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Thanks for you comments

[ThinkLikeWaterAndReeds]

For home protection you can't beat an Ithica modle 37. It's a 12 ga. pump action shotgun, 27" total length with a pistol grip handle.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

I just bought his today. I already have a taurus 24/7 but this little one is a lot of fun to shoot. I cant bring it home until next thursday. But I can shoot it at the range.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

how about this if your looking for a 44

[PhilipFreneau]

Check out:
http://www.levergun.com/articles/44_Special_Bulldog.htm
http://www.amfire.com/php/container.php?content=newsPost.php&newsPostID=99

[Vinnie]

This is a little off the subject but since it's a gun thread here goes.

Hornady has just brought out ( first I've seen it anyway) pointed ammo for lever action rifles. They look like ballistic tip rounds but the tip is soft and pliable.

It really bumps up the ballistic coefficient, extending the range of the 30-30, 35 Rem., 444 Marlin and a few others substantially.

Check it out. http://www.hornady.com/story.php?s=198

[Noumenon]

Load it down with inverted wadcutters.

A few of those'd stop most any argument.

[LibKill]

I have a .44 magnum that I keep handy in the house.

It is loaded with .44 special hollowpoints.

I'm not hunting grizzly bears and do not need the extra recoil.

Many a bad man has gone to his ultimate punishment at the business end of a .44 special.

[MarkL]

I happen to think that the .44 spl is a good caliber for home defense, and it doesn't beat the crap out of you like a full blown .44 mag.

FWIW, I've shot "downloaded" .44 mag for years in pin competition. If you load your own, you'll be able to send a 240gr hard cast LSWC downrange at around 750 fps for practice and fun (very little recoil), but you can get good, commercial protection loads, like the W/W Silvertips or CCI Gold dots.

In commercial loads, you can go light and fast, or heavy and slow, depending on what you're most comfortable with.

Mark

[bad company]

The charter arms bulldog is a great gun. It's definitly a handfull with those .44 specials. If the price is right as you said, jump on it.

[xone]

Buy it.

[Feckless]

I have 2, an old blue steel from the original Charter Arms Co and a stainless from the Charter Arms 2000. I like them both, scored 248 out of 250 on my last Texas CCW with it. Recoil on last shot is like an arm wrestling event 'cause it's so lite but I love the sound and muzzle flash and it's smaller than a lot of .38s for CCW.