Snakum
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Want to make sure I haven't missed something ...
I've gotten a bit of training on the shotgun from instructors and from experienced real-world users, and I've done quite a bit of drilling with my 870s, including switching loads and transitioning to handgun. And I was always taught that if I suddenly needed a slug when I had four or five rounds of buck loaded up and a live one in the chamber that I should pull the slug and feed it normally, then just shoot or shuck the round of buck and pick up the slug on the next rack. I've done a lot of admin and tactical reload training feeding one at a time into an empty weapon, and I used to be pretty fast at it. But with a gun full of buck and a live one in the chamber, always thought that the only way to transition to slugs was load it and chamber it normally, thus sacrificing the live chambered buck round.
But I was told yesterday this isn't so, and that with the 870 there was a way to slug up with a full gun of buck without wasting a round of buck. Anyone know anything about this? I went back and checked my Ayoob, Awyerbach, and Suarez books and don't see anything like that?
I've gotten a bit of training on the shotgun from instructors and from experienced real-world users, and I've done quite a bit of drilling with my 870s, including switching loads and transitioning to handgun. And I was always taught that if I suddenly needed a slug when I had four or five rounds of buck loaded up and a live one in the chamber that I should pull the slug and feed it normally, then just shoot or shuck the round of buck and pick up the slug on the next rack. I've done a lot of admin and tactical reload training feeding one at a time into an empty weapon, and I used to be pretty fast at it. But with a gun full of buck and a live one in the chamber, always thought that the only way to transition to slugs was load it and chamber it normally, thus sacrificing the live chambered buck round.
But I was told yesterday this isn't so, and that with the 870 there was a way to slug up with a full gun of buck without wasting a round of buck. Anyone know anything about this? I went back and checked my Ayoob, Awyerbach, and Suarez books and don't see anything like that?