Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Maybe a shotgun is better for home defense...

You keep on giving away free hamburgers and escorting the bad guys out with your .25 ACP.

I'll keep my 870.

Don’t disagree with anything, except the part about calling police officers trained professionals.😂

I have shot with a bunch of them, and watched even more shoot. There are some who are professionals, and who are trained. They are the ones who do it on their own and would be trained, badge or not. The rest are little better than the bubbas at the gun shop counter asking which gun is the cheapest. I bought a Beretta 92 once for a steal from a sheriff’s deputy that made detective and didn’t think he needed anything more than a 38 snubbie anymore, and told me he only carried that because they made him. This in a rural county overrun with meth.

In my present situation, the more hardware I have laying out, the more I'd have to lock away every time I left the house.

There ain't no hallways or stairs, the layout is such that if they came in, there we'd all be, the outcome to be decided in seconds.

This little Airweight is so familiar in the hand I could prob'ly shoot it in my sleep, heck I could prob'ly disassemble it and clean it in my sleep. And I don't gotta lock it away when I go out if its coming with me.

Five chances to get it right, if it don't, my kid gets to collect on the life insurance.




Works for me

You're too stupid to win anything.

Much less a fight.

Damn dude, that's some serious stuff.

Do you teach some self defense classes? I might want to sign up.

They used to show up to our IPSC shoots, acting all cocky like they were going to show us how it's done.
It was not uncommon for them to finish dead last.

I hope you're better with that than you are that smoothbore.

Although I seriously fugking doubt it.

I love this place, so respectful.

Guys with that many stories usually have an award winning personality.

You actually sit at home bitchin' at other guys over the internet all day.

Anyhoo.... at the range with that little revolver I concentrate on drills from the seven yard line; two shots center mass on a combat silhouette starting from a low ready position, repeat. Sometimes one handed with either arm.

Ten feet or less, in the dark, decided in the first two seconds is what Fairbairn wrote, so I give that a priority.

Whats the best lubricunt for a home defense shotgun?

Work the slide into a Duck.

As a result of this circular discussion one can deduce that if you don/t train and shoot well you better rely on your shotgun. It indicates that you will have ample warning to get that boomer so that negates the value of having it on your person. Most here can make headshots w/ buckshot and see in the dark. The value of following the Tao of Ayoob is the true path to enlightenment and will allow you to drink from the skulls of your enemies. Lessons learned.

A question. Assuming most that have responded carry a handgun at all times, when you get home do you dump that pistola and strap on a shotgun because you lack confidence in your competence w/ that handgun?

If you don't carry all the time your opinion on self defense matters may carry less weight.


mike r

I use Lucas Red or Lucas Extreme on all my firearms, save the Sharps and Black Powder belchers, they get Olive Oil.

What type of duck would you recommend? I have access to Mallard and muscovy.

Lots of things to consider when you're talking home defense and lots of retards giving advice.

My son was a sleepwalker when he was little. I woke up more than once to him standing over me.

I've gone to the wrong hotel/motel room before by accident. One time in a bad part of Indianapolis it happened to be chock full of short, fighting age males of latin persuasion.

Some things to consider when talking shoot first and fast.

Drills are great. Even better when they mimic the situation you will likely be in. i.e. laying down supine, then getting your gun and engaging rather than standing in front of a target with your roscoe already in your hand.

Now if I can just get them to install beds and night stands at the 5 yard line on my gun range.

Creativity isn't your strong suit I see. Or are you afraid to lay down on the ground?

Just start from a low ready, finger on the trigger and wait for the buzzer. It's all good.

In answer to the question, I carry all the time. Glock is near to hand even in the shower. Eighteen rounds of Gold Dots ready to roll 24/7. And it hits where I am looking. The shotgun and AR still become primary given time, because of the increased lethality. If I get caught with just the pistol, it’s still a bad day for the target. I just prefer a long gun if the option is available.

Stars & Bars working just fine for me here.




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