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444 · January 7, 2005, 12:13 PM

Not a recomendation, but just something to think about.

Louis Awerbuck is probably the most respected defensive shotgun guru in the world. He has probably seen many thousand shotguns with every possible gadget and gimmick known to man being put through their paces. Who knows how many rounds of shotgun ammo he has personally fired.
I looked into his vehicle a couple times and he has a shotgun mounted to the transmission hump. It is an 870 that looks to me to be bone stock other than a shortened buttstock and a Surefire light. In the one shotgun class I took from him, he had a couple of his personal shotguns there and they were 870s with a Surefire light.
If I was looking for the ultimate defensive shotgun, I would pay attention to what he has.

So what do I have ?
I have two 870s with Surefire lights and shortened buttstocks.

January 7, 2005, 12:13 PM	#6
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	Not a recomendation, but just something to think about. Louis Awerbuck is probably the most respected defensive shotgun guru in the world. He has probably seen many thousand shotguns with every possible gadget and gimmick known to man being put through their paces. Who knows how many rounds of shotgun ammo he has personally fired. I looked into his vehicle a couple times and he has a shotgun mounted to the transmission hump. It is an 870 that looks to me to be bone stock other than a shortened buttstock and a Surefire light. In the one shotgun class I took from him, he had a couple of his personal shotguns there and they were 870s with a Surefire light. If I was looking for the ultimate defensive shotgun, I would pay attention to what he has. So what do I have ? I have two 870s with Surefire lights and shortened buttstocks. __________________ You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.