What's best on the 870 for home defense....standard stock or pistol grip (with stock/butt)?
Regarding reliably....Letting a fairly new shooter shoot an 870 Friday afternoon resulted in a lock up on the first shot with cheap dove loads. Shot, he couldn't work the pump.....we'd walked through how to work the action several times and I only loaded 2 for him, let him chamber the first..... I had to disassemble...but I didn't drop the butt or pull on it very hard. Just sat it to the side. I've run a lot of standard 2 /34 00 through this and never had a problem. I'm guessing it's the bottom $ low brass dove ammo but I may need to polish it. Not a good feeling as this has always been my first choice "in the house" if I had time.
