One thing that a lot of people omit in a self defense shotgun are the excellent Speed-Feed stocks. Remington has several of them avaliable on their factory weapons. They work faster, and are far more practical than these "Side Saddle" contraptions you see on so many of these guns. However I'll freely admit they don't possess the "cool factor" of having 5 or 6 shells attached to the side of your receiver. Bill T.