Home Defense Shotgun Thread

[Orlando]

Anyone else have a Shotgun for Home Defense? If so post some pics
Mines a Smith & Wesson 3000 12 ga, a retired State Police weapon. I also have a slug barrel for it

[redheep]

I just bought a Saiga .410. It will be at the house when I get home. I want to put a scope mount and a Bushnell 1x red dot on it. I've been researching HD rounds and there's some good .410 options.

I would have gotten a 12 gauge, but I got a good deal on the .410 ($299) and I think a 12 gauge would overpower the wife.

[axemurderer]

Orland

Why does that S&W look so much like an 870?????????


Mike

Anyone else have a Shotgun for Home Defense? If so post some pics
Mines a Smith & Wesson 3000 12 ga, a retired State Police weapon. I also have a slug barrel for it

[Orlando]

???? Dont know

[redheep]

Smith & Wesson bought patents and tooling for a 12 ga. shotgun design from Noble Manufacturing Co. in 1972, and produced it as the Model 916, 916T, and 916A.^[27] The guns were plagued by a variety of quality issues, including a recall due to a safety issue with barrels rupturing.^[28] The 916 series was replaced by the Model 3000, based on an improved Remington 870 design and produced by Howa of Japan.^[29] However, Smith & Wesson exited the shotgun market in the late 1980s to return to their "core" market of handguns.

It's wikipedia, so I don't know how true it is, but it's not inconceivable to think that S&W copied Remington's design since it's the industry standard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson#Shotguns

[timshufflin]

I have various guns scattered throughout the house. 9's, 20's, 12's, Mini-G's.

[Oh Mr. Wilson]

Geez Orlando, you must be reading my mind (it's scary eh?:-)

I was coming to post some questions, looking for advice on tactical shotgun add-ons. I'm not going to trample on your thread, I'll start another.

Your S&W does looks a lot like my Remington 870, I bought the Express Combo package years ago, came with the 20" slug and 28" bird barrels. Since I started hunting deer with a Contender pistol some years ago and retired the shotgun I turned it into a home defense gun. I had some work done on the slug barrel to take a lot of the kick out of it by having it ported and the forcing cone lengthen, then I installed a pistol grip, three round mag tube and smaller forend grip. The pistol grip is a cheap solid plastic type I picked up at a gun show, I wouldn't recommend those. I'm going to get the Hogue grip, I see I can get the grip and matching forend from Brownells (cheap at my price :-)
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2...OL-GRIP-FOREND

I don't have any pics of it, I'll have to get a couple and upload them.

I wonder if AM stocks and parts will fit your shotgun? Was the barrel you bought listed for the S&W only or also for the Rem 870?

[howie]

Remington 870 loaded with OO buckshot.

[Punch The Clown]

I have a Mossberg 500 12ga. loaded with "less than lethal" ammo for the first 3 rounds. I figure that
A-Less likely my wife will kill me.
B-Less likely I'll accidently shoot my neighbor Nick.

[Orlando]

Geez Orlando, you must be reading my mind (it's scary eh?:-)

I was coming to post some questions, looking for advice on tactical shotgun add-ons. I'm not going to trample on your thread, I'll start another.

Your S&W does looks a lot like my Remington 870, I bought the Express Combo package years ago, came with the 20" slug and 28" bird barrels. Since I started hunting deer with a Contender pistol some years ago and retired the shotgun I turned it into a home defense gun. I had some work done on the slug barrel to take a lot of the kick out of it by having it ported and the forcing cone lengthen, then I installed a pistol grip, three round mag tube and smaller forend grip. The pistol grip is a cheap solid plastic type I picked up at a gun show, I wouldn't recommend those. I'm going to get the Hogue grip, I see I can get the grip and matching forend from Brownells (cheap at my price :-)
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2...OL-GRIP-FOREND

I don't have any pics of it, I'll have to get a couple and upload them.

I wonder if AM stocks and parts will fit your shotgun? Was the barrel you bought listed for the S&W only or also for the Rem 870?

As I rememeber no parts are interchangeable, the barrel is marked S&W . I found a guy in Texas that does have a few parts for them. I actually bought the extended magazine from him for it