How best to keep shotgun at the ready - Page 2

borneoboomstick · October 21, 2009, 03:55 AM

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Are you a local warlord of some type?

Not a warlord. Just someone who likes the idea of being safe and secure in his own home. Especially when the said home also houses my wife and kids. When I'm out of town, my mind is at ease knowing that I've taken all reasonable precautions to ensure their safety.. Like I said, my wife (and quite a few of my friends, come think of it) thinks I'm overly paranoid, but I'd rather be paranoid then spend the rest of my life thinking "what if I had done just a little more to secure my home.." For me.. OTT would be when I start installing trip flares and sleep with NVG's on

zombieslayer · October 21, 2009, 01:59 PM

None of my Mossberg 500 springs have worn out from staying loaded. My Persuader stays 8+1!

qtzmznt · October 24, 2009, 02:13 PM

My only shotgun is a Beretta 391 Urika 2. Right now it hangs out locked and unloaded. Any suggestions on keeping it ready if I decided to do so?

Scattergun Bob · October 24, 2009, 03:59 PM

Your scattergun should work just like it's foster brother the Benelli M-1 and M-2 series. As written earlier in this thread.

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Cruiser Ready is a condition of readiness that allows us to quickly bring our scattergun into condition one (ready to fire) and still maintain a good margin of safety.

Curiser Ready= rounds in the magazine, perhaps even on the carrier, bolt closed on a empty chamber, hammer down, safety ON. To get to condition one is simply a pump of the action and a push on the safety. There are some folks that leave the hammer cocked, I am ok with that

Experiment with this and make it work for you.

Good Luck & Stay Safe

Brasscatcher84 · October 27, 2009, 12:38 PM

I keep my Mossberg 500 w/ a full tube but no round in the chamber. Racking a slide doesn't take long, and if I have to confront an intruder in my home, I want the intimidation factor of the "ka-chuck" sound working in my favor.

zombieslayer · October 27, 2009, 03:34 PM

I used to have reservations about leaving one chambered, but if im being attacked, I wanna have stealth. Honestly, cause I live alone in a Huge house, If anyone's in there while I'm sleeping, I don't wanna scare em. i wanna shoot em. Just my method. to each his own. Just knowing several rounds of 12ga at hand is comforting, whether you chamber one or not. All my defensive guns are loaded. The NO TRESSPASSING signs, alarm, and locked doors would let any well-meaning individual(s) to get ahold of me before entering. The first sound the BG hears in my FLORIDA home is BOOM

spacecoast · October 30, 2009, 11:40 AM

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This is Nelly:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/borneob...ck/3880489491/

Whoa Nelly!

Nice

October 24, 2009, 02:13 PM	#28
qtzmznt Junior Member Join Date: December 4, 2008 Posts: 5	keeping a urika 391 ready? My only shotgun is a Beretta 391 Urika 2. Right now it hangs out locked and unloaded. Any suggestions on keeping it ready if I decided to do so?

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October 21, 2009, 01:59 PM	#27
zombieslayer Senior Member Join Date: September 11, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,198	None of my Mossberg 500 springs have worn out from staying loaded. My Persuader stays 8+1!

October 27, 2009, 12:38 PM	#30
Brasscatcher84 Junior member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 128	I keep my Mossberg 500 w/ a full tube but no round in the chamber. Racking a slide doesn't take long, and if I have to confront an intruder in my home, I want the intimidation factor of the "ka-chuck" sound working in my favor.

October 27, 2009, 03:34 PM	#31
zombieslayer Senior Member Join Date: September 11, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,198	I used to have reservations about leaving one chambered, but if im being attacked, I wanna have stealth. Honestly, cause I live alone in a Huge house, If anyone's in there while I'm sleeping, I don't wanna scare em. i wanna shoot em. Just my method. to each his own. Just knowing several rounds of 12ga at hand is comforting, whether you chamber one or not. All my defensive guns are loaded. The NO TRESSPASSING signs, alarm, and locked doors would let any well-meaning individual(s) to get ahold of me before entering. The first sound the BG hears in my FLORIDA home is BOOM