Recommended Defensive Shotgun?

[MSS]

Mossberg 590 a1, Beretta 1301 or Benelli m4. All great choices IMO. The 590a1 will do everything you need it to and it’s under a grand.

 

[JB10]

How much do you want to spend? Also do you want a 28 inch barrel trying to get around a corner? I bought a $200 charles daily 301 with an 18.5 inch barrel for coyote hunting. Its worked flawless and did not spend a fortune, small and compact.

 

[Cecil S.]

Over my 28 years as a LEO at a Level 1 Trauma Center that covered 29 counties, I have seen more gun shots that I can remember. #5 and #6 loads are very efficient in the home arena. Forget the #8 birdshot. It can stop, but the chances are better that it will be a wound and not a stop. Buckshot will stop, but over penetration is a very real possibility. The #8's looked more like a bad burn. A short barreled 870 with #5 or #6 , a bright light and don't waist your money on junk lights, this is a life protector.

The most important advise that I can give is practice and practice with the ammo you are going to use and know what it will do at different distances. You may have to take a very tight shot and you need to know exactly what that pattern will be like at 2yds all the way to 25yds. The only way to know the pattern is for you to shoot it and get used to it. God help you, because you may not have the time to think what it will do. Your mind will not be clear.

Hopefully you are not be involved in a situation like this, but we all know how society is getting everyday. If you are involved in a traumatic situation, Do not give any statements due to what you will have just been through, your mind will not be clear.

Just my thoughts.

Thank you , troupe

 

[troupe]

Thank you Sir.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

Over my 28 years as a LEO at a Level 1 Trauma Center that covered 29 counties, I have seen more gun shots that I can remember. #5 and #6 loads are very efficient in the home arena. Forget the #8 birdshot. It can stop, but the chances are better that it will be a wound and not a stop. Buckshot will stop, but over penetration is a very real possibility. The #8's looked more like a bad burn. A short barreled 870 with #5 or #6 , a bright light and don't waist your money on junk lights, this is a life protector.

The most important advise that I can give is practice and practice with the ammo you are going to use and know what it will do at different distances. You may have to take a very tight shot and you need to know exactly what that pattern will be like at 2yds all the way to 25yds. The only way to know the pattern is for you to shoot it and get used to it. God help you, because you may not have the time to think what it will do. Your mind will not be clear.

Hopefully you are not be involved in a situation like this, but we all know how society is getting everyday. If you are involved in a traumatic situation, Do not give any statements due to what you will have just been through, your mind will not be clear.

Just my thoughts.

best post from a professional in several years...

 

[troupe]

Thank you Sir.