The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Sling for (home) defense shotgun: yes/no?

Dave McC · March 16, 2000, 06:31 AM

Maybe a sling is to a HD shotgun as a holster is to a handgun, but do you keep your handgun holstered in a HD scenario?

The HD 870 here has no sling on it, tho it does have swivel studs. The deer hunting 870 wears a sling during the season, and not the rest of the year, when it serves as backup.

As for transitioning to a handgun, I'd just drop the empty thing,since it is of no possible use at a crucial moment. However, if 9 or 10 shotguns rounds do not resolve the crisis, probably a magazine full of 45s won't either.

March 16, 2000, 06:31 AM	#10
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Maybe a sling is to a HD shotgun as a holster is to a handgun, but do you keep your handgun holstered in a HD scenario? The HD 870 here has no sling on it, tho it does have swivel studs. The deer hunting 870 wears a sling during the season, and not the rest of the year, when it serves as backup. As for transitioning to a handgun, I'd just drop the empty thing,since it is of no possible use at a crucial moment. However, if 9 or 10 shotguns rounds do not resolve the crisis, probably a magazine full of 45s won't either.