Make mine a ZPU- 4 :-)
Posted on 07/27/2007 9:30:36 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
NEWINGTON, Conn. -- State gun sales have shot up in the days after the wife and two daughters of a prominent Connecticut physician were killed, according to a local gun shop owner.
Scott Hoffman runs Hoffman's Gun Center on the Berlin Turnpike. In the past few days, following the triple homicide in Cheshire, Hoffman said that people have been rushing to his store to buy guns for themselves and their homes.
"They're scared," he said. "They're scared for their own personal safety and their family's safety, their children's safety and they want a way to protect themselves."
Hoffman said that the most popular weapon for both men and women looking to defend themselves is a defense-grade shotgun. Hoffman credited the gun's popularity to the short waiting period -- it can be obtained in two weeks as opposed to waiting 90 days for a pistol permit.
"We sell about 8,000 guns a year, and I'd say a majority of them are for self-defense," he said.
Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Jessica Schneider reported that residents questioning their sense of safety following the home invasion have also been calling companies that install security systems.
Joe Mitchell of Associated Security Corp. said his company's phones have been ringing off the hook.
"I had 15 phone calls on my phone by 9:30 in the morning," he said.
He said that security systems aren't meant to protect valuables anymore, that many people use them to protect their lives.
Don't forget your cacti!
For the CT ping list...
I read where Taser has a new purse size taser gun - I wouldn’t mind having one of those!
Make mine a ZPU- 4 :-)
I use 2 3/4” shells, somehow that load seems adequate inside a residence
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I keep a 16 guage with number 2 buck for home defense. That’s plenty in my opinion. Of course I also got some pistols here and there. But the 16 ga is the main gun.
I think I remember holding it a little higher than that, but I'm a tall guy with long arms, so things work differently for me.
I would suggest taking the thing out with a couple boxes of shells and play around with it to see what works best for you. Comfortable shooting is extremely subjective.
Do you recommend the pistol grip? I thought about maybe getting another mossie equipped like you show... how hard would that be for a non-hardcore “user” like myself to handle and shoot?
it comes with a pistol grip, but I don't recommend using the pistol grip with hot loads as you will hurt your wrist. Mine is a Mossberg police 6 shooter with sling
Mich. too....
The police were probably notified when the mother was leaving the bank. They could have been on the scene before she even got home.
If I was president, I would charge the police with being accomplices to a murder because of their slow response.
Instead, the police are now an arm of the ACLU and are best for persecuting citizens who engage in self-defense.
Sorry, it may be the two beers, but I just can not respect them anymore.
Get the shotgun first and the pistol second.
Then work on eliminating the enemies of the constitution as elected lawwmakers. By elimination, I mean using only lawful means.
I modified my five and one Mosberg 500 to shoot the little Aguila minishells. It will now hold ten rounds. The next project will be to modify the seven and one to hold about fourteen rounds. It’s pretty simple to do. Just lengthen the tang on the elevator. You might have to put a slight downward angle on the end.
Thanks for the advice! A lighter load (easier on the wrist) and more shots/magazine to boot!
I had a look at the minishell pages on the Aguila website. The potential for jamming even the modified Mossberg is a concern to me; it might be better for me to go with the Winchester Defender 1300 (18"), since Aguila's testing indicates it works well out of the box with the 1 3/4 shells... you think?
I took the Mossberg to an IDPA match and had a fourteen year old girl shoot it. We took videos but the guy using the camera had some problems. Also, the girl didn’t have the strength to yank back the pump so the shells could eject. That was the only problem she had with the modified tang. This tang also doesn’t have the recommended downward end angle I mentioned and there was still no problem of chambering.
I still use the regular OOBuck for defense. The Aguilas are only a fun match load if I ever used it as such. The IDPA demonstration was only to see if it worked under less than expert hands.
Don’t use the Aguila field grade shot in the Mossberg. The shells don’t eject because the rims blow out and you have a failure to extract. Only use the combination buck and shot.
I bet you like saying that. Transplant. :-)
Sorry for the delay in getting this up...I usually tend to avoid being anywhere near the Internet from Friday afternoons to Monday mornings...I spend enough time in front of a computer at work during the week as it is!
Geez, you got to wait two weeks just to but a shotgun in Connecticut?
I’m sure he’s thinking about it now. Who knows, you may have saved his life!
Yep, for any long gun. Unless you have a pistol permit. Then, you can walk out the door with it the same day.
I was in the local gun shop a few years ago and saw one of these pistol grip shotguns on the consignment rack. It looked brand new! The gunsmith told me it had only been fired once. The owner didn't pay much attention to his grip and when he set off the first round the barrel swung up and broke his nose. As soon as he was released from the hospital he put the gun up for sale.
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