Posted on 09/24/2012 6:24:41 PM PDT by Kartographer
A guy at my local gun shop was picking one of those up, and said he had been waiting on it (special order) for months. It took Glock mags (I think Glock 19), and I was pretty darned jealous.
Largely we are discussing “HOME” defense.
Close quarters middle of the night in your house stuff.
And a lot of us have smaller homes, or small yards where over penetration is an issue.
Beyond that we are talking inexpensive.
MP5 aint inexpensive.
No one suggested a full size upland bird gun.(maybe one or two guys)
75% of us here suggest a tactical 12 ga pump.
I agree with you on the pistol grip ver.
That’s hell on the hand.
I bought one of those (A Model 10-10) from Bud's Gun Shop online. It was an old Australian Police gun, and has a good amount of holster wear, but locks up solid and has a wonderful trigger.
It sits on my nightstand as my home defense gun. I do have a shotgun (Mossberg 590a1), but the good-old Model 10 is my favorite for the home.
The Model 10 is also the only one of my guns that my wife is comfortable shooting.
I think turkey shot or #4 buck should work well without over penetration at those ranges.
3”magnum 00 buck, and slugs are pretty rough in a pump action shotgun
You can always mod a shotgun to reduce recoil, too, but it costs extra money. But for control and staying on target and ability to keep firing in a lot less pain, it can turn a regular shotgun into a much, much better tool.
They don’t use shotguns because they carry the equivalent crowd control weapon in rifle form. Plus seals are the ones breaking in, not the ones defending the house from God knows how many attackers.
All I know is I have owned a lot of fire arms and I just keep a reliable tactical 16” pump 12 ga in the house.
And a few back ups.
Replace the standard stock with a recoil reducing adjustable stock.
I dunno. I harvested my first two whitetails and a raft of ducks with a bolt-action .410 shotgun, long before I got a Remington 870 in 20 gauge. Now I like 12 gauge, but I'm not about to underestimate the .410
Yabbut, the .40 isn't a NATO round, is it? DHS, TSA, and just about all the rest of the alphabet soup are packing them, though.
I like a short, hammerless revolver just because you can shoot through your pocket with it at close range, more than once. I had just about given up on packing a wheel gun when that though struck me, and now we have a couple of them. At 3 ft., .38 Spl +P will get the job done.
I’m with you - - I need wheel guns.
There’s just no feeling of dependability quite like a no-doubt-about-it wheel gun.
I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that if myself or my family were in danger, I would do what I was taught, and pull the trigger...so would many freepers that have not seen combat. I remember watching some gotcha journalist ask a snipper what he felt when he pulled the trigger and someone died...the mans said one word "recoil" kinda shut down that line of gotcha...
The range of a 22 rifle is close to a mile, you better be a good shot or you might get some innocent sitting in their back yard...My neighbor is about 1/3 mile away with woods inbetween...no rifles are used on my property
Visions of snagged hammers (with either) trying to draw just didn't cut it. So now, I'm the big bad dude with the little Ladysmith .38 in my pocket. (The Mrs. has one, too.)
The slicker and simpler the system, the fewer points of failure...
Let me ask you a question....I inherited my dads 38 special colt cobra that he used with his cw permit after retiring, used a shoulder holster..your opinion of that gun? GG
I am looking for a small, comfortable, quality revolver for easy carry. Currently, I slip a Seecamp .32 in my jeans pocket and you’d never know it’s there. You can walk right into a stadium while the guards check the ladys’ handbags. It’s a reliable semi, especially if you stick with Winchester Silvertips, but’s not very accurate because the barrel is so short. (Of course, accuracy doesn’t matter much since its purpose is to defend against an up-close and personal attack like a mugging or carjacking.)
Still, if I can find a revolver that’s even close to being as easy to carry as the Seecamp, I’m there.
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