My sister-in-law is an anthropologist working in coastal Alaska.

Everyone , and I mean everyone, carries a cut off 870 pump with a sling.
You do not go anywhere without it.
If you do, you are fired.
She's as anti as anyone ever was, but to see her swinging her companion around, is pretty impressive.

They are ubiquitous in Alaskan gun shops. Chopped, dropped, and ready to roll.

Quite handy for hunting moose as well.

Out there doing it best I can.