5 Best Home Defense Shotguns

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 10/25/2017 | J McAdams

[w1n1]

A good shotgun is a powerful defense tool in the right hands. Here’s our list for the best home defense shotguns. Though they don’t come without shortcomings, a home defense shotgun can be incredibly tool for defending your family. However, like any tool, you need to use the right one for the job. Yes, you can drive a nail with a screwdriver, but a hammer is a much better choice. By the same token, a shotgun specifically designed with home defense in mind is a much better choice for that sort of work than your trusty turkey or duck hunting shotgun.

Whatever home defense shotgun you end up choosing, your work is only beginning once you actually obtain your shotgun. It can be extremely effective in the right hands. Without further adieu here's our choices for the best home defense shotguns.

Winchester SXP Defender

It is reasonably priced, lightweight, very handy, and can hold 6 (5+1) 12 gauge shotgun shells. The fact that it is manufactured in Turkey is a strike against it in the eyes of some, but make no mistake: the Winchester SXP Defender is an excellent shotgun for defending your home.

Benelli M4

It has such an excellent reputation for reliability and durability that it is used by a number of military and police forces all over the world, including the U.S. Marine Corps

Remington 870 Express Tactical

No list of the best home defense shotguns would be complete without a Remington 870. The pump-action 870 is the best selling shotgun of all-time for good reason: it works. That’s why it is such a popular shotgun for hunters, for police, and for people who want a reliable shotgun to defend themselves from both 2 and 4-legged predators. Read the rest and full description of the 5 best home defense shotguns here.

[Covenantor]

Mossberg Persuader...18.5” bbl, cylinder bore, ghost ring, 5 shot mag and Knoxx CopStock, just right for my abode... Short and sweet with reduced recoil 00 loads.

[sarge83]

I have a Mossy 500 .12 gauge with a 30 inch barrel in the front closet loaded for black bears, three #8 shots for stinging his behind and two slugs at the end of the line in case he charges.

In my office is another Mossy 500 .12 gauge youth gun with a 20 inch barrel, loaded with low recoil buckshot. In my den is a S&W .12 gauge riot gun loaded with low recoil buckshot’s and next to my bed is a Mossy 500 .12 gauge with a 24 inch barrel and combat sights loaded with five rounds of low recoil buck shot and a slug at the end of the line.

You can find nice Mossbergs all day long at pawn shops in the $100-$200 range.

[Hot Tabasco]

Saiga 12 with a 20 round drum.

Not good for home invasion.....too many walls, cabinets and appliances that will need to be replaced and not to mention the blood that will need to be cleaned up.

[Georgia Girl 2]

We added pistol grip, blade sight out on the barrel, ghost ring and the loops for the bandolier and 25 round bandolier.

[Moonman62]

How do you get your hearing back after firing it inside?

[GOYAKLA]

Have one!
Want one of these: http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/shotguns/sxp/SXP-Current-Products/super-x-pump-marine-defender.html

[Covenantor]

Sounds familiar ;>)

Bandolier=10×00, 10xBrenneke Tactical Home Defense 440gr slugs, 5x4 buck.

[Eagles6]

Then it may be too short under the law.

I don't know.

You can get a .410 barrel shorter than 18" for a Thompson Contender though.

Better, I think, to stick with a rifle/carbine or a shotgun plus a handgun.