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Captain38 · April 10, 2006, 09:43 AM

Stephen426 and XaxierBreath both have everything right about the best combination of conditions for storing a defensive PUMP shotgun, i.e.; (1) the magazine should be fully loaded, (2) with no round in the chamber, (3) the trigger pulled so that the is hammer down on that EMPTY chamber and
(4) the safety in off position. You then only need to rack the slide and pull the trigger to get a BANG!

Note: If you should be fortunate enough to have one of the old Winchester Model 12s, remember that as long as your finger continues to press the trigger, it's going to chamber and FIRE other available rounds from the magazine AGAIN each time you rack the slide even WITHOUT A SEPERATE PULL OF THE TRIGGER .

April 10, 2006, 09:43 AM	#19
Captain38 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2004 Posts: 170	Storing a Defensive Shotgun Stephen426 and XaxierBreath both have everything right about the best combination of conditions for storing a defensive PUMP shotgun, i.e.; (1) the magazine should be fully loaded, (2) with no round in the chamber, (3) the trigger pulled so that the is hammer down on that EMPTY chamber and (4) the safety in off position. You then only need to rack the slide and pull the trigger to get a BANG! Note: If you should be fortunate enough to have one of the old Winchester Model 12s, remember that as long as your finger continues to press the trigger, it's going to chamber and FIRE other available rounds from the magazine AGAIN each time you rack the slide even WITHOUT A SEPERATE PULL OF THE TRIGGER .