Shotguns do have a lot of fun rounds, I actually have looked at a lot of weird slug shell videos waiting for a trade to do whatever. As I am with trading futures, I am/was I guess with guns, I don't get bogged down with variety and get very good with what I have and make do when it is less than optimal. Too many choices brings unhappiness.
My home defense load in my 870 was 2 rice, 2 bird, 2 magnum 00, 2 magnum slugs. Always figured that if I had to fire 8 times I was probably shooting at a vehicle by then.
The only time I was in a scenario where home was involved a Russian guy put a grenade through my bedroom window. Africa of course, interesting times. Had the guns but for that very reason he came at me in an unexpected way. Only here now as though normally a sound sleeper, I woke and went to the kitchen a minute before. I find guns troubling in that before I had firepower I felt invincible anyway, after months always armed I had to have a gun near to feel quite safe? I don't really like that I was not really safer for practical purposes and the gun was taking some of my mojo? Meh, a tool, I keep my FS92 at the range for relaxation (hard to get a carry permit without citizenship in Colombia) and the M82 someone gave me new (my first and only new gun) for my birthday years ago is at my place in SoCal for the zombie apocalypse.. Which I'm missing anyway.