Ammunition

[jack707]

Don't know if mine made the list XD40.

 

[SirReal63]

It is always interesting to see what others see as good for home defense. A lot of those were carry pistols, good for comfort and ease of carry but I would not want a short barrel pistol by my bedside. Maybe it's just me but I want my longer barrel for accuracy. My preferred pistol is my XD40 Tactical with the 5" barrel.

 

[jack707]

XD40 is the way to go

 

[paulsharvey]

I can see a good argument for carry/train/use the same gun or at least very similar for both home and carry just do to familiarity. If your talking strictly home defense, hard to argue against a .40 carbine.

 

[SirReal63]

I don't disagree however I practice with 3 different pistols so I know how each shoots, and I can hit with all three from 25 yards. A year ago that wasn't the case, but with some time and ammo invested I am happy with any of them in my hands, I just go for the .40 before any other because I can hit better with it. I do prefer the Judge when walking the property. I can honestly say I suck with short barrel pistols, perhaps I should practice with Toni's Bersa .380 but it feels like a toy to me, way too small.

I hope everyone takes the time to know all of their guns.

 

[two_bit_score]

It is always interesting to see what others see as good for home defense. A lot of those were carry pistols, good for comfort and ease of carry but I would not want a short barrel pistol by my bedside. Maybe it's just me but I want my longer barrel for accuracy. My preferred pistol is my XD40 Tactical with the 5" barrel.

I can see a good argument for carry/train/use the same gun or at least very similar for both home and carry just do to familiarity. If your talking strictly home defense, hard to argue against a .40 carbine.

Harder to argue against a 12 ga shotgun. Pump, auto or double barrel. IMHO. For 'home defense'.


TBS

 

[SirReal63]

Harder to argue against a 12 ga shotgun. Pump, auto or double barrel. IMHO. For 'home defense'.


TBS

Considered it, still considering it, but for now the pistols do the up close stuff.

 

[MossRoad]

I always gotta wonder about swinging a shotgun around in my tiny little house. I've got a short, narrow hallway with multiple openings. I think it would be awkward to try to maneuver a shotgun through that part of the house.

 

[k0ua]

I always gotta wonder about swinging a shotgun around in my tiny little house. I've got a short, narrow hallway with multiple openings. I think it would be awkward to try to maneuver a shotgun through that part of the house.

That is the one downside of a shotgun in a building. Fortunately many defensive shotguns have 18 inch barrels. You can also dismount them from your shoulder and put them on your side to decrease overall length a bit. Of course the ones without shoulder stocks, solve the length problem pretty well, but hits are higher with a properly stocked shotgun mounted properly on a persons shoulder.

Many people have never really tested shotgun patterns on paper up close. They do not spread out as much as you see on TV.. Of course anything you learned about firearms on TV is wrong. You can learn about it here if you are new to shotgun testing.

Patterning Your Shotgun For Home Defense With Sentinel Concepts - YouTube

 

[MossRoad]

That is the one downside of a shotgun in a building. Fortunately many defensive shotguns have 18 inch barrels. You can also dismount them from your shoulder and put them on your side to decrease overall length a bit. Of course the ones without shoulder stocks, solve the length problem pretty well, but hits are higher with a properly stocked shotgun mounted properly on a persons shoulder.

Many people have never really tested shotgun patterns on paper up close. They do not spread out as much as you see on TV.. Of course anything you learned about firearms on TV is wrong. You can learn about it here if you are new to shotgun testing.

Patterning Your Shotgun For Home Defense With Sentinel Concepts - YouTube

Thanks. I'm fairly familiar with fact VS fiction. :laughing:

I especially love the scenes where they're blasting away at each other, 10-20 shots each in close proximity to each other inside a building. Then they come up to a corner and stop and listen. Someone steps on a twig and gives their position away and blam, blam, blam.... I used to shoot indoors. After the first shot with most guns and no hearing protection indoors, you're not going to be able to hear that twig snap.... you're half deaf for quite a while.

I've fired very limited shotgun in my life. But I have watched quite a few videos on patterns and home defense.

On a lighter note, I took one of my children out to our property to shoot .22 for the first time. Showed her the single shot rifle. 9 shot revolver. Discussed single action, double action. Semi-auto on our 10/22. So she asks is the revolver semi-automatic? First time shooter and she asks that. I said HMMM???? What's a semi-auto do? It loads the next round and cocks the hammer. The revolver loads the next round, but doesn't cock the hammer, but its double action, so when you squeeze the trigger it cocks and releases the hammer. Hmmmm??? But by squeezing the trigger you are cocking the hammer, whereas a semi-auto requires you to pull the bolt back once, then it cocks the hammer after each shot until there are no more rounds left in the magazine. Anyhow, she understood pretty darn quick and I was impressed.