Tactical/home defense Shotgun

Find what you want online and have it shipped to a local dealer who will charge you a fee for the paperwork.

Beretta 1301 tactical is the best bargain going IMO, followed by FN SLP.

The beretta can be had around $900 on a good sale and it's a fantastic rig. I have a 1301 comp and I love it. They have a short LOP and short barrels that IMO make them spectacular home defense shotguns. I'd argue that they are more reliable under stress than a pump, coming from a guy who has been shooting 870s his whole life.

Jerry Miculek worked with Mossberg on the 930 Pro Tactical. It’s not expensive $650, and in stock at cabelas LINK

The average baw is less likely to suffer proficiency and accuracy errors with a simple pump action shotgun. The Remington 870 or the Mossberg 500 pump actions for example.

If you want to be "Tacticool"...

Remington 870 Express Tactical.

Example on Gunbroker.

Or a Mossberg 590.

One example on GunBroker.

Now, if you wanna really be cool...

Rock Island VRBP100

LINK

I'm following this one For Sale On GunBroker.

Keep in mind that a pump action shotgun is not a very good novice weapon. You have to train with it like any weapon. Alternatively, you might want to consider something like a pistol caliber carbine (PCC). The one I'm tracking right now is the Ruger PC Charger

Example on Gunbroker.

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The working of a pump action can cause an intruder to break and run. Sometimes that’s the best result

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This is bad advice propagated by Hollywood and people who don’t have experience in this realm. The general rule of thumb is that if someone is ballsy enough to enter an occupied home, they already know it’s occupied and there’s a chance the owner is armed. Your racking the shotgun only removes your element of surprise and also negates one extra round that can be in the gun.

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Killing someone is serious business.

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Also true but the home owner has no idea the intention of an intruder. Is it to kill, maim, rob, rape? Only way to find out is to sit there and wait. Better to have a plan to deal with the threat and respond accordingly, which I am not implying means certain death.

I just saw the Gunbroker site and the Mossberg at Cabela’s. I’ll look into those. I have never owned a shotgun so I would be a new to the game. I do deer hunt a few times a year and would like the option of using it for duck hunting etc. I do own a 357 S&W but that is the one Gun I am familiar with.

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Jerry Miculek worked with Mossberg on the 930 Pro Tactical

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This looks right up my alley. Does anyone have one or familiar with this model?

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I've had an 870 Express Magnum in the safe for years that I won at a DU banquet late 90s. I decided I wanted a tactical shotgun and ended up simply buying a tactical barrel for the 870 on line. It was delivered four days and $74 later to my door.

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Mind sharing the link?

With all the ones I've found, for what they wanted, I might as well have bought a whole new gun.

It's a good gun. Read the reviews and forums from users. I don't own one, but have shot several.

An instructor I train with has a Rock Island. It did that initially. Asked him Saturday about it and he said it runs fine now. Just had to cycle a couple of hundred shells through it.

Curious because I've never owned one, why is a Tactical shotgun a better option than my full size shotgun with the plug out?