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Home defense shotgun, pistol grip or buttstock?
Should I use a shotgun with a buttstock or pistol grip, because the buttstock shotgun does not look as well designed as the pistol grip ones.
Mossberg 500 persuader for example, or should I use a remington 870?
We developed a 12ga shotgun slug and Buck shot 'Profeciency Test" for people deployed above the Arctic Circle working in polar bear country. You were required to fire a combination of 50 rounds slugs and buck shot at targets 3yds, 7yds, 15yds, 30yds and 50 yards as you retreated. You had 7 minutes.
We were issued the usual 6 shot pump shotguns with standard stocks - although most all of us carried the stainless Mossberg Mariner with pistol grips. Although everyone in our unit owned 12ga and fired them - none of us had ever fired more than 3 or 4 slugs or buck shot in one day.
The first time through - only half the guys passed. And nobody wanted to do it a second time that same day.
On the second day - the rest of the unit passed - and we had spare ammo. Six of us tried the same course of fire and targets with our pistol grip 12ga. None of us could get half of the 50 rounds off - and - all six of us had swollen useless hands and wrists for almost a week.
It's one thing to use a pistol grip shotgun at the range - when you can casually shoot and take your time. It is all together different when you are trying to thow as much lead as possible out the barrel, combat load and retreat backwards at the same time. It is very, very painful to do this beyond a dozen rounds or so.
Bottom line. If having a pistol grip means you will have your shotgun handy - in your truck, atv, boat - then do it. Just understand your accuracy is going to suck, and, you will not be able to toss out more than 12 rounds without your hand becoming almost useless afterwards. For home, or situations where you might need more than 12rds or accuracy - consider a folding stock - if size is a consideration.
Pistol gips are really not all that functional.
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