zincwarrior
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Same idea for me. I have shotguns but those are for fun and only secondarily for more of a natural disaster/riot situation. (live in hurricane country).Personally I prefer a handgun with a weapon mounted light for home defense because I have a young child I may have to be holding so I would only have one hand free to operate a weapon.
EDIT: if the OP is down for a shotgun however and has already narrowed it down to those pumps, the OP should try both, even to racking the slide and using the safety (assuming can't rent or borrow and shoot). They are very similar but just different enough thaty people usually have a preference.
Myself I like the position of the mossberg safety and pump slide release (whatever thats called). However I have relatively small hands (mitigated by bad breath and overall lack of hygiene) so the release is easier for me to get to behind the trigger guard vs. in front of it. Inversely I find the Remington action a little more smooth and easier to clean thoroughly. I may be wrong but I get the impression of less moving parts in a Remington, which is good.
Can't go wrong with either design.
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