I used a shotgun to stop an invasion of a hotel room that our family was in in the mid 1980’s in St. Louis before widespread CCW.
Just the sound of an 870 slide sound loading a round was enough as they broke the door lock. . They said don’t shoot, we be leavin. We be leavin. I could have shot, but why? Common sense enters the equation too. It was a judgment call.
The shotgun had 6 rounds of 00. If they had continued in, it would have been lots of clean up for the hotel.
“Just the sound of an 870 slide sound loading a round was enough as they broke the door lock. They said don’t shoot, we be leavin. We be leavin. I could have shot, but why? Common sense enters the equation too. It was a judgment call.”
The first time I pulled a shotgun on someone was in similar circumstances. That noise tends to sober people up...solid reassuring sound...to the guy holding it. Not so much for the guy on the wrong end. In my case, it was three guys, two on foot one on a beautiful custom hog, a really nice old knuck. When I had them owned, the guy on the scooter says to me...”let me get my bike out of the way.” I almost laughed out loud. I told him why didn’t he take his asshole buddies with him and they took off. It was in a courtyard and I knew there was a chance of hitting someone or something I didn’t want to but..I swear..the guy mostly got out of there because he loved hiss bike so much.
I keep an old 870 and a Taurus Judge at the ready.
I like the Judge in that it shoots .410 000 buckshot and 45 long colts. I keep it loaded with 4 .410’s and for the final round the old trusty .45. Keeps rounds from flying into the neighbors house.