What rifle do you prefer for PD?

[Murphy4570]

Only rifles I have are bolt actions. If I have to use one for HD, I am attaching the bayonet!

I keep a 12 gauge loaded with buckshot for HD.

 

[Captains1911]

If you're defending yourself with any firearm then the excrement has hit the fan. Why would you advocate a pistol over a rifle to save your hide.

Im not advocating, im stating thets what i would do because that's what I have close by, am most comfortable with, and have trained with.

 

[M1key]

We live just outside the town limits in a development with neighbors on 2 acre wooded lots.

Any one of these:

CAR-15 w/ tac light
Mini-14 w/ 1-4x Burris scope
Saiga 5.45x39 w/tac light


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[armoredman]

vz-58 from Czechpoint. Hope it doesn't ever come down to that.

 

[mljdeckard]

Captains- Use what you have and you are comfortable with. But I would respectfully suggest, that if the tool you are now comfortable with isn't the best tool for the job, would it not be a good idea to upgrade and re-train?

 

[ugaarguy]

Im not advocating, im stating thets what i would do because that's what I have close by, am most comfortable with, and have trained with.

To clarify my previous question, you stated you have a BCM Middy with an AimPoint & Surefire X300 in the safe, in addition to your light equipped shotgun & handgun. To expand on that, my experience has been that most people both faster & more accurate with a carbine like an M4 copy, than either a semi-auto or pump shotgun. On top of that, you state that your carbine has an AimPoint sight, a sight which greatly increases target acquisition speed over iron sights. It just seems that you're leaving the best CQB weapon you have in the safe.

However, if you're better trained & more comfortable with the shotgun then by all means use it.

 

[BrocLuno]

HD => revolver and/or shotgun. The rifles stay put away.

Ranch work, on the other hand, needs a decent 22 for pests and the 22-250 rides along now and then for something on the edge of a field

 

[garyhan]

Arsenal Inc Ak.

gary

 

[USAF_Vet]

If I were to grab a rifle, it'll be my SKS. Odds are pretty low. Pistol gets me to shotgun, if necessary.

 

[cleardiddion]

I keep my M1 carbine with a few mags of JHP's sitting by the desk.

Short, handy, light, and it does what I need it to do.
It does help I'm not the biggest fan of shotguns and I'm much more comfortable with the rifle platform than any other.

 

[briansmithwins]

Arsenal SLR-107FR with Aimpoint that's on 24/7.

It's loaded with Hornandy 123gr V-Max varmint loads. They are the least penetrating of any ammo I own, including the pistols.

As for why I'd grab a rifle: Accuracy, Speed, Power.

I shoot rifles a damn sight better than I do pistols. I'm more likely to get a hit faster and less likely to miss.

Unless I'm fighting in a phone booth, I'm going to get hits faster with a rifle than with a pistol.

Rifle hits are devastating. Men do not normally survive hits to the torso or head from rifles firing expanding ammunition. If the first round is the last round you need to fire, you're way ahead of the game.

BSW

 

[kalashnikov74]

I grew up shooting an m1 carbine, great little guns if fed proper ammo.

 

[ns66]

Honestly I dont ever expect to use it for home defense, nothing i own is worth killing some one over. They would have to present a threat to either myself or my family, and besides, this is hawaii...one of these days i may take to locking my doors, or putting up the windows on my car...just dont drive a toyota truck or a civic LOL

sorry off topic how's hawaii gun law, can you own common ar-15 type rifle there?

 

[Welding Rod]

I'm curious as to how many people other than LEO carry a rifle with them outside of their home. I don't and nobody I know does. Perhaps if I lived somewhere different I would.

Depends on exactly where I am going. I sometimes do when I go out to the woods, depends where. Over the last 30 years I have had 4 uncomfortable encounters out in rural and isolated settings, each time armed with only a handgun. I increased the firepower level of the handgun I carried over the years, but after the 4th event I realized I was still virtually naked and way too vulnerable when I only had a 1911, and found myself and a family member on foot, confronted by 3 long-armed troublemakers who sought us out. I don't want to find myself way under gunned in that position again.

A guy who works for me, and who drives a very nice newer full-size pickup, also had an incident not too long ago. Some sleazy looking characters out in the sticks apparently tried to lure him in to some kind of a trap, flagging him down and claiming a dead battery in their pick up that was stopped right in the road, going uphill, and asking for a jump. Again out in the middle of nowhere. When he came out of his rig with a pistol in his hand, they realized all of a sudden their truck started just fine. The woods have freaks and bad guys out there, and they are usually armed. This type of experience was a first for him. I imagine next time he will likely be packing a long gun.

Rifle of choice? 20" gov profile AR.

 

[303tom]

I have a bunch of rifles, but I use a shotgun & pistol for home defense.......

 

[Hocka Louis]

My HD rifle is a pistol and a shotgun.

My overall personal defense arm is...

 

[ns66]

i am also very interested in this topic, why it seems people perfer shotgun over carbine for HD? my impression is shotgun is heavier, slower reload, more recoil, louder (more dmg to hearing in CQB)? i guess the benefit of shotgun is more stopping power? pardon me i am new to long guns and no experience

 

[benEzra]

HD is close, a rifle is for distance. Here in FL, you will go to jail if you participate in long distance "HD" using a rifle

My carbine is set up well for close range shooting, though it's certainly usable further out. I shoot local "CQB" matches with it, with targets from 1 to 20 yards. I'm certainly a better shooter with it than I am with a pistol (or shotgun, for that matter), and it's less likely to exit an exterior wall than 9mm JHP or 00 buckshot.

To the OP's question, that's a 16" Rock River midlength with a Surefire LED light.

Some folks are way too paranoid about life in general

No need for insults, please.

A small- or intermediate-caliber centerfire carbine, with proper ammunition, is an entirely appropriate substitute for the traditional HD 12-gauge.

 

[Eb1]

PD a .44 SPC revolver. HD is a 20 gauge shotgun with #3 buckshot.

As far as rifles go. I take any of them from .22 LR to 450 Marlin.

 

[FMJMIKE]

M1 Carbine !!!!

 

[kfgk14]

Out in the sticks where I reside, I keep a truck gun (SKS in Tapco dress, loaded with same magazines) and two house guns (AR-15's). Mainly because if some punk is busting down the barn door, I don't want to be within pistol range, if spotlights and a long gun will do the same task.

 

[Art Eatman]

I don't particularly like them, but if I were going to choose one specific rifle for the close-range needs for actual "defense', an SKS would work just fine. If I had to use it and it goes away as evidence, I won't worry about getting it back--although I likely would.

And I'd still have my AR and my M1 Carbine. And other useful critters, of course...

 

[black_powder_Rob]

I know others might not agree but my first choice for my HD rifle would be my 22 mag Henry frontier lever action. (less chance of it damaging a neighbors house) my other choice would be my 336 with 125gr managed recoil rounds. The rub is that they are usually in the safe, while my ccw pistol is usually close by with some Crimson Trace grips.

 

[henschman]

To defend against what?

To protect against the small-time criminals I keep a Mossberg 500 and a couple pistols stored in different rooms throughout the house.

To protect against the really bad criminals (the ones the founding fathers warned us about), I keep an M1A and plenty of ammo.

 

[1858remington]

I know its not a rifle, but it shoots a rifle round..... Keltec PLR-16 is my choice.
Its compact for close quarters, no stock to get in the way and a short barrel.