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What Makes A Good Home Self Defense Gun?
19FortyFive ^ | 1/23/2021 | Peter Suicu

Posted on 01/23/2021 2:23:53 PM PST by Onthebrink

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To: Onthebrink

Mainly do some research and avoid unreliable crap gun like the Judge and a lot of others. Watch Paul Harrell videos on YouTube.


81 posted on 01/23/2021 3:16:36 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Rlsau1

My wife prefers the Taurus Judge to a long barrel shotgun. Keep it loaded with #6 bird shot.


82 posted on 01/23/2021 3:21:44 PM PST by Texas resident (Biden is China's bitch)
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To: Onthebrink

A “snake gun”, a pistol version of a shotgun, might be good at close quarters, but probably totally illegal most places.

Pistols and revolvers are important for fighting your way to the long guns.


83 posted on 01/23/2021 3:22:26 PM PST by alloysteel (Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.)
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To: Onthebrink

Hi.

Hell, i don’t know anymore.. Used to be rule .303 to reach out and touch somebody. Then comes Mr. Mossberg in 12 gauge. Close in support.

Sam Colt comes into play (.45), shit...

If that fails and everything gets up close and personal, you got your K-bar.

5.56mm


84 posted on 01/23/2021 3:22:43 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: PGalt

Our house is situated like that. My son left us an Aluminum bat that I keep near the front door. We have some serious butcher knives. I read a story about a woman whose house was broken into while she was cooking dinner. She had a pot of boiling water on the stove. The bad guys got into the kitchen and she threw the boiling water on them, then stabbed them many times.

ANY thing can be used as a weapon. You just have to be creative. And you have to be willing to take their life. They will not be so forgiving.


85 posted on 01/23/2021 3:27:22 PM PST by Texas resident (Biden is China's bitch)
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To: Onthebrink

https://www.sportsmans.com/mossberg-590-12-gauge-tactical-shotgun

Love my 8 + 1 Marinecote Mariner with a pistol grip.

Be carefull in some lib states like Ct the pistol grip makes it an assault weapon and illegal.
So keep the standard stock on it if you reside in one of those hell holes .


86 posted on 01/23/2021 3:27:45 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: magyars4

357 is great for going through cheap walls and killing a neighbor


87 posted on 01/23/2021 3:28:59 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Last thing I am concerned about during a home invasion or whatever is the decibels.


88 posted on 01/23/2021 3:30:51 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Onthebrink

A sword doesn’t wake the neighbors.


89 posted on 01/23/2021 3:31:56 PM PST by SanchoP ("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." )
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To: ex-cadet

I was picking up some ammo at basspro shop and found a box of OOO buckshot. Never even heard of it. The box said it for bear and moose, I guess that will work on an intruder.


90 posted on 01/23/2021 3:34:34 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: tet68

A squirt gun with patchouli oil.


91 posted on 01/23/2021 3:34:43 PM PST by Track9 (English language instruction in china is sponsored by the CCP to facilitate espionage. )
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To: metmom

enlist


92 posted on 01/23/2021 3:34:47 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: tet68

First rule of a gunfight: have a gun.


93 posted on 01/23/2021 3:38:19 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MachIV

To prevent hearing damage. One AR15 shot (5.56/.223 or above) in a house causes measurable permanent hearing loss. Any self defense caliber in a house, and you won’t hear a 2nd shot and won’t be able to have a normal conversation for a few minutes. Either a “silencer” or hearing protection prevent that, but a silencer is quicker than slipping on hearing protection. People that sell themselves as self defense “experts” have differing opinions on the matter.


94 posted on 01/23/2021 3:39:24 PM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Onthebrink

At this point.. any gun with ammo.

Im helping a friend buy. It’s not easy anymore.

He’s getting to the nitty gritty.


95 posted on 01/23/2021 3:42:44 PM PST by Celerity
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To: Keyhopper

000 BUCK is .36 caliber & while it’s not common, it WORKS WELL for defense.
(Though it may be “overkill” on human predators.)

FWIW, numerous professional hunters in Africa LIKE a 10-GAUGE double-barrel with 000 buck for “dealing with” WOUNDED DANGEROUS GAME, like CAPE BUFFALO, LIONS & LEOPARDS.

yours, ex-cadet


96 posted on 01/23/2021 3:44:50 PM PST by ex-cadet
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To: Celerity

I can’t even find ammo anymore—anywhere. Reload time!


97 posted on 01/23/2021 3:46:42 PM PST by Onthebrink
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To: dljordan

They go right through most wooden doors too


98 posted on 01/23/2021 3:47:42 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: hoe_cake

If they’re inside your house, you’ve already blown in.


99 posted on 01/23/2021 3:51:44 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: V_TWIN
The one you can find ammunition for at this point.

Oh, ammo is easy to find...as long as you're in the market for snake shot, blanks, or 8mm Lebel. LOL.

100 posted on 01/23/2021 3:54:40 PM PST by SIDENET (ISAIAH 5:20)
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