16 inch barrel (or 14.5 with a pinned/welded shroud/comp/flash hider) is what I'm wanting in a carbine for close work. I'm going to assume your choices are equally reliable and pleasant to shoot (decent trigger, sights [or sight], etc).
9mm.
Solely because my ears will survive better. Folks thinking that a hot .357 Mag is great for home defense, take note, it's going to be much louder inside your house than where you normally shoot! Even if you practice at an indoor range.
I'd go for a .45 AR carbine if its purpose was to be a specialized home defense arm. Not because 9mm is "too small", but because the .45 is lower pressure.
... based on what I know at this time I'd trust the 223. Or for that matter I'd trust 9mm from a handgun where I know it will work. I'll worry about my hearing later. If the bullets don't work then the hearing doesn't matter.
I'll worry about my hearing later. If the bullets don't work then the hearing doesn't matter.
When we lived in a metropolitan city with known home invasion robberies by multiple attackers/gang members, we switched from shot gun/pistol to .223/.300 BLK ARs and pistol backup for both wife and I for higher velocity rounds and 30 round magazines.I'd go for a .45 AR carbine if its purpose was to be a specialized home defense arm. Not because 9mm is "too small", but because the .45 is lower pressure.
Subsonic 300 Blackout with a suppressor. I'm fed up with all the freedom.
I can vouch for do not fire 357 mag indoors. Once was to much for me.16 inch barrel (or 14.5 with a pinned/welded shroud/comp/flash hider) is what I'm wanting in a carbine for close work. I'm going to assume your choices are equally reliable and pleasant to shoot (decent trigger, sights [or sight], etc).
9mm.
Solely because my ears will survive better. Folks thinking that a hot .357 Mag is great for home defense, take note, it's going to be much louder inside your house than where you normally shoot! Even if you practice at an indoor range.
I'd go for a .45 AR carbine if its purpose was to be a specialized home defense arm. Not because 9mm is "too small", but because the .45 is lower pressure.
556 or 300blk.
Ask your coroner. ''Pistol rounds and buckshot are like ice piks. A carbine is kinda like throwing a baseball THROUGH somebody.''
My ears are already toast. A few more indoor rounds without earpro ain't going to matter much.
Hi all,
Say you have an AR-9 loaded with expansive 9mm HP rounds right next to an AR-15 loaded with FMJ 223s. Same exact exterior dimensions, barrel length, etc. Which one would be your preferred home defense weapon and why?
The hearing loss will be permanent.I'll worry about my hearing later. .
What would be the chance of that?If the bullets don't work then the hearing doesn't matter.
"Energy dump" is not how wounding occurs.Hands down M193.
- Delivers near triple the energy/round.
- Dumps it into the threat in a satisfactory manner.
- Does it reliably out to 200 yards.
What?Nothing says HD will start or stay in the home
If you can get to it, stay there.That's why I'm fighting my way to that weapon in the first place.
"Energy dump" is not how wounding occurs..
What?
If you can get to it, stay there.
Wounding is caused when the force per unit area imparted by a blade or projectile exceeds the strength of the material that is struck.It is the Only thing that causes wounding.
A person may employ deadly force in the event of an an unlawful, forcible entry into the home.Where is it written that HD starts and stays in the home?
223 FMJ. The 223/5.56 FMJ has better terminal ballistics but there are other reasons as well.Hi all,
Say you have an AR-9 loaded with expansive 9mm HP rounds right next to an AR-15 loaded with FMJ 223s. Same exact exterior dimensions, barrel length, etc. Which one would be your preferred home defense weapon and why?
Wounding is caused when the force per unit area imparted by a blade or projectile exceeds the strength of the material that is struck.
A person may employ deadly force in the event of an an unlawful, forcible entry into the home.
Once that has been done, deadly force may not lawfully be continued.
Ys, that's what happens when a bullt\et penetrates. That doesn't change how wounding occursEnergy that is not dumped - passes through, wasted, to impart itself on an object beyond.
You mentioned home defense.A reasonable belief that an eminent threat of death or grievous bodily harm exists to yourself or others - generally defines the use of Deadly Force.