re: #591 ROPMA

Home defense shotguns are great. Actual make and model matter little.

Good info there. My major complaint with the Mossberg is that magazine mount; not only does it prohibit a magazine extension (which I have an important reason for), but I’ve seen a lot that have been field-stripped and had the screw stripped by some hamfisted amateur on reassembly. Not good.

My reason for a mag extension is that with a 7 or 8-shot, you can load three in the tube, and leave it for several weeks at a stretch without damaging the feed spring. (It’s less than half-compressed.) Three rounds in the standard five-shot can weaken the spring, over the same timespan. Which means that when you need it to feed, it might not.

/And yes, I always kept spare springs in stock, just in case.

I definitely agree with #6 or #7 shot for indoor defense. I’ve seen enough autopsies of would-be burglars, rapists, etc., who ended up wearing toe-tags due to center-chest hits at ten feet or less from 2 1/2” “birdshot” loads to doubt their effectiveness.

/The result is rather like a very big Glaser entering, IYKWIM.

cheers

eon