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To: Carol Roberts
One word- Penetration! All of the guns that you mentioned are NOT good for home defense, because those firearms are too powerful. An ideal home defense weapon is a pump action .410 shotgun. There are 000 buckshot rounds available in .410 caliber. Each round contains three 000 buck pellets. Each pellet is the equivalent of a .25 caliber round. The 000 buckshot will stop an intruder, but won't shoot through the walls of your house- so you won't be hitting your kids in the next room.

Besides, the slide action of chambering a round (a.k.a. "racking" the slide) is enough to send most intruders running! THAT is ideal!!!

27 posted on 11/05/2001 12:50:34 PM PST by Destructor
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An ideal home defense weapon is a pump action .410 shotgun. There are 000 buckshot rounds available in .410 caliber .....
Besides, the slide action of chambering a round (a.k.a. "racking" the slide) is enough to send most intruders running!

Never have I read that .410 is a good home defense weapon. I'd recommend a 20 gage instead of a .410.
The sound of slide racking may scare off an intruder, I don't know.

72 posted on 11/05/2001 1:55:48 PM PST by dbbeebs
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