Does your wife own a 12 ga?

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[Brilliant]

You seem well armed already. Maybe you just need your son to give you some lessons?

[RebelTXRose]

A lovely sound it is - from the right end of it.

[AnAmericanMother]

Imagine what the coroner would say when he discovered lots of little puncture wounds . . .

If he were a retrieving judge he would say, "Sorry, you failed the hunt test. This bird is not fit for the table!"

[AnAmericanMother]

The Rem 1100 in 20 is my sporting clays gun.

I LOVE that thing! It's a good natural pointer (although the 1148 in 28 ga. is a better pointer) and it's got some oomph.

I can shoot skeet with my 28 ga., but sporting clays is tough because you can't get the long ones very well. I use my 20 instead.

[AnAmericanMother]

You do NOT need a dog. It's not an appliance, it's an intelligent, thinking, feeling animal.

For a dog to be effective, it has to be a member of the pack, i.e. a full member of the household. Penning it up alone all day isolated from its pack (YOU) will make it crazy. It amounts to dog abuse.

Get a good burglar alarm with a power backup.

[BARLF]

First I apologize for addressing you as AAA, I knew your Fr moniker was AnAmericanMother:(

I'll check out the Remington 1100.

There is also a Win 375.

(No bears in my area.)

[AnAmericanMother]

The .375 Win is an oddball round, like my .348 Win.

It's based on the old .38-55, it does pack a punch for its size. The .348 is more of a classic bear rifle though and has a little more oomph (on both ends).

Too much gun for burglars in either case.

[AnAmericanMother]

P.S. . . . no apologies necessary! I answer to almost anything, including “Hey! You!”

[Armedanddangerous]

The Colt came from my great grandfather’s country store. He bought it to protect his family during the Matewan massacre and the aftermath when the Baldwin-Felts detectives stalked anyone who even showed the slightest bit of attitude toward the companies.

[sockmonkey]

He bought it to protect his family during the Matewan massacre and the aftermath

I never heard of the Matewan Massacre so I just looked it up. Wow, what a fascinating, and terrible time for WV-Paid Enforcers, company stores, intrique, violence.

[Armedanddangerous]

The US Army Air Corps even dropped a bomb from a biplane into a cornfield just next door to my great grandpa’s home. It didn’t go off, and no one was sure what to do with it, so they just buried it for a couple years. The governor at the time ordered the bombing to get the union people to run away. They didn’t run, so that didnt work. 8-)

[Melas]

I don’t know how I’d deal with a woman so delicate that her nights were sleepless and full of fear if not in my presence. My wife is alone a lot when I’m traveling, and alone in motels when she travels. Different breed I guess.

That said, a home invader here, if he survived would tell a frightened tale of fleeing from vicious dogs amidst a hail of gunfire.

[roamer_1]

I recently took a job that keeps me away from home most of the time. My wife had many nights of sleeplessness due to fear, agnst, and lack of self confidence when she is alone at night.

DOG. BIG, Big, dog. Mean as hell, but willing to listen. - No worries at all at that point.

[I see my hands]

The Komondor is very interesting. A ton of great qualities. If it could stand the heat and burrs of the Sornoran Desert and hunt for it's own food it would be a great dog to consider. Thanks!

[alarm rider]

Trust me, she rarely misses at the range. Nerves of steel, and 20/20.

[mad_as_he$$]

Mine did. Lake Tahoe, 1500 feet. All “hands” lost.

[driftdiver]

No, she has a .45

[Figment]

At 10 feet from an 18 inch barrel birdshot will kill. 00 buck might miss altogether.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Independent testing says otherwise; a load of #8 birdshot at 15 feet will penetrate about 3" of flesh. Yes, that can seriously wound someone, but stop them? There's a reason the FBI, police, and military look for 12" of penetration into a human, and that's to get a CNS or critical organ hit.

If you want to use #8 birdshot, go ahead but the testing - and the expert recommendations - say to do otherwise. As the guys at The Box O' Truth summarize:

As we have shown time and time again, birdshot is for little birds, not for bad guys. It makes a nasty, shallow wound, but is not a good "Stopper".

I'd recommend reading their full summary of birdshot testing in 20 GA and 12 GA configuration.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

One other thing to consider: #4 birdshot weighs about 3 grains per pellet, about 1/3rd a BB. And the velocity out of a shotgun is about equivalent to a Gamo Whisper air gun.

Would you like to stop someone by shooting them with a BB gun a few dozen times? Because that’s what #4 birdshot does. It definitely kills small birds, but bigger game? Don’t think 30 shots with my air rifle will stop a person.