Hi-Point .45 ACP Carbine: Are Handgun Caliber Rifles the New Home Defense Shotgun?

The Truth About Guns ^ | 10 August, 2010 | Robert Farago

[conservativeharleyguy]

Shotgun does it for me....

[1raider1]

I thought the M3 submachine gun was dubbed “grease gun” . Not the Thompson.

[U S Army EOD]

If you have waited that long to charge the weapon you have waited way too long.

[central_va]

Why bother with a pistol-ammo rifle for home defense when you can have a revolver that shoots .45 or 4-10 ammo?

WTF is that?

[Uncle Ike]

” Cycling any type of gun tends to give away your position. I personally do not think that is a good idea. “

I, personally, do not think storing a gun, or any weapon, “in battery” is a particularly good idea....

[edpc]

Agreed....they are asthetically challenged. I have a 9mm HiPoint because it was dirt cheap. Since I have other quality firearms, I only plan to use it as potential trade bait in a SHTF scenario.

I view it as a higher capacity PF-45 Liberator.....use it once and get an upgrade from the opponent.

[Reddy]

Interesting thread. We have been trying to decide on a home defense weapon, and were told by LEO that a shotgun is best. Then someone said that a shotgun is not good because of what one poster said- barrel could be grabbed, makes a mess in your house with the spray, the noise it makes as you chamber the shell alerts the BG (for the good or bad!).

So confusing.

[mountainlion]

I had a bear try to break in one night. I think a 45 will only make a bear intruder mad. I am waiting on a 870 riot gun with a short barrel. I have a 45 Colt for two leg intruders.

[ATLDiver]

I’ll second that, the pistol whould be at your side no matter what ‘long gun’ one has.

I have a SPR AR that’s for ‘perimeter’ defense since I live on a large lot. Do you have a EOTech or Airpoint on your’s?

[P8riot]

The shotgun doesn’t give much in the way of pellet dispersion at room ranges.

Depends on what you've got chambered. Using what most people use (00Buck) you are right, but I keep both of my Benelli M1 Super 90s loaded #1 Buck. It is proven to be a better option for home defense as it puts more energy on target with slightly less chance of wall penetration than 00.

[Eye of Unk]

You may be right, I have whats called a “trench gun” or riot shotgun, its a 1933 Winchester Model 11, looks just like a Browning humpbacked A5 auto 12. Has a cut down barrel and stock.

[P8riot]

Absolutely. Never bring an unloaded gun to a gunfight.

[Waverunner]

I agree - but if you want to use sound to scare the intruder, keep one of these in your closet...
RRRRRRRRRR ( intruders tend to run away, they know your crazy)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

there’s no more intimidating sound, from man or nature, than the distinctive ‘racking’ of a pump-action shotgun...

Makes it much more likely to be able to defuse a situation without having to fire a shot....

. . . which makes me wonder if I don't want an actuator mechanism which can be concealed somewhere and triggered remotely to produce that sound.

Intruder hears sound, cannot locate the source, loses confidence in his ability to control the tactical situation, departs.

[central_va]

I leave my first line of home defense to the professionals...

Anyone makes it past him, gets a .45 lead sandwich door prize dispensed from a m1911.

[rellimpank]

-—these “home defense” threads usually end up full of , uh—hot air—

[Tribune7]

[TangoLimaSierra]

That looks like the perfect home defense weapon.

[dblshot]

BGs won't hear me racking my shotgun over the barking of my three 100 pound + dogs that are going to be their first problem to deal with when I open the bedroom door. what's the most dangerous dog in the world? Maybe a chihuahua backed by an armed owner. Those little guys are good burgler alarms.