Patrick, don't ditch the PG stock just yet if it's a full stock with a PG. The PG-only "stock" is the one that's basically useless (except on breaching guns).
As Gabe Suarez notes in The Tactical Shotgun (he's a member of this list, hopefully he will chime in), the underarm assault position is useful for clearing situations. Now we all know that houseclearing is to be avoided whenever possible but if you have kids sleeping down the hall, you're gonna have to gather them into the saferoom so you might as well learn to do it the correct way (i.e., take a defensive shotgun class or at the very least read up on it).
A PG with full stock will make assuming the underarm assault position easier than a standard stock. This is illustrated in the Tactical Shotgun -- an excellent book, BTW.
Ideally, a home defense set consists of at least one handgun and one long arm. The handgun is king for close-in houseclearing. But not everyone has enough cash to afford both -- and in some jurisdictions, handguns are all but illegal (cf Chicago, IL). So sometimes houseclearing must be done with a shotgun, and the PG full stock can make it easier.
Justin
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Justin T. Huang, Esq.
late of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
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