If you find yourself needing to pick up a boom stick for "defense inside my home" and you think a LTL round is a good option, you are a retard.Though I agree to any long term use of the shotgun with a weighted sling is just horrible.
This shotgun is step up for home defense according to the original post, so it's a short hold/carry that gives you ammo options. The M1014 is designed with a mag cut off, so loading other rounds are easy. Other shotgun without the mag tube cut offs this might not make sense to have.
As for the flashlight placement, I know the mount used is movable though I'm waiting to see what Zero says about it today for his "Part 2".
Though I take everything an instructor says with a grain salt, and love to mix options myself to find what works best for me, Zero is more of an operator then 99% of ODT, myself included.
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