Posted on 10/10/2008 12:41:21 PM PDT by doug from upland
Decent advice. I use a .44 Magnum lever action rifle instead of a shotgun, because 1) both of my shotguns have long barrels, and 2) 10 rounds ready to go. The lever action sounds a lot like a shotgun being racked.
With both bedrooms upstairs, a bad guy can steal what he wants downstairs (I don’t have much worth taking, and don’t believe in wandering around a dark house with a cocked gun). If he comes upstairs, he’ll have to turn the corner into the line of fire of my .44.
I also have a Ruger .45 semi-auto for tight quarters, but the .44 is pretty sweet to use.
Sounds like the Battle of Lexington.
Teen Shoots, Injures Man Trying To Break Into House
Police Say Shooting Justified
POSTED: 5:36 pm EDT May 23, 2006
UPDATED: 7:00 pm EDT May 23, 2006
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A 15-year-old boy shot and injured a man he said was trying to break into his home early Saturday morning.
Maxine Chandler opened the door of her Hollywood home at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, expecting her husband. Instead, she said she was faced with a man trying to kick down the front door.
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“When I closed that door, he just went crazier. He picked up the bicycle and threw it at the window,” Chandler said.
As the intruder, identified by police as 22-year-old Keil Jumper, threw his bike against the front window, Chandler’s son, Javaris Granger, 15, reached for his father’s gun.
“I thought he was going to kill me,” Chandler said. “The most thing I need to stress is that 911 did not respond.”
“He busted through the door, and when he busted through the door . . . he was going crazy and stuff. His eyes looked at me, and that’s when I got scared. I just shot the first shot. What made me really have to take action was my mom. I was more like in fear for my mom, because she was scared,” Granger said.
Granger was also trying to protect his 12 sisters and female cousins, who were asleep in the house.
“I’m very proud of him,” Chandler said.
“I’m proud of myself for protecting my family,” Granger said.
Granger, a freshman at McArthur High School, said he has practiced shooting a gun with his father at Markham Park before, but never imagined he would have to shoot at an intruder in his own home.
Hollywood police called it a justifiable shooting, NBC 6’s Amara Sohn reported.
Hollywood police said Jumper might have been on drugs. Jumper is now in serious condition at Memorial Regional Hospital with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and legs.
My husband and I have been discussing getting our first firearm, and have decided to invest in a shotgun. He’s a former Marine, but I have never used a gun. Should I take a class first then buy, or buy and learn how to use the gun we buy? This is a major step, as I have refused to have a gun in the house for 35 years of marriage.
Mid 20s, African American male, suburb of Chicago, law student, no use for Jesse Jackson, grew up in an anti-gun family.
Thanks much! Is that $209 total? (w/18 1/2” barrel)
Shotgun with slugs.. will stop PeeWee Herman, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant.. or a BEAR if need be..
If they keep coming after you foolishly reveal your location with that Rambo rack the slide BS, they’ll probably cap yo ass.
Shotgun, 12 or 16 gage, #9 bird shot, wax seal the end of the shell, make three small equal cuts at the wadding.
One thing he didn't mention is although the pump is technically probably the most reliable, if you add in the human equation, the auto might be, as long as it is something like the 1187 or 1100 etc.
People do sometimes short shuck a pump. I would bet it happens more often than a good auto jamming.
I will admit I keep a 12 gauge pump in my house. It is a Winchester 1200 defender with 18 inch barrel and extended mag tube. Also has a pistol grip stock, not the cut off stock but a full sized one with a pistol grip. It really does make it easier for me to handle now than I have arthritis in my shoulders and hands.
I keep it loaded with double ought buck but at times I have used #4 buck and even magnum BB shot. It probably doesn't make any difference tho I keep the 00 buck just in case I end up outside and the bad guy is in a vehicle. I would prefer a Remington 870 but for all practical purposes the Winchester is just as good and it was a great buy at $189 at WalMart.
For a handgun, I keep a Browning Hi-power tho a lot of others would be just as good. I particularly like the Sig P226. For the average person, a .38 revolver loaded with +P hollow points would be about ideal.
For a rifle, I agree one of the pistol caliber short carbines would be nice. You could do a lot worse than a Ruger 10/22 with a reliable high capacity magazine.
Adrenalin takes care of this for you as part of your Fight or Flight instinct.
There are many testimonials from gunfights as to what the adrenalin does by the way they reacted and observed. The Tunnel Vision effect.
The flash of my 44 gives great snap shot of my next shot on hogs at night. I don't even hear the blast during the rush.
Welcome to FR btw.
It also makes it very easy to use for left handed shooters as well. That was a reason why it's been chosen by the US Military.
I sleep better knowing that I can defend Mrs Chan and Baby Chan against any parasite who dares threaten them.
I feel the very same way you do my friend. But do be sure that the lovely Mrs. B-Chan is as proficient with your firearm of choice as you are.
And when Baby-Chan is old enough, start him or her on training, too.
Stay safe Mr. Chan. There are interesting times ahead.
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If you have never used a gun take a class. You’ll be much happier with your shooting and learn how to correct problems instead of just through trial and error.
Nice thing about shotguns is that you don’t really aim, you just point in the general area of your target :). But still even if the “class” is learning to trap shoot then you’re better off then nothing as hitting a small flying disk of clay is a lot harder then a stationary large target.
muzzle blast yes, but as far as sound, i wouldn’t worry, if you have a goblin coming at you, you’re gonna go to tunnel vision.
odds are that you won’t hear anything and you won’t feel the recoil.
Upon impact, the round expends all of its kinetic energy nearly instantly and fragments, forming a large cavity. Overpenetration is nearly impossible. A hit anywhere on the torso, head, or thigh is nearly always lethal.
A miss won't penetrate walls, doors, or aircraft skin and cause collateral damage. I'd be willing to wager Sky Marshalls pack with JPF. Diagram below:
You just made a good point that no one has been talking about. I wonder what the odds are that Israel will attack Iran before the end of the year if Obama wins. It would certainly be their last chance of getting our support before Iran can develop a full arsenal of nukes. It amazes me that a large number of Jews in this country will vote for Obama. Did it say in the Bible that the Jews will be blinded?
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