This is my thinking as well.
A good 12ga with a single extra barrel is inexpensive, and adds a massive amount of utility. The gauge is the most efficient way to immediately stop a large critter without laser-precise targeting (meaning shoot it in the eyeball, not “ya don’t ev3n have to aim a shotgun”). That encompasses two-legged aggressors, four-legged aggressors like feral dogs AND all the big delicious animals that roam the North American continent.
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