Defensive shotgun - standard tube vs. extended tube

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There was a traveling salesman down in Louisiana who managed to get lost, so he pulls down an old backroad looking for someone to ask directions from. He see's a sign up ahead that reads, "Talkin' dawg for sale." The salesmans says to himself, "I gotta see what this hillbilly is up to with a talking dog". So he pulls up the dirt driveway and goes up on the front porch and knocks on the door. An old man walks up and cracks open the screen and say's "howdy, can I help you". The salesman say's, "yeah, I was just passing thru and noticed your sign out front about a talking dog and thought I'd check him out." The old man replys, "sure, just walk around back and you can't miss him." So the salesman walks about 300 feet around to the big back yard and see's this old hound laying on his back, just watching the world go by. The salesman walks up, and feeling kind of stupid looks at the dog and say's, "Hey, you know how to talk?" The dog lets out a big yawn and says, "Yep, I can talk." The traveling salesman just about jumps out of his shoes. He can't believe what he's just heard! Gathering himself, he asks the dog, "So what's your story". The dog sits up and says, "Well, I discovered I could talk when I was just a young pup. I could tell I was different than other dogs, so I decided I wanted to serve my country. I hired in with the FBI and they immediately started sending me to other countries to spy on foriegn dictators and enemies of America. So there I was, in the company of Kings and killers. Nobody ever suspected this dog from the USA could talk! Anyway, after many years of that I started to get tired of the travel so I quit and went to work for Los Angeles International Airport doing airport security after 9-11. I did that for about 8 years and then I decided to get married, retire, and have some puppies." The salesman is beside himself at this point. He cannot believe what is happening, so he runs back around to the front porch, bangs on the door and tells the old man, "I have just got to have this dog. How much." The old man shuffles his feet and looks at him and say's, "I'm asking 10 dollars." The salesman is in shock, he can't believe it. He say's, "Ten dollars, that dog can talk, why only 10 dollars?". The old man looks at him and say's, "Yeah, but that dogs also a bull****ter, he ain't never been out of that back yard!!!! memphismark "I'm just sayin"
 
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I'm amazed at the number of people who prefer a tube with less capacity, perhaps it's just because their personal shotgun doesn't not have an extension and so they are trying to justify it, I really don't know. For me, I want as many rounds as possible, and for obvious reasons. I have never heard anybody regret bring too much ammo to a fight.
I'm with you man. Hearing arguments about extra weight, this and that, sound like decisions being made on a living room couch with no pressure, plenty of time to overthink things. Nobody, I repeat, nobody, has ever been in a firefight and stopped to say, gee, I wanna quit cuz' my shotguns got about 20 extra ounces, and I'm a little tired now. Can we stop for a minute. Baloney. You'll be so pumped and laser-focused, that muzzle could have 4 extra pounds on it and you wouldn't know the difference. You will probably puke from the adrenaline dump after it's all over it's going to be so intense. Notice how law enforcement and SWAT, all have every light, extended mag, laser, side-saddle and anything else that will benefit them, mounted on their weapon!!! That's because they are well aware that once that firefight starts, you've got one chance to finish it. There's not gonna be any "can we stop, I need to run to my car for a reload please!!" I don't get it. If it's good enough for those guy's it's good enough for me. Even my hard-headed self knows when to shut up and listen, and THEY KNOW BETTER THAN ME. . memphismark
 
Notice how law enforcement and SWAT, all have every light, extended mag, laser, side-saddle and anything else that will benefit them, mounted on their weapon!!!
Not true where I live. Cruisers here have standard mag tube 870's, no extended tubes, no lights, no sidesaddles, no bells and whistles. Swat may be a different story, I don't know any of them, but the beat cops Just have a plain old 870. Since L.A. is probably more like living in Bagdad than central Texas, its probably different there.
 
Even my hard-headed self knows when to shut up and listen...

That's a good attribute that comes with age. Takes a while to fully sink-in though.
 
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