Does your wife own a 12 ga?

http://www.castbullet.com ^ | 5.8.10 | myself

[2aberro]

To whom it may concern. If your wife does not own a 12 ga, you may need to buy her one for her birthday.

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.

Long story short. I bought her a short barreled 12ga and it is loaded with low recoil buckshot.

She and I practiced with HER shotgun with light dove loads for several weeks.

The 12ga sleeps on my side of the bed when I'm not at home and she sleeps soundly now, she fears no living being. Here is a poem I really like:

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It's all a tale of living, of what a man can be. I'll pass it on from my life, so maybe you can see. There's very few things that can't get done With five hunnerd dollars and a pump shotgun.

It's been passed on to me, from father to the kid. Sometimes you have to stand tall, sometimes you best be hid.

But a man can always stand tall, he never has to run

With five hunnerd dollars and a pump shotgun.

There's times when life is fearful, there's times that aren't so good. When a man does what he has to, when he does just what he should.

But he can keep his house warm, his place there in the sun With five hunnerd dollars and a pump shotgun.

One night the prisoners broke out, a few had rushed the gate. And Daddy heard that they were coming, heading down the interstate.

But they didn't stop at our house, they continued on the run Cause Dad was on the front porch with a pump shotgun.

Sometimes my Dad worked overtime, sometimes from out of state

My Momma didn't worry when the old man got in late She knew where Daddy kept them, could grab them on the run She had five hunnerd dollars and a pump shotgun.

It didn't matter what the trouble, didn't matter what the cause, If a kid got sick or the roof blew off, it didn't give her pause.

If a wolf got in the chickens, just trying to have some fun Mom would greet him warmly with a pump shotgun.

And when I started my house, with a baby on the way Dad came by one evening, said what he had to say "Remember all your lessons, and do what must be done.

Here's five hunnerd dollars and a pump shotgun."

[AnAmericanMother]

Both my sporting clay semi-auto shotgun and my Cowboy coach double-barrel are 20 ga.

I see no reason to punish myself unnecessarily (especially in Cowboy where the targets are so darn close) and I hit just as well with the 20 as with my grandfather's 12.

[little jeremiah]

Many people toss the word “karma” around with little understanding of the actual meaning. Another way to explain karma is “as you sow, so shall you reap”!

And failure to protect someone when you have the means is bad karma!

An old I think Jewish saying is also apropos:

Mercy to the cruel, is cruelty to the inncoent.

[BARLF]

I am the wife. LOL

My hubby of 61 years died four years ago and the reason I need a gun.

Weight,easy to load,least recoil is what I want. Hoping I never need it.

I live in a rural farming area, never any trouble around here,but that could change. Close neighbors, but not close enough if someone is trying to break into my bedroom in the middle of the night.)

I will check out the 410 and appreciate the info.

[AnAmericanMother]

I figure all three of my girls together could probably drag a burglar. Since they can retrieve a Canada alone, a reasonably sized burglar shouldn't be a problem for all three.

Imagine three of these heading straight for you:

and repeat after me, "Labs are sweet and gentle dogs . . . Labs are sweet and gentle dogs . . . "

[SatinDoll]

I second that motion. Someone breaks down my front door or back door, they have to go by two dogs who HATE strangers. Best damn alarm system in the world.

If whoever comes through my bedroom window they will be greeted by two ornery cats - part Siamese - and me armed with two brass ewers.

You read that correctly. Ewers.

About 8 in. tall, with rounded bottoms and narrow necks: they each fit in a hand perfectly. Better than brass knuckles. I hit someone alongside the head, they’re dead.

[NerdDad]

Technically, I suppose she does. We bought the Saiga in the corner at the same time we bought her Walther and it was her name on all the paperwork. She has shot both the pump and the Saiga and is proficient with both. But boys, lemme tell you, she is so incredibly accurate with that little Walther that I feel like I need to be HER backup. Suffice it to say, I make sure I don’t give her a reason to put me on the wrong side of that thing.

[Grizzled Bear]

Since they can retrieve a Canada alone, a reasonably sized burglar shouldn't be a problem for all three.

I would never provoke a dog that can retrieve an entire country!

[TexasCajun]

Welcome Noob, you sound like a good husband.

[AnAmericanMother]

Before I went as far down as .410, I would try out a 20 ga. and a 28 ga.

I'm a 5'6", 160 pound middle-aged lady. A 12 is a bit much for a lot of shooting, although I can do it, it really beats my shoulder up when I'm shooting heavy loads in a T-shirt.

I shoot both 20 and 28 ga. and have no trouble with either one. My daughter, who is a little skinny 22 year old, used my 20 ga. to shoot her first Cowboy Action match and did very well. She did not complain about the recoil, it did bruise her a little because she did not tuck the butt well into her shoulder on the first couple of shots (she figured it out pretty quick though).

The problem with .410 is that you just can't put as much lead out there. Because fewer pellets will fit into a load, the pattern tends to be both small and thin. And it's a big drop from 28 down to .410 - for that reason it's generally considered an expert's gun for wingshooting or sporting clays.

If you simply can't tolerate 20 or even 28, you might be better off with a short barrel lever action rifle than a .410. If you went that route, I would get a Win '92 in .44 or .357, both large pistol magnum calibers. It will not kick AT ALL and you can put an awful lot of lead out there in a hurry if you get some practice in.

[AnAmericanMother]

LOL! They’re “Canadas” not “Canadians”. I don’t know why, unless it’s to distinguish the geese from the humans.

[AnAmericanMother]

Long distance or even middle distance warfare is always superior to hand-to-hand combat.

I prefer to stand back and take my shots. Two to center of mass and one to the head if needed. It's bound to be messy but I don't want any grappling with a large man.

[AnAmericanMother]

Forgot to add that you can shoot the '92 accurately from the hip. Just place your left hand index finger alongside the fore-end of the stock and point it at your target.

That will get you style points.

[BARLF]

Thanks AAA.

Bookmarking info for when I go gun shopping.

[savedbygrace]

I have a 4YO Golden. For some stupid reason, he has decided the back yard is his and the house is mine. So, he guards his back yard vociferously, but rarely makes a sound in the house.

In fact, when something wakes him up suddenly, he’s mostly a big bundle of fear in the house.

So, I’m not sure what he would do if someone tried to break in at 3am. But I sleep light, my Maverick 88 with an 18 1/2 inch barrel one step and a short reach away. To protect myself, my wife, my daughter, I would take a shot without regard to the dog. (And I’m very attached to that dog.)

Priorities.

[Illuminatas]

The dog buys me the 15 seconds I need to get the synapses and shotgun working. I feed, shelter, and love my dog. Her part of the bargain is to bark her fool head off when the door rattles at night. She thinks it is a fair trade...

[AnAmericanMother]

Goldens can be funny (they're also cute, devoted, and very obedient, but they can be funny about stuff, and hardheaded too).

A very nice Golden today at the hunting retriever club training day refused to re-enter the water to make her second retrieve despite all the cajoling, pleading, and tossing pebbles near the floating duck that we could do.

On the other hand, my Labs have horrible line manners and this same Golden is always picture perfect.

I'm with you, by the way. I love my dogs, but if my family's in danger and they get in the line of fire, I'm sorry but that's too bad. That's why I've trained them to whoa.

[Trteamer]

“We used to have a few 12 gauges, and some 20 gauges scattered through the house, along with a 38 special and a Smith M&P.

Unfortunately, they were all lost in a tragic fishing accident.”

I gave all mine to the homeless.....

[fini]

Ahh, the sound of a pump shotgun.

When I was in Iraq, I sometimes carried a Mossberg with all of the accessories (folding stock, heat shield, etc...), group of Iraqi policemen wanted to know what it was since it did not look any gun they had seen before. Since we were in the green zone, I decided to let them look at it, so I started shucking rounds to empty it. As soon as the policemen heard the distinctive sound of racking of a pump shotgun, they all started smiling and laughing. From what one policeman said, they had never seen in real live pump shotgun, but they had all watched American movies and that sound was the international sound of "Your in a heap of trouble."

[savedbygrace]

Oh yeah.

I’ve seen a friendly family Lab move in the red zone in the blink of an eye, so I know you’re right.

A friend gave me some good advice as to what to be prepared before if I ever need to shoot in the house at 2 or 3 am, or whatever.

He said, in so many words, that in the middle of the night, it’s very dark, and very quiet. When you fire under those circumstances, the sudden combination of the very loud noise and the very bright flash can be surprisingly disorienting. He told me I need to be prepared for that, so I can return to my senses right away.

You know, in case one shot isn’t enough.

[american_ranger]

I feel for your loss.

I too recently lost the very few weapons that I had. We were moving and the mover lost our firearms. It was a terrible loss.