[PowderMonkey]

So far, so good. What concerns me is that in our area, an increasingly popular technique involves multiple perps simultaneously hitting the front door. First they sever the phone lines, and then kick their way in. It has happened at all hours. I was at one time tempted to switch out my shotty for the Glock 21 as principal home defense, but I remembered the words of an old pistolero who once said "a handgun is what you use to help you get to a REAL weapon." Fair enough. When it comes time to respond to things that go bump in the night, the vintage Winchester Defender pictured below comes with me. It was my first choice for home defense purchase back in 1987. "Dance with the one that brought you."

[MHGinTN]

One note: when I go practice with my Winchester 1300, I do most of the shooting ‘from the hip’ since I figure that is the position from which my home defense shooting will come; Shooting from the hip allows the greatest peripheral vision while dropping a perp ... these billy badass druggies don’t work alone if they’re not afraid to enter a home while they know you’re there.

[hiredhand]

So far, so good. What concerns me is that in our area, an increasingly popular technique involves multiple perps simultaneously hitting the front door. First they sever the phone lines, and then kick their way in. It has happened at all hours. I was at one time tempted to switch out my shotty for the Glock 21 as principal home defense, but I remembered the words of an old pistolero who once said "a handgun is what you use to help you get to a REAL weapon." Fair enough. When it comes time to respond to things that go bump in the night, the vintage Winchester Defender pictured below comes with me. It was my first choice for home defense purchase back in 1987. "Dance with the one that brought you."

The multiple perp scenario is becoming more prevalent unfortunately. There's also a new tactic where they "pretend" to be LEOs. I don't like using handguns as primary defensive weapons. I think they're too easy to miss with under stress, even at close distances. We live in a very rural place, but there is a bad place (with BAD people) about a half mile from us. Our biggest problem is predators (the four footed variety) in our goat pens. I keep an Armalite A-4/M-4 (clone) handy, and it's usually loaded with 75gr Hornady A-Maxes, so they're aren't AS apt to penetrate the entire HOUSE. But I do have to be very aware of where everybody is.

[Gilbo_3]

Hey PM,

Whats the make on that stock ???

right now Im sportin pure pistol grip and it can be brutal...