Jimbo the 5th;
I think that a shotgun in a defensive role is more like a rifle than a traditional shotgun. In a defensive situation, you won't be swinging the gun at flushed birds, but more focused on slower moving targets (violent attackers).
I know for my defensive shotgun, I have rifle sights and shoot slugs almost exclusively. Even when I shoot buckshot, I'm not shooting at running deer, but usually steel targets or mechanically moving targets at a more lumbering pace. Shooting a fleeing target is not a good shoot, where I live.
Finally, if you practive every day with your rifles, why not use those, or something similar. I realize a scoped 7mm mag weatherby isn't the best HD weapon, but perhaps a similar, more HD weapon would be a better fit? I know that, for me, the shotgun is a better fit due to the decreased range of slugs vs. rifle bullets.
-John
I think that a shotgun in a defensive role is more like a rifle than a traditional shotgun. In a defensive situation, you won't be swinging the gun at flushed birds, but more focused on slower moving targets (violent attackers).
I know for my defensive shotgun, I have rifle sights and shoot slugs almost exclusively. Even when I shoot buckshot, I'm not shooting at running deer, but usually steel targets or mechanically moving targets at a more lumbering pace. Shooting a fleeing target is not a good shoot, where I live.
Finally, if you practive every day with your rifles, why not use those, or something similar. I realize a scoped 7mm mag weatherby isn't the best HD weapon, but perhaps a similar, more HD weapon would be a better fit? I know that, for me, the shotgun is a better fit due to the decreased range of slugs vs. rifle bullets.
-John