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anygunanywhere wrote:I don't keep one in the chamber cause I told the missus she needs to rack one in the chamber when she brings it about for action. The sound is more intimidating than the 1911 safety clicking off...unless the pistol is in their ear.

I've come to feel that if somebody breaks into my house they allready have somewhat of an upper hand with an element of surprise. That said, I am not going to keep a round out of the chamber anymore just to warn them that I mean business. If somebody breaks into my house the last thing I want to do is warn them that I am ready to defend myself until it is too late for them. Sorry if that sounds mean, but a mans home is a mans home.

I'm pretty compitent. I often check my nightstand pistol (Sig220) by press checking just to make sure it is in order. If something happened, which I doubt due to my 3 HUGE dogs, I would not want anyone to know I have a gun just to feel that I have the element of surprise on them.

I was just wondering how those of you with shotguns for home defence were leaving their shotguns while not being used/tended to. I live alone, no kids so I am not worried about them getting to it. I have a Benelli M3 setup pretty much for anything you could throw at it (Surefire forend, oversized controls, sidesaddle, and stock cut and trimmed 2 inches by a smith)

Just wondering if you guys would suggest keeping one "in the hole" or simply just have a round ejected in the carraige and ready to rack should I need it. It stays under my bed and like I said, im not worried about someone gettin to it, just general safety should I have to move it.

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Also, if anybody here is familiar with the Benelli M3 and the "ARMI System" (Semi-Auto). Do you know if it is ok to "press check" this shotgun? It seems to me that I can pull the action back just a hair and it falls back in without effecting anything. Just wondering since I did not find anything in my manual discussing this.


-Nic