OK. When you said, “consider a takedown 270” it sounded like you were recommending it to the OP. If he is asking for shotgun recommendations, it sounds like he doesn’t have the experience to use a high powered rifle for home defense. I wouldn’t use one in any event. A pistol caliber carbine is about as high as I would go for home defense. You can get lever guns in .44 Magnum if you want a powerful home defense gun. I just would not use something that launches a high BC bullet at 3,000 ft/sec in a suburban environment. As opposed to a handgun that launches bullets at 800 ft/sec at the most.