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Glenn E. Meyer · February 3, 2014, 01:03 PM

If you do get a shotgun, remember that you do have aim it. It won't clear a room. You do have to know how to run it automatically.

If a pump, you can mess up the stroke. You can get so excited that you eject live rounds and run out of ammo with a lower capacity gun.

You need experience with the recoil and shot recovery. You have to know how to clear it.

Thus - if you buy it - get a touch of training and practice with it. Yep, naive folk protect themselves all the time - but we preach that folks should get tuned up more than that.

As far as the gun itself - I'd add that the Winchester 1300 types run fine. Anyway mine did in matches and shotgun classes.

February 3, 2014, 01:03 PM	#9
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,064	If you do get a shotgun, remember that you do have aim it. It won't clear a room. You do have to know how to run it automatically. If a pump, you can mess up the stroke. You can get so excited that you eject live rounds and run out of ammo with a lower capacity gun. You need experience with the recoil and shot recovery. You have to know how to clear it. Thus - if you buy it - get a touch of training and practice with it. Yep, naive folk protect themselves all the time - but we preach that folks should get tuned up more than that. As far as the gun itself - I'd add that the Winchester 1300 types run fine. Anyway mine did in matches and shotgun classes. __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens