[Blood of Tyrants]

Truthfully, for home defense, a 12 ga pump filled with most anything can't be beat. Even #7 1/2 bird shot at 20 feet will inflict a wicked wound that will take the fight right out of an intruder.

[umgud]

Magnum Research offers a 5 shot revolver that will chamber .45 Colts or .410 shotgun shells. These are full sized shotgun shells, not snakeshot typical handgun loads. They aren't legal in CA, but I'd really like to try one to see pattern and damage potential. Might make a good hallway cleaner.

[PUGACHEV]

I'm curious why people always tout pump shotguns. I have a Remmington semi-auto 12 ga. which works just fine. I'll admit that the sound of a shell being racked into the chamber is pretty intimidating, but there must be more to it than that.

[way-right-of-center]

IMO, #6 or 71/2 Heavy Game load is the ideal home defense load. It will almost certianly stop anyone in your home, and wont penetrate the walls to the extent buckshot will, lessening the risk of hitting innocents. My home defense weapon is a Ithaca model 37. First round in the Magazine- #6 Turkey load. Followed by #1 buck. I keep it secured of course, and with an empty chamber in case you were worried.

[from occupied ga]

Even #7 1/2 bird shot at 20 feet will inflict a wicked wound that will take the fight right out of an intruder.

Unless the intruder is wearing a IIA vest.

[VOA]

Truthfully, for home defense, a 12 ga pump filled with most anything can't be beat.
Even #7 1/2 bird shot at 20 feet will inflict a wicked wound that will take the fight
right out of an intruder.

I think that Aagard (sp?), a writer for The American Rifleman, reached much the same
conclusion. IIRC, he suggested something like a #6 shot with a light powder
load (upland?) in 12 guage.
This would make life nasty for anyone in your sight in a house, but would probably not
serious harm an innocent next door if the charge went through the drywall
found in most American home construction.

And the sound of a pump shotgun being racked is said to have it's own
wonderfully non-violent deterrant quality.