[TigersEye]

The .45 ACP is a great caliber with terrific stopping power. Something almost no one would disagree with. I have a Ruger decocker and it goes with me everywhere. But can you imagine the noise and the flash inside your home when you have just been woken from a sound sleep?

I say that while keeping a short 12 ga Mossberg handy for 0-dark-30 surprises. The absolute antithesis of the 5.7 as I described it above. Major recoil, big big sound, muzzle flash like a super nova and only six shells at most.

What can I say? Sometimes you feel like a Ninja sometimes you feel like the U.S.S. Ticonderoga. Life is better when you give yourself choices. ;^)

[scripter]

Indeed!

I've heard about that Mossberg for years. In fact I don't think there could be a gun thread on FR without mention of it! My local shop doesn't care for the Mossberg and is always trying to sell me the Remington 870 but I can't hear a word he's saying when I'm staring at a M4.

I like the looks I get at the range while shooting my .357. Everybody backs up, looks, and somebody always asks what I'm shooting.

For home defense I was also thinking of a pistol crossbow so as to not give away my location.

Gotta give yourself choices... indeed.