New Shotgun for Rumpster……..

I’m gonna be honest, I’ve never so much and put a drop of oil on mine, I just took it out of the box and started shooting it.

There are some videos floating around of me putting 5 rounds on target with that gun in under a second. It’s hands down my favorite shotgun I have ever owned.

This is an interesting chain of posts. For me, a shotgun is strictly a fowling piece (especially since Iowa went ‘straight wall’ for deer and I shoot a rifle and I don’t have to sling cannon balls out of a pheasant gun for deer hunting.) Heretofore my blunderbuss has been used for pheasant, quail, and occasionally squirrels and rabbits.

I bought my son a wall-mounted safe and he keeps a Mossberg mod. 500 turkey gun there.

(it’s a model they don’t seem to currently offer in 12 ga with camouflage and a short barrel for handling in a blind https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear...ZaSJHnaoBT) He keeps it loaded with some speciality combination home def ammo with buck shot and slugs in the same load. He patterned it and it creates a wicked spread of buckshot holes punctuated by humongous caverns made by the slugs. Ugly.

I have several handgun and long guns prepped and secured within my vehicle and residence, ready for personal def and home def should that ever become necessary. I am aware of the utility for a shotgun for that purpose, but I have simply never employed a scattergun for defensive purposes. Honestly, I’m considering a simple Mossberg mod.500 field model, since they’re economical, easy to obtain, and easy to modify with barrels and stocks. I can see the obvious advantage of a shorter barrel, but the pistol grip and iron sights would be a significant upgrade for defensive purposes. It’s got me thinking.