Graphic: KelTec KSG (the red dot sight is an accessory), KelTec
Graphic: KelTec KSG (the red dot sight is an accessory), KelTec
closing one’s eyes when firing? I think it is better to have a bright flashlight on it.
20 gauge double barrel, 20” barrels, buckshot. Loaded. Just one little thing for self-defense. The other system is secret and for someone to find out the hard way.
Racking a mossberg “should” send an intruder running. If not they are more stupid than you can imagine.
I would never use a shotgun for home defense. Why destroy your own property in the process of eliminating an intruder? Minimize damage to walls and furnishings by using a handgun.
Of course, there's a good side to a wide area of damage too. You are less likely to miss (and smaller pellets like bird shot don't penetrate outside walls).
Birdshot
Buckshot
Slug
In that order.
Many experts and chairgun warriors believe the shotgun to be the best choice for home defense.
I am not one of them.
I’m a handgun and rifle kind of guy.
I am better, faster and more accurate with them than a shotty.
Whatever you use, train, practice and then practice some more.
Since their creation they have been used for home defense, especially with those who are not as proficient with accuracy in times of emergency action.
whilst there is no more terrifying burglar alarm than the distinctive racking of a pump shotgun, i don’t recommend the use of any long guns in the tight confines of the average home interior. not only are they easier to spot b y the bad guys, but they take longer, and more room to bring to bear on target. if you have to move rapidly they can get entangled in all sorts of things like curtains, furniture, etc.
someone told me once that the sound of a scattergun is universally respected. You donâÂÂt even have to hit anything!
I have a Mossberg 500 - I bought 2-1/2 inch and 3 inch shotgun shells
Mostly 7-8 birdshot - but I’ve never fired a shotgun before
I think we lost a FReeper who told me what to buy to reduce the recoil (named above)
.410 pump action
At chez Buttons there’s 409 spray cleaner for bugs, .410 for larger pests. You can’t miss with either one. Prepares them to be dispatched by a 95-pound chick.
Glock with a tactical light is what I recommend.
Shotgun takes two hands. If you have to open a door, control a child, be on the phone with 911, turn on a light, etc., you have one-handed a moment when it is out of control, and, perhaps, more vulnerable to being snatched by a lurking perp.
A handgun can be kept close to the body where it is better under control in a physical confrontation. Shotgun is risky in that regard because its length makes it vulnerable when in the “ready” position.
Tac light on a Glock can be activited with the trigger finger, flashed on and off, or simply turned on or off, all while your weak hand is free to do whatever.
I mention Glock, but other pistol/tac light combos probably work the same way.
Hand gun and an arm shield.
I’ve pondered getting a shotgun. I suppose it would be useful if you are dealing with more than one bad guy who are standing together in the same general area. Happy with my 9MM but if Harris wins I’m buying more.
According to Dad, in NYC a steel door is a challenge and a clear admission that there’s a prize inside.
Here in PA, we have signs like “Break in tonight and you will be here in the morning” and “trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot twice.” Even four-legged critters understand that racking is code for the command to about-face. Nearly all two-legged intruders are scared by the sight of security cameras. You would have to be very jacked up to break and enter.
I have already learned (twice) that suspicious persons wandering around outside my house, checking windows and doors, are more likely to be parole officers, lost and looking to serve a warrant on someone a mile away on a street with a similar name.
Here we are more worried about deadbeat tenants, code officers, and potholes, than about burglars. But if it comes to that, we say, “Call 911 — for cleanup.”
Colt Python .357 Magnum. Decisions, decisions...