but then I read some Ernest Hemingway stories about following wounded leopards and lions into dense cover where he carried a shotgun loaded with birdshot for probable lightning fast close quarters engagements where failure means a bad day all around. And then I read about thin walled houses like mine and buckshot. Then I considered that I have a wife and kids. So I went to birdshot. I'll let you know how it works if I ever have to use it. Unless the birdshot decision was wrong. Then you might never hear from me again.
 
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t45 you may want to look at the two nutnfancy videos on the kel tec ksg; especially the parts about jamming, loading, and setting the safety.
 
12 gauge coach gun. Short of dying, I would do anything to keep from having to grease someone, so I load the right barrel with skeet shot, if a blast of sand won't deter or disable the intruder, I will fire the left barrel which is loaded with a rifled slug. That way I can honestly say I did all I could to not kill the intruder, right up to the point that the rifled slug cut the poor bastard in half. After that it is my .38 S&W; at 25' I can't miss, assuming I am not in full panic mode of course.
 
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