{"id":8729,"date":"2020-09-29T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=8729"},"modified":"2020-10-16T14:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:30:58","slug":"cruiser-ready-how-to-store-a-home-defense-shotgun-2020-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/cruiser-ready-how-to-store-a-home-defense-shotgun-2020-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruiser Ready: How to Store a Home Defense Shotgun [2020 Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Today we&#8217;re revisiting our most popular video ever &#8212; a tutorial on how to keep your home defense shotgun ready for use. We suggest the &#8220;cruiser ready&#8221; condition, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/cruiser-ready-how-to-store-a-home-defense-shotgun\/\">original video<\/a> explained what that means and a few of the whys. But in the years since that original post, you guys have responded with a ton of questions (and critiques, criticisms, and comments), so we&#8217;re going back to address some of those.<br \/> <\/span><\/p> <p>Details in the video below, or scroll down to read the full transcript.<\/p> <div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p> <noscript class=\"idle-load\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"> <div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"> <div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_f0iupfxeju dnt=1 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\"> <div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/f0iupfxeju\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\" \/><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/noscript> <\/div> <hr \/> <p>Hey everybody, Chris Baker here from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\">LuckyGunner.com<\/a>. Earlier this year, I decided to revisit some of our older videos and offer a few updates, clarifications, and corrections. Today, I want to take a second look at our most viewed video ever: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/cruiser-ready-how-to-store-a-home-defense-shotgun\/\">Cruiser Ready: How to Store a Home Defense Shotgun<\/a>. This one is from February 2016 and it\u2019s up to a little over 2 million views now on YouTube. I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s our best video. It\u2019s not one I ever expected to be very popular. But I guess we happened to hit YouTube\u2019s algorithm just right on that day.<\/p> <p>It\u2019s also one of the shorter videos we\u2019ve done at just over five minutes. I don\u2019t think it necessarily needed to be longer than that because the main point is pretty straightforward. This is a simple concept, it doesn\u2019t require a lot of explanation. But a shorter run time does mean I didn\u2019t elaborate much on every detail and that left a lot of room for questions. Fair warning: some of those questions are going to take us into the weeds a little bit and we\u2019re going to cover a lot of ground beyond simply how to store your shotgun. So let\u2019s watch a couple of clips from the original video and I\u2019ll come back and try to answer some of those questions.<\/p> <h3><strong>What Is Cruiser Ready?<\/strong><\/h3> <p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m going to suggest that you keep a home defense shotgun in what is called \u201ccruiser ready\u201d condition. That name comes from the way cops have often stored shotguns in their patrol cars. And that is with the magazine tube loaded, the chamber empty, the slide unlocked, and sometimes with the safety on, but I\u2019m going to suggest you leave the safety off. So that way, if I need the gun in an emergency, all I have to do is just grab it, rack a round in, and it\u2019s ready to fire.<\/em><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/cruiser-ready-graphic.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/cruiser-ready-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/cruiser-ready-graphic.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/cruiser-ready-graphic-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/cruiser-ready-graphic-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/cruiser-ready-graphic-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/cruiser-ready-graphic-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p><em>&#8220;There are a few reasons to store the gun this way, but as far as I\u2019m concerned the only reason that really matters is the safety issue. Most shotguns are not drop safe. If there\u2019s a round in the chamber and the gun falls down in the closet or it\u2019s dropped, it can go off by itself. Even with the safety on \u2014 the safety just prevents the trigger from being pulled, it doesn\u2019t block the hammer, it doesn\u2019t block the firing pin, and it doesn\u2019t prevent the gun from being discharged if there\u2019s some kind of sudden jolt.<\/em><\/p> <p><em>&#8220;And really, you\u2019d be surprised at how little it takes for one of these things to go off if there\u2019s a round in the chamber. If we keep it stored in cruiser ready condition, the chamber is empty, so we eliminate that possibility. And with the slide unlocked, it really just takes half a second to get the gun into action.&#8221;<\/em><\/p> <h3><strong>The Demo Gun: Remington 870 SBS<\/strong><\/h3> <p>Okay, a couple of things I want to add here. First, one of the most frequent questions I\u2019ve been asked about this video is, \u201cwhat shotgun is that?\u201d It\u2019s a Remington 870 with a Magpul stock and forend, and a 14-inch barrel. It is a legally registered short-barreled shotgun. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/remington-870-sbs\/\">I did a whole video<\/a> about it just a month after the cruiser ready video if you want more info on it.<\/p> <h3><strong>Shotguns Aren&#8217;t Drop Safe?<\/strong><\/h3> <p>More importantly, in this first segment, I think I might have given the impression that shotguns are just spontaneously going off left and right without anyone actually pulling the triggers. I don\u2019t want to over-state the issue of shotguns not being drop safe, but it is a real thing. In fact, most long guns are not technically drop safe. You are very unlikely to run into an issue with that if it\u2019s a newer shotgun or one that\u2019s been well maintained with all of the appropriate springs and parts replaced periodically.<\/p> <p>But, you know, people tend to keep shotguns around for a long time. A lot of them get passed down in families. There are a ton of surplus police shotguns that are pretty beat up. Those are the guns that are far more likely to discharge if they are dropped. The problem is that there is usually no outward indication that the internals aren\u2019t in great shape. And it seems like when they do discharge from a drop or a jolt, it\u2019s often a very minor one. If you\u2019ve got an old 870 with a worn out sear, there\u2019s a chance it could drop the hammer just from something like tapping the butt on the ground.<\/p> <p>Obviously, the most ideal solution is to keep your shotgun in good repair. That\u2019s not going to make it 100% drop safe, but it will certainly help. Either way, there are other good reasons to store your shotgun with an empty chamber.<\/p> <h3><strong>Protect the Trigger<\/strong><\/h3> <p>My general rule of thumb is that outside of the shooting range, I don\u2019t leave a round in the chamber of any gun unless, A: the trigger is completely enclosed and protected like it would be with a holster, AND B: it\u2019s either on my person or locked up somewhere.<\/p> <p>The reason for that is pretty simple. We tend to store guns in places that are kind of dark and cramped. If I\u2019m grabbing a gun from the inside of a safe, a case, a bag, a closet, or under the bed, there\u2019s a good chance I\u2019m not going to have a great view of what I\u2019m doing. I won\u2019t necessarily be able to carefully pick up the gun in a particular way like I would if it was sitting on the table at the range in the middle of the day.<\/p> <p>That\u2019s usually not a big deal. But if you handle guns often enough, eventually, you will grab a gun and something will catch on the trigger guard or you will find your finger inside a trigger guard when you did not intend for it to go there. Combine that with a round in the chamber and a single action shotgun trigger that\u2019s probably about 4 pounds, and you\u2019re really close to putting a hole where you don\u2019t want one.<\/p> <p>An empty chamber also provides an extra layer of safety if you\u2019ve got kids in the house or anyone else who probably shouldn\u2019t be handling the gun. In general, it\u2019s just an easy way to avoid accidents.<\/p> <h3><strong>What Makes Magazine Springs Wear Out?<\/strong><\/h3> <p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m also going to leave the magazine tube down-loaded by one round. So this tube holds five rounds but I\u2019m only going to load four in there. Normally, these pump-action shotguns are extremely reliable, but when they do fail, one of the things that tends to fail is the magazine spring. So I don\u2019t want that spring to be under any more pressure than it has to be by leaving it fully compressed for long periods of time.&#8221;<\/em><\/p> <p>This is probably the least important point I made in that original video but it\u2019s the one that has provoked the most reactions. A great many people wanted to make sure I know that springs do not lose tension from staying compressed for long periods of time. They lose tension from being cycled &#8212; from being compressed and decompressed.<\/p> <p>Yes, as a rule, that is true. My original explanation was not very good, and my suggested solution was not the best one. A new spring loses a little bit of its initial tension when it\u2019s first compressed. But that decline levels off and it should be able to stay compressed for many decades before noticeably losing more tension. And it should be able to withstand many thousands of cycles before it loses tension. The average shotgun owner is not going to get anywhere close to that.<\/p> <p>And yet\u2026 it\u2019s very common for shotguns to have feeding issues that are resolved by replacing the magazine spring. So somehow, these things do wear out from time to time even though they\u2019re not supposed to. Some possible explanations are that the magazine springs are maybe not 100% free from manufacturing defects. It could be that in order to maximize the advertised ammo capacity of a shotgun, the manufacturer is using a spring that\u2019s actually being compressed beyond it\u2019s designed limit every time the gun is fully loaded. Maybe the spring has been exposed to temperature fluctuations or corrosion and its integrity has been compromised.<\/p> <p>I am not trying to argue against the rules of physics. I know springs are supposed to last a long time. But that\u2019s assuming the spring is made properly, it\u2019s in good condition, and there are no adverse environmental factors. Look at this thing &#8212; shotgun magazine springs are kinda flimsy and there\u2019s a lot that can go wrong with them. They don\u2019t exist in a vacuum. Sometimes they live a hard life. Again, a lot of people have shotguns that have been around for a while. The top two shotgun manufacturers right now &#8212; Remington and Mossberg &#8212; have not had awesome track records for quality control the last few years.<\/p> <p>Down-loading the tube by one shell is one way to try to mitigate the feeding issues that can result from a bad spring. It\u2019s not the best way. A better solution would be to simply replace your mag spring every couple of years. You can get a new one from Wolff Gunsprings for under 10 bucks. Also, replace your ammo at least once a year because the shells occasionally get deformed from sitting in a full tube for too long. And keep the follower and the mag tube clean and free of debris. If you do those things, there\u2019s probably not any reason you can\u2019t keep your tube loaded to full capacity.<\/p><p><\/p> <h3><strong>Cruiser Ready for Semi-Autos<\/strong><\/h3> <p>In the next part of the video, I demonstrated the procedure for setting up your gun in a cruiser ready condition. Basically, you clear the gun, double check it, dry fire it &#8212; pull the trigger on an empty chamber to release the action, and then load the mag tube. That works fine for most pump actions. For semi-autos it\u2019s going to be a little different. I didn\u2019t cover semi-auto shotguns because there are so many different types and the procedure for setting them up is different for each one.<\/p> <p>For example, for this Beretta 1301, if I load the mag tube and then run the bolt, nothing happens. The gun will not pull a round from the tube and chamber it when I do that. I have to press this little shell release button. That releases a shell from the tube onto the shell carrier. Then if I run the bolt, it will chamber the round. So for cruiser ready on this gun, I would load the tube, then press the shell release, and leave it in that condition.<\/p> <p>Or if I really wanted to get one extra shell in the gun, with the Beretta, I would fully load the tube, then open the bolt, place a shell onto the carrier manually, and hold it down while I let the bolt ride forward over the shell. That\u2019s sometimes known as \u201cghost loading,\u201d although normally ghost loading also includes manually loading a shell into the chamber. It\u2019s a method that 3-gun competitors have used to maximize their ammo capacity before shooting a stage.<\/p> <p>Other semi-auto shotguns have different buttons or latches to release a shell onto the lifter and completely different procedures for ghost loading. Some shotguns can\u2019t be ghost loaded at all. And some semi-autos will chamber a round directly from the tube when you run the action. So you just have to be familiar with how your shotgun works and practice with dummy shells until you can do it with your eyes closed.<\/p> <p>Okay, let\u2019s look at one more clip from the original video.<\/p> <h3><strong>Giving Away Your Position<\/strong><\/h3> <p><em>&#8220;It\u2019s probably worth mentioning (because if I don\u2019t, someone else will) the whole myth about the sound of racking a shotgun making bad guys pee their pants and run away. That has happened before \u2014 I\u2019ve heard of it happening before, but it\u2019s not really something we count on and it\u2019s not the primary reason we keep the shotgun in cruiser ready condition. We don\u2019t really want to count on fear and intimidation as a primary tactic.<\/em><\/p> <p><em>&#8220;On the flip side of that, I also suspect some of you guys are thinking that you want your home defense gun to already have a round chambered because you don\u2019t want to waste a whole lot of time and make noise that\u2019s going to \u201cgive away your position.\u201d Personally, I kind of think that\u2019s a little silly. If there\u2019s someone in my house who\u2019s not supposed to be there, I want them to know that I\u2019m there. I want to give them every possible opportunity to leave my house before we have some kind of confrontation.<\/em><\/p> <p><em>&#8220;So, not only am I going to make some noise racking the shotgun, but I\u2019m also going to issue some sort of verbal challenge, like \u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d And I\u2019m going to have a flashlight in my hand or mounted to the shotgun. Now, if the guy still wants to stick around after that, that\u2019s why I have a shotgun. But statistically, it\u2019s far more likely that whatever noise I\u2019m responding to is actually a member of my family or a roommate or a pet or something like that. And in those cases, making a little noise racking the shotgun is actually giving them one more opportunity to identify themselves.&#8221;<\/em><\/p> <p>Based on the comments I\u2019ve gotten on this video over the years, there are still a lot of people who have concerns about storing their shotgun cruiser ready because it\u2019s too slow and too loud. People don\u2019t want to make any unnecessary noises that might draw attention, or they are concerned about keeping a defensive firearm in a condition that\u2019s not ready to fire the moment they pick it up.<\/p> <p>I understand why the speed thing is a concern. The standard doctrine for concealed carry we\u2019ve been hearing for years now is to always carry with a round in the chamber. You may have even seen some of the surveillance camera footage of armed citizens struggling and failing to get a round chambered in their carry gun once they\u2019re already under attack. So it might seem logical to apply that same lesson to a home defense shotgun.<\/p> <p>As for the noise issue &#8212; I understand, in theory, why you would be reluctant to broadcast your location in the home if you don\u2019t have to. In practice, I haven\u2019t seen a lot of evidence to support that as a major concern. I have yet to find a documented incident when making noise with a gun has gotten a homeowner hurt or killed. That doesn\u2019t mean it hasn\u2019t happened, but at the very least, it seems to be rare.<\/p> <p>In any case, to address both the noise and the speed issues, we need to take a more critical look at the home invasion context. There are a lot of differences between a home invasion and a violent attack outside the home.<\/p> <h3><strong>The Home Invasion Context<\/strong><\/h3> <p>A home invasion is not usually an ambush. It doesn\u2019t start with someone threatening you or brandishing a weapon where you only have a second or two to react. An attacker has to get inside the house first. Assuming they haven\u2019t tricked you into opening the door for them and you keep your doors and windows locked, they are most likely going to make a lot of noise breaking in.<\/p> <p>We don\u2019t want to wait until we see a stranger standing in our kitchen to go and get the shotgun. We have the shotgun in case we see or hear something that might warn us of potential danger ahead of time. If you have enough time to retrieve your shotgun, you have enough time to rack it. Chambering a round takes less than half a second if you\u2019ve left the action unlocked like I suggest. If you\u2019re still concerned about not having enough time, you can buy a lot more time by hardening the exterior of your home than by leaving a shotgun loaded all the time.<\/p> <p>A lot of you have probably heard me talk about this before &#8212; it\u2019s the layered home-defense strategy. This is where you can really stack the deck in your favor. Make sure your exterior doors have functional deadbolts and replace the factory screws in your hinges and strike plates with three-inch or longer screws. That will make it much more difficult to kick the door in. Maybe get some protective hurricane film on any large ground-floor windows. Alarm systems are great, too, and they\u2019re more affordable now than they\u2019ve ever been. And dogs are good at making noise when they hear something out of the ordinary.<\/p> <p>Anything you can do that will slow down a home invader and require them to make more noise is going to work in your favor. Not only does it buy you more time to respond, it also acts as a deterrent. And there are a lot of other things you can do to make your home a less inviting target.<\/p> <p>The point is that the shotgun is just one part of a layered home defense strategy. That\u2019s why I\u2019m not too concerned about the racking sound giving away my position. Even if someone managed to force their way into my house before I got to the shotgun, I doubt they would hear anything other than an alarm blaring and dogs barking.<\/p> <p>But let\u2019s say you don\u2019t have either of those things and maybe you forget to lock the door sometimes. If someone broke into your home and heard a shotgun being racked and you yelling \u201cGET OUT!\u201d, of all the possible responses they could have to that, which ones are going to be a problem for you and how likely are they? Will this home invader start blindly firing in the general direction of the sound? Are they going to take that sound as an invitation to come and try to find you?<\/p> <p>Sure, both of those things are possible. I am sure at least one of them has happened before. Maybe I\u2019m way out of the loop on this and it\u2019s a lot more common than I think but I\u2019m pretty confident those would be considered extreme outlier events. On the other hand, I can show you numerous examples of negligent death, injury, and property damage where storing a shotgun with a round in the chamber was at least one contributing factor.<\/p> <h3><strong>Some Alternative Suggestions<\/strong><\/h3> <p>To me, that\u2019s a pretty straightforward risk assessment to figure out. But maybe I\u2019m missing something and you have some really compelling reasons to store the shotgun loaded, chambered, and ready to go. If that\u2019s the case, I\u2019m going to make a few suggestions.<\/p> <ol> <li>Store it with the safety on.<\/li> <li>Keep the gun locked up, at least when you\u2019re not going to be around.<\/li> <li>If anyone else in your home will ever have access to that gun, make sure they know that you keep it loaded and they know how to clear the gun.<\/li> <li>And consider buying something that will protect the trigger when the gun is not in use.<\/li> <\/ol> <p>A company called <a href=\"https:\/\/triggersafe.us\/triggersafe-shop\/3llhirsmbty5zg1dxc75hx4zij31hy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TriggerSafe<\/a> makes a device like this that fits a lot of different shotguns. I can\u2019t vouch for this product. I\u2019ve never used it myself, but it looks like a pretty good design. It\u2019s even got a hole in it where you could attach a string or some paracord to make a little pull tab. Or you could possibly attach the other end to the inside of your safe, so that the shroud pops off automatically when you retrieve the gun. And I\u2019m sure there are plenty of other products out there that accomplish the same thing. This one is only seven bucks which seems like pretty cheap insurance and wouldn\u2019t have to slow you down at all.<\/p> <p>Guys, I can\u2019t believe I just talked about cruiser ready condition for 15 or 20 minutes, or however long it\u2019s been. It seems long. But we covered a lot of territory. I hope you learned something or I at least gave you some food for thought. Next up will be the second installment of our lever action series, so be on the lookout for that. In the meantime, hit that like button, subscribe, and\u2026 call your mom today. 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