Telescope

"sigh". I'm with shotgunNoob in this conversation. A balanced approach. Some peeps just get all worked up and make assumptions on incomplete information and go off on wild tangents. (When's wild tangent season by the way?) Just because someone mentions in the "home defense" thread that they have 4 nasties in their shotgun, none chambered, it doesn't mean that they don't also have trained dobies in the next room, a claymore down the hall, and an rpg in the closet, a set of ginsu knives under the pillow and a really really sharp pencil to boot! -it's just that it is pointless to bring up every possible single detail when discussing: "Home Defense Shotguns" I'm not giving offense, so don't take offense. Regards.

Safe policy: Loaded mag, not chambered, safety on. Personally, should there be an uninvited guest in my home, the racking of my shotgun would quickly be followed by lead flying through the bedroom door and down the hall- no questions asked of the intruder - no warnings given. (I'd be too freaked to speak clearly and loudly anyway is my guess) . Hopefully the "intruders" would simply have been my dogs getting out of their holding area, and I'd be left to clean up the dog pee, and going to Home Depot in the morning to fix whatever damage I caused the home. Oh, and honey would be really upset, but she'd understand. Regards.