Vang Comp 20-Gauge Shotgun for Home Defense

This is a Vang Comp custom job on a Remington 870 n 20 gauge. Now a lot of people wonder why I recommend 20 gauge over 12 gauge for home defense. If you choose a shotgun, you're already putting yourself into a limited capacity, heavy recoil situation when it comes time to defend yourself and your family. Now generally speaking, I'm an advocate of 20 gauge because it's a lighter gun, it's going to be an easier gun to practice and train with, and of course there is going to be less recoil impulse when you're firing the gun. It doesn't matter if you're using a semi automatic or a pump, either way the difference between 12 gauge and 20 gauge really comes down to the lightness of the gun, the ease of movement, how quickly you can move it and how long you can train with it and sustain your training out on the range, and then of course the abusiveness of the recoil.

Not only the time it takes you to get back on target, but also just the stamina of being out on the range and training with that 12 gauge. I've seen a lot of people decide that they didn't even want to train with a 12 gauge anymore after spending all day on the range with it. I haven't seen as many people think that the 20 gauge is too abusive, and remember you may have other family members who might use this gun to defend themselves, or even defend you in a worst case scenario. And you want them to be as comfortable with that firearm, both in practice, and in that worst case scenario home defense moment. When you think about the 20 gauge and how much power it's actually putting out, how much you can actually do to stop a threat with it, it's far more powerful than any of the handguns that we generally carry around in the public space for defense, or the handguns that our police and military and armed security professionals use as well.

So there's still is a lot of power here. In fact I'm shooting the Winchester PDX segmented defenders slug out of this gun today, and that's a 3/4 ounce load moving at 1,600 feet per second, at the muzzle. So across that bedroom distance, or down the hallway inside of your home that's definitely got a lot of energy to have a lot of effect on the threat. Now this particular gun as I said, was customized by Vang Comp, it's got a Hogue grip, this is rubber here and plastic here, it's a short grip so it's gonna be easier to use in close, tight corners and obviously for other family members, people that maybe are a little bit smaller than you. It's going to work really well for them.

It's got the rubber forend as well. You can see I've put a holosun red dot sight on top of this. It came from Vang Comp with a very nice set of protected ghost rings, and of course it's a ported barrel. Now it's like a compensator for a shotgun is when you port the barrel and that actually helps with muzzle rise as well. So that's something else that's gonna make it easier to get back on target.

It's got an extended magazine tube for a 6 plus 1 capacity. And obviously it's got a beautiful cerakote job as well. One of the other really important additions to this gun, is the oversized safety, and what that means is that with the safety on I can have my finger up here, above the trigger guard, and as I go to the trigger I'm gonna be able to push that safety back down and off very easily. It's not that little button that you normally have on the Remington trigger guards alright, so that's much easier, it's very important from a safety standpoint. I'm gonna go ahead, and chamber a round I just gotta show you what this looks like to shoot, and again I've got the safety on when my finger's up here and it's going to be as I bring the gun up to that shooting position that's when I'm gonna take the safety off with the inside of my trigger finger, as I roll down to the trigger.

If I get ready to shoot, bring the gun up- As you can see it's very easy to shoot this gun fast, it's very controllable, and again a lot of power coming out of there with those segmented slugs, you can use buckshot, use whatever you want when it comes to your home defense load, but I'm a fan of those segmented slugs for that 12 to 15 inches of consistent penetration 20 gauge should definitely be considered if you're thinking about a shotgun for home defense. Not just for you, but for everyone in your family, and this Vang Comp Remington is definitely a beautiful example of a 20 gauge defensive shotgun.