Ghost loading a shotgun

[GunnyGene]

Just curious if anyone does this.

 

[RC44Mag]

No idea what that is

 

[Hvymax]

My Shotgun is loaded with potential Ghosts?

 

[GunnyGene]

No idea what that is

Pretty simple actually. Process varies depending on the shotgun, but you end up with a full tube, 1 chambered, and one on the lifter. So for example, if your pump or semi auto (only applies to tube fed guns) holds 7+1 for a total of 8 onboard, the ghost round resting on the lifter gives you a total of 9 onboard. Several how-to videos for specific shotguns on YouTube. I've done this with my TS12 (15+1+1), but I wouldn't advise it as normal practice for safety reasons.

 

[gunzo]

I was shown how to do it in the earlier Benelli autos but I keep forgetting the drill. I understand it's popular with waterfowl shooters.

 

[GunnyGene]

I was shown how to do it in the earlier Benelli autos but I keep forgetting to drill. I understand it's popular with waterfowl shooters.

And some competition styles.

 

[Watertender]

KISS.... If something could screw up it would for me. The only time I am going to use a shotgun is for indoor pest control in the middle of the night I don't need to complicate the procedure.

 

[GunnyGene]

An added note: This can't be done with the Mossberg type lifter. The gun has to have the type of lifter that's in the down position with the bolt closed.

 

[Bob Wright]

Ummm...............last time I read the waterfowl regullations, a shotgun with more than three shell capacity is serious infraction of hunting. Large capacity shotguns mus have their magazines pluggs to hold no mor than two shells. Some loacl hunters have removed that plug, lega for small game in some states, then forgot to replace it before getting into a duck blind. MUCH to their dismay!

And, doves are migatory birds!


Bob Wright

 

[bobski]

i long for the days of a stevens crackshot. load - shoot - reload.

 

[Mike J]

My only shotgun is a Mossberg 500. It is stored magazine loaded, chamber empty, safety off uncocked.

 

[eveled]

I shot an eight point buck with my Red Label. How many people can say that?

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

Just curious if anyone does this.

I watched a utube vid dealing with the subject re the Benelli M4. If I were in jungle warfare and that was my weapon and we were about to be overrun by enemy infantry, yeah, I could see the value.

But otherwise, it's the answer to a question that's never been asked.

 

[Topfueler1]

I don't need a ghost load. I keep my Mossberg 590 nine shot loaded with one in the chamber safety on. OO buck for 'em if they come in. I'll make them a "ghost" going down to hell!

 

[Mobuck]

I've never heard of 'ghost loading' but then, I've never felt the need for more than the normal 5 in the old 870.
My new Stoeger (Benelli-ish copy?) is a bit confusing and different than any other shotgun I've used. Load the mag and push the little button and it pops a shell onto the carrier. But you can't load more into the mag after doing this.

 

[GunnyGene]

For me, this is one of those options that's good to know about even if you never plan to exercise it. And it makes for interesting conversation around the campfire.

 

[BarryinIN]

I do it. Benelli M4.

 

[XP100]

I shot an eight point buck with my Red Label. How many people can say that?

I don't think anyone else shot a deer with your Red Label. Only you would know the answer to that.

 

[eveled]

Lol.

Actually if they say "my Red Label". It would be their gun not mine.

 

[KurtC]

I've always stored pump guns on "cruiser safe," ready to go.

 

[Garth69]

My Shotgun is loaded with potential Ghosts?

that was a good response Hvymax.

 

[eveled]

that was a good response Hvymax.

Kind of like Schrodinger’s cat. Lol.

 

[KIR]

My Benelli M2 is a 5+1+1. It is a good thing to know just in case. Knowledge is power and an extra round makes one all that more powerful. For those of you who are afraid of ghost rounds...BOO!

 

[Jack Ryan]

Naming something "Ghost something" or "Tacticle something" or "Testicle something" doesn't mean you just discovered something, or invented something.

It is just the same old "thing" I've been doing and your parents and great grandparents have doing for decades or a century. My generation just call it "fully loading your gun".

FYI: Plugs are used in shotguns to limit the capacity of a tube magazine.
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/hunting-and-trapping/waterfowl-and-migratory-game-birds/

• With a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, unless it is plugged with a one-piece filler, incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so its total capacity does not exceed three shells.

 

[eveled]

I always thought being able to top off a tubular magazine was a great advantage.

 

[GunnyGene]

I always thought being able to top off a tubular magazine was a great advantage.

It is. It's big. And bold. For the end of the night.

 

[BarryinIN]

It is. It's big. And bold. For the end of the night.

That was me. I hated having to grow my hair long, but what the hell. It paid well.

 

[GunnyGene]

Things being the way they are lately, ghost loading might become more popular.

 

[golferboy426]

Naming something "Ghost something" or "Tacticle something" or "Testicle something" doesn't mean you just discovered something, or invented something.

It is just the same old "thing" I've been doing and your parents and great grandparents have doing for decades or a century. My generation just call it "fully loading your gun".

FYI: Plugs are used in shotguns to limit the capacity of a tube magazine.
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/hunting-and-trapping/waterfowl-and-migratory-game-birds/

• With a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, unless it is plugged with a one-piece filler, incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so its total capacity does not exceed three shells.

sounds to me that because of the carrier in a benelli you could have a legal magazine plug in to hold 2 shells , have one in the chamber and one on the carrier. Per the "law" the gun would be legally plugged yet you would still have 4 shots available. I have a unfired m2 but have never tried the ghost thing.

 

[KIR]

In CT shotgunners may only have a max of 10 rds in their firearm. with my Benelli M2 Tactical, even ghostloading, I would only have 7 rds. max. There are extensions made for the M2, but in NV, no limits.