by I came across to a link to this video earlier today. In it, Chris Baker of LuckyGunner.com goes through four drills that he suggests you should practice if you intend to use a shotgun for home defense. As I bought the Complementary Spouse a 20 gauge Mossberg 500 Bantam Tactical shotgun (with a purple stock and handguard!) for Christmas, I think these drills have a lot of merit.
The drills include:
- Mount, shoot one
- The follow-through
- Shoot, Reload, Shoot
- Reload from Empty
Chris explains it in detail here. I met Chris at the NRA Annual Meeting last year in Nashville. He impressed me as an on the ball sort of guy.
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They are one of the few places that has the 20 gauge Rio Royal Buck in #1 buckshot as well as the 20 gauge Brenneke Tactical Home Defense Slugs. Finding adequate home defense ammo in 20 gauge is a lot harder than finding equivalent ammo for the 12 gauge.
Thanks for the post and for expertise training you can take help from the firearms training centers to get professional training with lots of enjoyment. You must also keep in mind that whatever you do should not hurt anyone else and must be in legal boundaries.
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As someone who has a safe full of rifles, who has tinkered as an M-14 gunsmith, and who has a house full of pistols, I'd be interested on your take on the advantages and disadvantages of the different gauges for shotguns. I've been looking at the Ithaca 37 and the local pawn shop has a 12ga and a 20ga (although I think their prices might be a little high).