How do you keep your HD shotgun?

[ScareyH22A]

Part 1 . Do you keep it chambered, only mag tube filled, nothing at all inside the shotgun with ammo only on a side saddle, nothing on or around the shotgun with ammo kept somewhere else like a dresser, lock on the trigger, etc?

Part 2. Do you keep your shotgun in a safe, under the bed, in the corner of your room, hung up on the wall like a trophy fish, on top of your closet, etc?

I don't keep a trigger lock on it but I do leave my shells out and sitting in the side saddle. I have a belt with a pouch with a dozen extra shells. And I keep mine in the corner of my room inside a partly opened shotgun bag so I can quickly pull it out. I'm a new owner and haven't warmed up to keeping ammo in the mag tube incase an idiot friend runs across it without me and wants to play around with it.

 

[wrs840]

Full tube, unchambered, in a steathy close-by lockup... But that's for a threat that's not yet IN the house. For inside, I'd probably to pick up a handgun first.

Les

 

[oneounceload]

In a closet, mag loaded, chamber unloaded........handgun on the nightstand

 

[KevinAbbeyTech]

Normally it's got a tube full of 00 buck.

This is for outside only, if there was someone inside, I would grab different gun or in the event that it had an empty tube load up some #4 buck.

I was cursing myself for not having any slugs in the tube the other day when I failed to take a coyote at 70 yards because all I had was buckshot .

 

[thunder173]

cruiser ready, 5 in the tube chamber empty slide locked and safety on,...3-00 buck an 2 slugs on the side of the stock,...within arms reach of the bunk.

 

[AcceptableUserName]

imo, Leaving a round chambered is a good way to either be scraped off the carpet or to scrape off one (or hell, it's a 12 gauge shotgun, so SOME) of your loved ones. I leave my gun with a fully loaded tube of 00 buck, on safety, next to a nightstand as i do not live with small children. If I did I'd probably be more inclined to go for a well hidden handgun with the mag from another location as opposed to the shotgun. Just my .02 cents

 

[Hungry Seagull]

Both guns in quick grabs in two places. Handgun for inside the home or CCW.

No chambers. Only magazine, one rack away from solving a problem.

 

[AKElroy]

My 1300 defender is the only HD weapon that is always available, the rest are locked up when I take them off & lock them away. I keep a full mag of 3" shells, two in a speedfeed stock, 6 more in a side-saddle. Chamber empty, action cocked to fix the slide, safety off. If I need to get into action quickly, I can press the slide release button or the trigger (as a last resort; muzzle in a safe direction) to release the slide. I practice quite a bit with getting into battery. We have an alarm system w/ every door & window wired; if someone is coming in I am going to know about it & should have the cushion to get prepped.

 

[Dirty Bob]

870 with mag loaded with three rounds 20ga. buckshot (#3). Chamber empty, safety off.

Regards,
Dirty Bob

 

[wyocarp]

It seems that most don't have a round in the chamber. Are people thinking that they want to work the action for sound effects?

 

[Hungry Seagull]

Sound effects?

Hell no...

Are you kidding? Let me say this. If the damn shotgun is loaded and someone trips over it in the morning and it fires .... it's going to be tragic.

Sound effects? There will be plenty of profanity laced yelling with much volume against the BG.

One effect that they will never hear...

Weeping and begging to be spared while on knees.

 

[sm]

Since moving...
I have a youth single shot shotgun around here somewhere, and maybe I stuck the slugs for it, with it as well.

Dunno, I have the front door open as it is nice outside, and this fresh air coming into the house is nice.

Don't worry, I got a 8" cast iron skillet in the kitchen if for some unknown reason I need something...

 

[AcceptableUserName]

It seems that most don't have a round in the chamber. Are people thinking that they want to work the action for sound effects?

No, I think they just have common sense.

 

[sm]

Are people thinking that they want to work the action for sound effects?

I have already had BGs rack that slide, and I hope like hell if I ever face BGs again, they rack that slide.

Not only did they give themselves away, they told me exactly where they were.
Heck I could tell by the sound what kind of shotguns they had.

I get yelled at for the way I do/ have keep/ kept a shotgun; including shotguns that had the safety removed on purpose, which I competed with.

I assure you, with a Youth Single shot, many folks cannot tell I have that shotgun in hand, you ain't gonna hear anything before the shot is fired.

While I hate timers, I have been timed getting first slug onto coffee can about 0.8 and two coffee cans felled in 1.5 seconds.

I have also cleared a plate rack of 5, and 8 before someone else even got their shotgun loaded.

It does not matter how one keeps a shotgun.
It does not matter what kind of shotgun.

What matters is knowing your shotgun and being able to make quick effective hits, and keep the gun running.


For information, I have dropped more shells than some have fired, so shotguns are normal sounds to me...meaning they do not scare me, just part of my world.


So yeah, come on in and rack that slide and I will own you.
I'll have a 8" cast iron up the side of your head so fast you will see Tweety Bird flying around your noggin.

 

[JImbothefiveth]

It does not matter how one keeps a shotgun.

I'm going to disagree here.
It doesn't matter if you can shoot world records without even trying if you can't get to it before an attacker gets you.

 

[Mike U.]

Six in the tube, one in the chamber, safety on. Since I live alone there is zero-point-no-problems there. Family and friends that do come over know if they see a firearm, it is loaded and as live as can be. When younger nieces and nephews come over, the house is rendered child safe. No one comes by without calling first.

How's that silly-ass saying go? Oh yeah, "dat's how I roll".

 

[Hungry Seagull]

There were People I always called first before visiting. If I forgot, I got held at gunpoint, my fault. And they usually did it quickly before I realized my mistake... about 3 steps from the doorway.

Dont forget call in advance and tell em yer on the way for a nice visit.

 

[wnycollector]

My shotgun is kept tube full, safe off, chamber empty. ALL my guns are locked up since I have kids in the house!

 

[chuckusaret]

Presently BB chambered, 7 rifled slugs in tube locked under bed with XD40 sub compact with round chambered. I don't plan on giving my position away by jacking the shotgun or the handgun.

 

[Guns and more]

There were People I always called first before visiting. If I forgot, I got held at gunpoint

I think I'd find some different people.
What happened to "Don't point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot"?

 

[FireInCairo]

Tube loaded, under the bed, easily accessible as soon as I climb out of bed.

 

[mgkdrgn]

Loaded with #1 buckshot, nothing in the pipe, 00 buck in the side saddle, in a storage compartment in the bed headboard.

 

[Hungry Seagull]

Guns and More, These folks I talked about are the kind of Friends that will cross hell and high water should you call on them for help. Knowing thier backgrounds, I have no problem with it.

Remember, thier house rule was to ALWAYS call in advance prior to arriving onto thier property. It was MY fault for forgetting a few times.

I leave it here.

 

[LSCurrier]

I keep my Remington 870 20" 12 gauge in my bedroom unloaded with #7, Double-00, and slugs close to it.

My Springfield Loaded .45ACP is my HD gun with the 870 available if needed.

Luke

 

[JImbothefiveth]

Remember, thier house rule was to ALWAYS call in advance prior to arriving onto thier property. It was MY fault for forgetting a few times.

That's still probably a bad rule.