[Shooter 2.5]

A pump shotgun has the unique feature of being allowed to be half open unlike semi's. Instead of having the chamber empty on my Mossberg, I leave a shell half way into the chamber so the shell head and a small part of the plastic can be seen from the ejection port. That way I don't have to hunt for the switch to unlock the action in case the striker is cocked and I can tell immediately if I have slugs or shot because of the color coding.
I also leave the shotgun laying on the ejection post so that dust can't enter into the action.
The shotgun is immpossible to find from the bad guys and my son has his concealed carry license.

[ezo4]

Thats good idea. I do it a different way because I usually have mine standing muzzle down in a closet or by washer or something.

I keep the chamber empty and 7 rounds loaded, (bird, 04buck, bird etc.)

On the empty chamber I pull the trigger so all you have to is rack it with out feeling around for the release.

That way you get the full classic pump action sound that will usually will make a person think twice or turn tail and beat it.

And with my safety removed there isn't any second thought that this gun will fire. The only thing that could cause it to miss fire is a bad round. And my ammo isn't bad.

Thanks for the tip :-)