I had "tacticalized" my hunting shotgun by replacing the 26" vent ribbed barrel with an 18" police "riot" barrel and installing a magazine extension. It spent many years configured this way......and I never used it. I finally changed out the worn and scuffed up wooden stock and pump forearm and installed the black polymer stock set, and it looked good and "tactical". But I just never had a need to use it like it was. For any perceived defensive uses I had always relied on other weapons for those purposes.
I realized that I would use it more in a hunting capacity than in any kind of defensive one, so I plan to change it back to its original configuration when I get home. I might even find that I'll use it more at the range for trap and skeet and even maybe some rabbit and bird hunting.
Shotguns are versatile weapons, but when there are other tools in the shed, sometimes its just best left alone and used for what they were designed to be used for.
While it sat in the safe for years waiting for that rare moment when I'd grab it up in that perceived desperate moment of survival, I have been missing out on some good shotgun fun.
I'm looking forward to using my shotgun as a shotgun again
I realized that I would use it more in a hunting capacity than in any kind of defensive one, so I plan to change it back to its original configuration when I get home. I might even find that I'll use it more at the range for trap and skeet and even maybe some rabbit and bird hunting.
Shotguns are versatile weapons, but when there are other tools in the shed, sometimes its just best left alone and used for what they were designed to be used for.
While it sat in the safe for years waiting for that rare moment when I'd grab it up in that perceived desperate moment of survival, I have been missing out on some good shotgun fun.
I'm looking forward to using my shotgun as a shotgun again