SHusky57

That's the one thing I like about my coach gun, and that I like in the mossberg series of shotguns. It's really intuitive to push the safety on top of the receiver, a little less so next to the trigger. I just like to think up various scenarios. does anyone have experience with mounting lights on their benelli? B&T makes a quad rail, and Surefire has some lights/mounts. What's good to go with?

I generally switch out home-defense weapons every few months (partly to save on magazine spring wear, sometimes for novelty). I always keep the magazine loaded, but never a round in the chamber for my home defense weapon, for a variety of reasons (prevent accidental/negligent discharge, cooking off in a fire), plus it doesn't take much to bring a weapon into action as long as the magazine is loaded. I have an M1 Super 90. My question is, what is the best condition to keep it in for home defense? Currently, I have it set up where all I have to do is pull back on the bolt-handle ("charging handle", I am use to M-16s from military training), and then turn off the safety. Is this a good set-up? My only concerns are that in the middle of the night, I might forget to turn off the safety. (Previously I had a Sig220 set up for home-defense, but I like shotguns much better. I have a double barrel which I don't want to use for a) limited ammo capacity, and b) in order for the weapon to be ready quickly, ammo has to be kept chambered. I have a Benelli Nova, but the 26" barrel is quite unwieldy in the confines of the house). Also, does anyone have any experience with lights or rails on the M1? I am looking at the Brugger and Thomet rails to mount a TLR-2 on, or buying the Surefire grip/light, as well as adding tritium sights.

Dove loads shouldn't be any problem at all. If they are, you really should look into a 20 gauge.

I got my Nova for $300 in 12 gauge. I am sure you could get a 20 gauge pump for a reasonable price. I love my Nova.

how would I put one on my Nova? or rather, where?

First... does anyone have any experience with the tactical flashlight mount offered by Benelli? secondly, what's a good and affordable tactical flashlight that is compatible with it?

regular black matte. I also found my grandpa's old M1 Super 90 (he passed away a month ago) and the barrel looks like it has some rust/scrapes on it. Advice?

I got a small scrape on my barrel and was wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them.... and if so, how they restored the barrel (just paint over it or ?)