The flip side, is that feature allows you to quickly and efficiently clear the chamber, while keeping the magazine tube loaded. It also allows you to select shot/buck/slug as desired without having to leave a space in the tube. It allows you to make the ready process harder for someone unfamiliar, which I consider an advantage. It allows you to walk around with a shell released, or even quasi chambered where the base of the shell is in but part of the load is out the chamber.