(1.) Home defense, with a short barrel length of 18-1/2 inches the federal minimum legal length for shotgun barrels and a load of buckshot the shotgun by far will convince any intruder that has broken into your home that he just made a very big mistake.

 (2.) Wing shooting, add a barrel with a length of 26"-30" some choke tubes of various constriction and your ready for a day of wing shooting in the hunting fields.

 (3.) Deer hunting, add a slug barrel to your shotgun and a scope if desired and your ready for deer hunting action out to around 125 yards.

 (4.) Turkey hunting, add a tight bored barrel of about 30" length if using bead sight down to 24" length if using a scope, turkey choke tube and a load of #4 shot and you have the ultimate 40 yard turkey hunting gun.

 (5.) Competition shotgunning, add a back bored barrel of 28" - 30" length, 1-1/2" forcing cone length, polished and burnished bore and your ready for some serious clay target shooting.

 (6.) Law enforcement, remove the wood stock and add a tactical stock with pistol grip, extended magazine tube, flashlight extension for magazine tube, night vision scope, loaded with 00 buckshot or slugs and you have the ultimate law enforcement weapon.

 The most adaptable:
 In all the above applications pump shotguns and some semi-autos lend themselves best to these altered versions the most popular would be the remington 870 pump shotgun, the mossberg 500 pump shotgun, the winchester 1200 pump shotgun, the remington 1100 semi-auto and the winchester 1400 semi-auto shotguns.