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Originally posted by sgalczyn:

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Originally posted by RichardC:
Assuming no kids in household,

I'm not clear on why a ready-to-go home defense shotgun needs to be stored *drop safe*.

Shit happens!

That's not a convincing argument why a ready-to-go home defense shotgun needs to be stored *drop safe*.

If you'll need it quickly in a home intrusion why not

Shell in chamber, safety on, to be retrieved from under the bed, following the safety rules:

Treat it as if loaded (It is, 'cruiser ready' is not), muzzle in safe direction, finger off the trigger until gun pointed at target, know the target and all around it.

We don't keep our ready to go Glock 19's on the nightstand with chamber empty/hammer down, or our DA/SA revolvers with the hammer down on an empty chamber.

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Originally posted by RichardC:

We don't keep our ready to go Glock 19's on the nightstand with chamber empty/hammer down, or our DA/SA revolvers with the hammer down on an empty chamber.

I do, in large part because of being a life long somnambulist.

Richard must be extra bored... Dredging up year-old threads to respond to.

Another thread that's timely in its revival.

An advantage of the pistol over the long gun is that it's brought into ready in silence, since only an imprudent or overly cautious man keeps his pistol with an empty chamber.

Certainly, it's possible to keep a rifle in such a condition, but in my case, my primary home defense rifle travels with me much of the time, and I am not taking an AR-15 on the road with a round in the chamber, nor am I chambering and unchambering rounds all the time.

Ah, but the shotgun, which does not travel- a shell in the chamber, safety on, and to make the scattergun ready, all one has to do is move the safety. If done properly, this can be done as quietly as a mouse pissing on cotton, and then, woe unto the fool who crosses my threshold, unaware that a savage boomstick awaits.

On top of that, that ninth round represents a not insignificant increase in firepower, whereas with the carbine, not so much. With a sidesaddle carrier on the receiver and sufficient practice to top off the magazine tube (or to load the chamber) the firepower advantage of the carbine over the shotgun has been mitigated somewhat.

Add to all of this the fact that one can load a 3" shell into the chamber and place another 3" shell onto the lifter without diminishing the seven round capacity of the magazine tube, and there arise some intriguing possibilities.

For instance, a 41 pellet load of 4 buck to start the party, or a 24 pellet load of 1 buck, representing a 50% increase in payload over a 2.75" shell.

So, yeah, I've given this some thought.