JShirley wrote :
We've had this damned conversation over and over on this board. Lightweight and fragile high speed bullets will tend to penetrate less in tissue than slower, sturdier bullets. There are no magic bullets. Examples exist of people not being immediately stopped by heavy crew-served weapons, so get over any ideas of your magic buckshot making an aggressor go backward in time when hit.
Go out and shoot something, make good decisions based on your budget and experience, and talk less about stuff you aren't willing to invest even a few bucks into testing.
Agree.
Now I have somethings to add.
- I am
not going to be racking a shotgun, jacking a lever action on a carbine, or pulling the bolt on a carbine to scare anyone!
Why in the hell would I want to give away the fact I am there, and where I am ?
I don't!
Same folks that "rack that puppy to scare the BGs" are the ones being ever so slow, careful and trying to be quiet when they are deer hunting.
It does not matter what kind of gun, out hunting, everything is LOUD!
I mean just easing a safety off in the woods and
HEY EVERYBODY! This is Spike Buck and we got a hunter in the tree stand near such-n-such trail!
- Handguns.
Ya'll got a problem with handguns or what?
Why is it always the Shotgun vs Rifle?
Too . Many. Variables.
The snub nose revolver, with dedicated .38spls, *might* be the best Home Defense firearm for certain situations.
I was taught to NOT box myself into a corner by being blind to any and all "tools" in the toolbox.
I was taught to NOT subscribe to only ONE way to do something with only ONE tool.
I was taught to think out of the box, be flexible, improvise, adapt, overcome.
Hell a broom might even be the right tool for the task in a home defense situation.