What's up guys let's talk about the best way to store your defense shotgun in
your home.
At some point we all struggle with this decision.
I want to have my shotgun ready if someone's breaking into my house but
also want it locked up so my kids can't get to it.
Unfortunately most of us end up doing one or the other, either we'll just lean
it up against the wall behind the door or lock it up in the safe where we can't
easily get to it.
Now let's go inside and I'll show you what I came up with to solve the problem.
Alright guys, this is the Shotlock Shotgun SoloVault.
They run about a hundred and twenty bucks and if you want to get one for yourself
i'll put a link in the description below.
Now they make these in a couple different versions, there's an electric
version and mechanical version.
I went with the mechanical version because i
like the idea of never having to rely on batteries.
They also make one for a pistol and one for AR-15.
All the Shotlock vaults
are made of a military-grade 14 gauge steel.
It's got what they call a no-pry lid, so it's hard for people to pry it open.
And it has double internal locking hooks right here.
It also comes with two trigger blocks that are mainly supposed to be used with
a semi-automatic shotgun but the way that works is there going in like this
right here and your trigger guard fits right in there and that's what holds the
shotgun
the other option is an ejection port hanger that goes like this and your
ejection port fits over that to hold the shotgun in place now i mention i went
with the mechanical version that has over four-digit combination
possibilities and it doesn't rely on batteries
what that means is this thing is always going to work, your combination is always
going to open the vault and you never have to worry about forgetting to
replace the batteries and as you can see there are plenty of mounting holes in
the back so you can mount it pretty much anywhere and the mechanism is really
simple to operate just put in your combination turn it to open
and it opens right up when you close it
turn the lock and it won't go and just in case for some reason you forget your
combination
it does come with three override keys I'm obviously not going to show you what
my combination is i'm just using the default combination you can change it to
whatever combination you want to
now I went with the trigger blocks even though i have a pump shotgun and we'll
go over why did that in a little bit but first let me show you a problem
you're going to run into if you have a side saddle on your shotgun
like I do this thing is not going to work
it's not going to close all the way because of that side saddle
now from what i've read this is a pretty common problem with people that want to
use the Shotlock but they also want to have a sidesaddle on the shotgun
but don't worry I got the solution for you unfortunately guys we did have to
take off the shell holder part of the Tacstar but what that left us with is
this perfectly flat plate to apply one of the most tactical tools known to man
velcro!
we just have to apply some loop velcro on the plate and some on the exterior
door of the shotlock
what that allows you to do is use one of these velcro shotgun cards
I got this one from soe gear now all you do is slap one of your loaded shotgun
cards on the outside of a shot lock
that's not going anywhere now when you unlock the shot lock and pull your
shotgun out rip it off of here
set on the side of your shotgun and you're good to go
problem solved now just to show you that this is going
let's put a shotgun cord back on the shotlock
open her up and set the shotgun in place and there you go
closed up tight and once you decide where you want to mount your shot clock
just follow the install instructions and now you have a safe way to store your
shotgun
that still gives you easy access when you need it I'm also mounted a
light right here because we all know whenever that emergency happens you
never going to have the perfect situation
so just in case the lights are off
turn in here tap that light and that way you can easily see the combination
now i mention i'm using the trigger blocks instead of the breech-block the
reason I'm doing that is because of how i want to stage my shotgun the way I prefer
to stage
my shotgun is you make sure
visually and physically inspect it to make sure it's completely empty and you're
going to pull the trigger
then you're going to load your ammunition into the magazine - what that does is
when you get your shotgun out of the Shotlock
all you have to do is and you're ready to shoot
you don't have to worry about engaging the release because you've already pulled
the trigger
now if you were to use the breech block with a pump shotgun you have to put it in
like this which
means when you take it out of the shotlock you have to go forward,
then engage your release, and then rack it
that takes a lot more time a lot more fine motor skills and in an emergency
situation
you just might not be able to do that very well as you can see you can keep
your shotgun pretty concealed especially if you have some clothes hanging from
I'm just going to demonstrate how to deploy the shotgun when you need it
thanks for watching guys make sure you go over and check out my other video on
how to set up my bedside gun
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