[SJshooter]

Who here has had to fire their revolver in their home in self defense? I'd like to hear the story, if you'd care to tell it, and also your reaction to shooting the ammo inside, perhaps with no time to grab ear protection, etc. Also, not to be morbid, but an evaluation of how the ammo type worked, or maybe didn't.

I understand that for various reasons, people may not want to share many details, but I would appreciate any responses that do come in. Thanks.

PS. Not interested in home semi-auto stories. But I think in this forum I'm safe.

[Iggy]

I was a rookie LEO on a Univ Campus.

Answered a call of a prowler in a Sorority house during Christmas break. The house was empty.

I moved around, cautiously opened a door, heard a swish of movement on the other side in the room.. Flung the door open and facing me was an individual with a flashlight and a gun... He was bringing his gun to bear on me.. I fired

I never felt the recoil... never heard the shot.. but I dang sure heard the tinkle of glass as the mirror shattered on the floor....:(

The .41 mag JHP went through the wall pretty much shattering a stud, into the mattress of a bed in the next room. Campus maintaince quietly repaired the mirror, wall and replaced the mattress.

For the duration of my illustrious career there I was known as "Queek Draw"

I found the .41 mag to be more appropriate in my next job with the Highway Patrol.:)

[OH25shooter]

your reaction to shooting the ammo inside, perhaps with no time to grab ear protection
What exactly do you want to know? Never been inside a room, but after chasing an armed suspect (shot a police officer in the back) I stood next to a Lt. who fired a 12 guage shotgun into a barricade apartment door. We were in the hallway. All I can tell you is it's loud, smokey and happens fast. I'm sure any weapon fired indoors is loud. Is that what your looking for?

[cslinger]

I personally have never had to shoot anybody, anywhere, anytime and to be perfectly honest that is the way I plan to keep it throughout my life, given God's blessing.

All that being said I have talked to several folks who have had to discharge firearms inside, mostly LEO's. All of them indicated that one simply doesn't really hear the shot, whether revolver, pistol or shotgun. They are so focused on the threat that they tend not to realize they have shot or how many rounds have been discharged, they indicated that as far as sights on the weapon go they didn't even know they were there as they were intently focused on the shootee and more succinctly the shootee's weapon.

Now all of them said that after it was all said and done some tinitus set in and auditory exclusion is not to be confused with your ears protecting themselves from damage, it is just that your brain shuts everything down that isn't the most important thing at that very moment, namely the guy in front of you with a gun.

This is what I have gleaned from talking to a few folks who have been in situations I never want to be in.

Chris

[oldtrooper]

Been there and done that, Almost. Same situation except that I stopped the double action pull on a S&W Mod 27 just in time because I recognised my badge.

[SJshooter]

Thanks for the replies. I'm not just looking for info on how ammo performed or how shots sounded in a room, but stories about people using these guns in home self defense (as opposed to LE action).

All of us here have guns, and probably have one gun designated for "home defense." I'm mostly just curious as to who has ever had to use the gun, and what the story was... given that those are usually pretty memorably (albiet unfortunate) events.

[1 old 0311]

Had a A.D. with a .357 in the bedroom. Went into the slab and PERFECT mushroom. Sound wasn't really that bad. Scared the hell out of the dog though. To this day when she sees a gun she is GONE:) :) :) :) :)

Kevin

[Stevel]

Though not first hand... Itook a class last year with a guy who had used a gun in a home invasion. A druggie broke into his house knowing it was occupied in the midle of the night. My classmate shot him with a 38 Special, said it dopped him like a rock. The bg survived. Classmate moved.

There is a book "guns save lives" which gives several examples of home invasions and resulting shootings. It was written by Robert A. Waters

[Coronach]

I've been to a couple of shootings where the victim used a revo to defend himself. .38 spl., iirc, seems to do the job just fine.

Mike