"The Wrath of God" firepower RIGHT NOW at my disposal in a form that doesn't send rounds through 3 houses in each direction....my friends...I give you the riotgun.
Very nicely put. I don't think I'll ever look at my shotguns the same way again.
"The Wrath of God" firepower RIGHT NOW at my disposal in a form that doesn't send rounds through 3 houses in each direction....my friends...I give you the riotgun.
What is it always with zombies?
2. Easier to hit a target on the move
The situation will already be surreal enough with the perpetrators having an advantage of their willingness to cause bodily harm without second thought.
I do not think that it is too far fetched or paranoid behavior to have a plan valid against several home invaders.
The situation will already be surreal enough with the perpetrators having an advantage of their willingness to cause bodily harm without second thought.
One more thing. They will expect to be attacking you. You will not know that they are there, until the attack has commenced. The element of surprise is entirely in the attackers' favor -- the watchmaker found a way to take back that advantage. Lugging around a shotgun or carbine would have made that impossible.
Once someone has attacked, whatever weapon you have at your immediate disposal beats the best Benelli stuffed with 00 Buck, under your bed. That would include a baseball bat.
4. Easier to operate by a non-shooting spouse
the most "prepared" but worst shooters in the community, who emptied their magazines at the target and hit them once in the head and twice in the left big toe from seven yards away???
The Box o' Truth doesn't, as far as I know, test any civilian .223 defensive rounds, just military FMJ and some sort of frangible designed for training on metal plates, and not with room-like wall spacing (important for realistic tests of fragmenting rounds).Regardless of your firearm of choice, it would be wise to assume that you'll miss (even if you don't). With that in mind, it would also be a good idea to have some reference for penetration through walls.
shotgun:
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot3.htm
9mm, .45 and .223
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot1.htm
Most carbines are "flip off safety, pull trigger". If stored in Condition Three, it would be "pull on charging handle, flip off safety, pull trigger."I am very confused as to what the heck kind of Carbine is easier to use than a pump or break action shotgun. The only thing simpler to operate than a pump or double barrel SG I have ever used at least IMHO is a bolt-action rifle.
If you watch this video, you will come to some VERY obvious conclusions... I have seen video of a guy being sprayed with 5.56 to little effect, and he went down only when a bullet his his CNS. Seems to me that a .380 ACP would do that much...