Which capacity would you choose?

The 15 in my CZ PO1 - all I have. I could use first round 7.62x54R from the Mosin....but working the bolt might take a while in this situation.

Six for sure, in a revolver.

When your backstop is either your son's bedroom or the neighbor's houses all around yours, the idea of emptying high-capacity magazines in home defense really has no appeal.

100

8+1 in my Kimber TLE/RL with an M6 strapped to her belly.

6 for sure in a wheel gun.I have lots of guns but a old Smith with a laser sits in my night stand.

Kevin

I first want a gun I have absolute confidence in. Second I want as many rounds in it as I can get. Having a big ammo load does not mean that you can't exercise fire disipline.
str1

If i had any choice in pistol it would be hollow points in a FN57. 20 round mag in a pistol

5 x .45ACP Glaser "safety-slugs" in my S&W Model 625, the chamber under the hammer empty not because of conventional AD but because of the possibility of a fire setting it off. A moon-clip of 6 x Federal Match 185gr JSWC readily available nearby. No firefights in an apartment building with relatively thin walls, thanks.

8 + 1 of .45 ACP.

8+1 .45ACP in my kimber pro

Plus 2 spare mags next to it.

10+1 .45 230 grains, CZ97, with an extra mag or two next to it. If it's not that, then its 10+1 of .40 165 grain in my Beretta 96FS with an extra mag.

If it gets real bad, the AK is usually ready to go with a couple 20 and 40 round mags...

G17 with Heinie night sights loaded with eighteen rounds of W-W 127 gr..+P+ Ranger ammo is next to my bed. In the closet is a Remington M870 with eight rounds of Remington low recoil 00 buckshot!

100 + 1 in a Beta-C Mag

1 +p baseball bat equpped with a duct tapped handle

I'm happy with 7-10 rounds of .45 ACP, or even six - seven rounds of .38 special +P. I don't have access to standard capacity magazines (illegal in California)--all of my 9mm magazines are low capacity.

6+0. chick-chick, bye.

handguns are for when you're REALLY screwed.

Colonel Klink is using either a Calico or Beta-C mags. If my goal was sheer firepower in a home defense handgun, I'd go for a Para, STI, SV, etc., double stack in .38 super or 9x23 win - 20 rounds of .357 mag performance without a mag change ain't half bad. As it is, it's a 12 ga, with a CZ 75 as backup (15 rounds of 9x19), since my goal is being able to shoot something *well* - that means something I'm very familiar with and fits my hand ergonomically.

For home defense? The highest capacity full size service gun I could wrap my mits around. Maybe a Glock 21 or Para P14.

10+1 in Glock 26,

but only after the longgun has ran out of ammo.

A six shooter.

If more than 6 home invaders show up, I'll have to club the daylights out of them.

15 147gr JHPs from my Sig P226, and if that's not enough, the carbon steel katana behind the door.

Six...in my Smith & Wesson Model 15.

Six for sure, in a revolver.

When your backstop is either your son's bedroom or the neighbor's houses all around yours, the idea of emptying high-capacity magazines in home defense really has no appeal.

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+1 on the theory, though my practice is sometimes a little different.

My always ready HD handgun is 5 rounds of .38+P (usually 125gr Speer Gold Dots, when I can find it 158gr SWC-HP, and I'll probably go with 135gr Speer Gold Dots when they become more available around here) in my Taurus 85CH. My most often loaded 2nd handguns are (in order of frequency of having them set up): 10 rounds of .40S&W in my Taurus PT140 Millennium Pro, 8 rounds of .45ACP in my 1911, 6 rounds of .38+P in my S&W 65LS (3" K-frame) or S&W 586 (6" L-frame), 15 rounds of 9mm (124gr Speer Gold Dots usually), or 6 rounds of .41mag in my S&W 57. Always, the handgun is just to get me to one of my long guns set up for HD (either 9 rounds of .45LC in my Winchester 94AE, or 6 rounds of 12ga 00 buck in a low recoil "tactical" loading for quicker follow up shots).

7+1. SA milspec.