LinkBack URL
About LinkBacksAll you guys out there with shotguns for home defense, after you chamber a round do you top off the tube or leave it as is?
This is a discussion on Top off? within the Defensive Rifles & Shotgun Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; All you guys out there with shotguns for home defense, after you chamber a round do you top off the tube or leave it as ...
Array
Top off?
All you guys out there with shotguns for home defense, after you chamber a round do you top off the tube or leave it as is?
"It is your evil that will be sought by us. With every breath we will hunt them down. Each day we will spill their blood, until it rains down from the skies. Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles that every man from every faith can embrace." -McManus twins Boondock Saints
Array
Top off, if there's time...
Array
I would probably top it off. Haven't had to do it in an attack to know for sure
"[T]he people are not to be disarmed of their weapons.
They are left in full possession of them."
Zacharia Johnson (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,25 June 1778)"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." ~Alexander Hamilton
Array
Have a double barrel coach gun
Μολὼν λαβέ
USN 78-82/USAF 82-93 Medically Retired
Desert Shield/Desert Storm
DAV Life Member
NRA Life Member
Array
Depending on what I'm loading, I will sometimes leave mag a round short so I can pick something different for the first round.Originally Posted by 45ACP4ever
Right now, the options are:
Remington 3.5" Magnum 00 Buck
S&B 2.75" Low Recoil 00 Buck
Winchester 2.75" Magnum #4 Turkey Loads
Assorted #8 Bird/Skeet Loads
Generally, with the 3.5s loaded, I figure I'll have time to cycle a bit if I need to drop to a lower load. With the birdshot, I leave room to slap in a buck load. Either way, I'll try to have another round in hand to load up as soon as it's cycled.
Array
My shot gun sits with 8 shells in it. If I need the 9th round then I'm probably in some trouble.
Array
When I used a shotgun for home defense, I stored it with the magazine fully loaded, chamber empty. Were it needed, I would chamber a round and leave the magazine short one round. That allowed me to retain the option to change ammunition quickly (i.e. switch to slug).
Array
Topped off. No reason to lose an extra round, though some think that racking the slide is a good idea to upset an intruder.
Array
I leave mine 1 round of Rem low recoil 00 buck in the chamber and 6 in the tube. I leave the tube -1 so I can throw in any of the 4 1oz slugs on the side saddle.
Array
Top it off! I keep 8 in the mossy always.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote