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Top Home Defense Shotguns
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 3/5/2018 | J Hines

Posted on 03/05/2018 6:34:40 AM PST by w1n1

Shotguns have always been a major firearm used in hunting and home defense. They are versatile in hunting and you can choose the loads and chokes.

For home defense lately, the innovation of magazine fed seems to be the craze among gun enthusiasts.
Here are top 5 shotguns to look at for home defense.

See the rest of this top home defense shotguns here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: shotguns
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To: w1n1
Benelli M4 is what I went with and am VERY pleased with my purchase. I put the extension tube on it so it now holds 8 + 1 tactical rounds.
21 posted on 03/05/2018 8:10:10 AM PST by PushinTin (Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often and for the same reason...)
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To: ctdonath2

That’s why I have an 11.5” AR15 - to mount a suppressor without overall length being unwieldy.

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Thanks for the post. That seems like a superior solution to me. Now if they would only make suppressors over the counter the way they should be.


22 posted on 03/05/2018 8:20:50 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: S.O.S121.500
How do you get your hearing back after firing one of these indoors without hearing protection?

I keep a set of electronic over-the-ear hearing protectors right next to the shotgun. Sound is only muted when the gun is fired. In fact, it amplifies ambient sound and gives you an advantage in the dark.

23 posted on 03/05/2018 8:42:27 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: Chode

Depending on age half your hearing is already gone. Hubbie’s is High Freq Fight Deck, mine is Low Freq surgery damage. Both wear hearing aids. If it’s night 1 of us will hear the dogs, he’s better with the 12 guage with the short barrel and pistol grip, I’m better with the pistol, but looking to move from a Tauraus Ultra Lite Revolver to a SW 462 Hammerless becausen Thumb surgery has left me with a Frozen Thumb, and limited Index finger, the trigger can have the trigger pull lightened, but not the Hammer.


24 posted on 03/05/2018 9:14:29 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: GailA

sounds like a good team!


25 posted on 03/05/2018 9:20:03 AM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Too late.....


26 posted on 03/05/2018 9:38:18 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights .........It is the LAW...)
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To: MCF

I’ll stick with my 24” Mossburg 930 JM Pro. Ya not great for “room clearing” or some other tactical sounding thing I’m not ever going to do. 10 rounds of alternating buck and slugs is a hard argument to beat if you are not going on hikes.


27 posted on 03/05/2018 9:57:27 AM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I keep a set of electronic over-the-ear hearing protectors right next to the shotgun . . .

Same here, for the same reasons. When it was needed, I also turned off the lights, because I'm prepared for complete darkness too. I want all imaginable advantages if some thug enters my home and presents an immediate danger to my life or to my family. [Plus a vest that will add to my safety.]

28 posted on 03/05/2018 10:30:33 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“Our Mossberg 500 tactical works just fine. :-)”

We may be related somehow. 500A, ghost ring sights, 16 barrel. I much prefer the controls on the Mossberg over the 870. Shoots like a dream.

L


29 posted on 03/05/2018 10:33:23 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurker

Yeh we put ghost rings on ours too.


30 posted on 03/05/2018 11:30:41 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: DCBryan1
Another vote for Benelli M2 = John Wick's shotgun of choice. Here's where you can go to get it "modified" to meet the John Wick II film specs. Heck of a defensive weapon. Here's the link:

http://tarantacticalinnovations.com/tti-m1-m2-upgrade-package/

31 posted on 03/05/2018 11:53:14 AM PST by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: Durus

If you are in a rural area that is fine, in fact that’s pretty good.. In an urban or suburban area not so much. Slugs can ricochet and end up in the neighbors house. 00 buckshot is still lethal at 100 yards. It would be like shooting someone with. 31 Cal. Cap and ball revolver at close range.


32 posted on 03/05/2018 12:17:20 PM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: S.O.S121.500

=:^(


33 posted on 03/05/2018 12:37:56 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: Lurker
I much prefer the controls on the Mossberg over the 870. Shoots like a dream.

Ok...so...a question for a Mossberg owner such as myself. I have a 500 12ga and a 500a 20ga pistol grip. The small control just above the trigger where the thumb falls that must be pressed to allow the pump to be operated to rack the next round...is it safe to or inadvisable to disable that?

34 posted on 03/05/2018 12:43:46 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I am not competent to answer that question.

Sorry.

L


35 posted on 03/05/2018 12:45:48 PM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurker

No worries. I’ve asked many associates who I shoot with and they all say, “Just leave it. It must be there for a reason.”


36 posted on 03/05/2018 12:56:20 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: w1n1
The ultimate: Kel-Tec KSG-25

MSRP $1,400
Caliber . . . . .12ga 3”
Weight Unloaded . .9.25lbs
Magazine Capacity . .10+10 (3” shells)
Overall Length . . .38”
Barrel Length . . .30.5”
Trigger Pull . . . .5lbs

I love their advertisement: "Load the whole box" (25 2 3/4" - one up the spout)

and then we have a capacity of 40 1 3/4" (they will feed)

I want one.

37 posted on 03/05/2018 1:02:13 PM PST by Oatka
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To: w1n1

I have a Remington 20 gauge that my father gave me but I don’t consider that for home defense. I have a Ruger American 9mm for that. I think that’s easier to get to and easier to use in tight spaces like around a house.


38 posted on 03/05/2018 1:05:52 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I’d agree with them. I don’t know enough about the internal workings to say one way or the other. I do know that it’s a damned fine shotgun for the money. I much prefer it over the 870 design.

Best,

L


39 posted on 03/05/2018 2:00:50 PM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: w1n1

That Mossberg looks awesome! I have a .270 I use for deer hunting, and a Remington 870 Super Mag for “bird hunting”... might have to think about getting that Mossberg shotgun...


40 posted on 03/05/2018 3:59:16 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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