What would you use for home defense?

[Iroquois]

years ago I kept a .45 cocked -n-locked on an empty chamber when the kids were
small. Maybe too complicated to shoot themselves. now it's a short nose .38 , they're hard
to wrestle away from you any easy to use even when you're sleepy....

 

[nicajack]

I would think a Battalion of Marines would be about right. If they were not available, I would use my 1911 and Ithaca 12 ga.

 

[AmericanBob]

91/30 with bayonet. you can poke 'em from the other end of the house if need be.

 

[GaryTX]

I'm a fan of the Taurus Judge. The 410 shotgun shells makes it a good "point and shoot" gun. As I am in an "cozy" apartment it's more maneuverable than a actual shotgun and I'm not too worried about over penetration.

 

[blitzen25cat]

12 guage 18 in. 00buck works for me

 

[IndianaGTI]

.357 S&W 686 with 6" barrel and crimson trace grips within arms reach.

Side folding Mini-14 with reflex sight and Hornady 55g TAP ammo with 30 round mag within 10 feet.

I used to have an 870 nearby, but it was too bulky and even with No 4, the spread is minimal at indoor ranges. I just decided 30 rounds was better than 5.

 

[cumminspwrd02]

Thanks everyone, great answers. I do notice that no one chooses to use a wheel gun, Are wheel gunners a dying breed?

I keep a Colt Cobra .38 snubnose by the bed side. I find it a dependable gun and it's easy for the wife to use.

91/30 with bayonet. you can poke 'em from the other end of the house if need be.

Yes you could!

I keep a .12 ga 870 with a 20 inch slug barrel and a 7 round mag tube in the bedroom. It's loaded with 00 buck and i keep a few extra boxes with it. Than the back up is the snubnosed Colt.

And if I make it to the kitchen I have a couple pound slab of bacon in the freezer that I can use to hit the BG with and subdue him! While waiting for the LEO's to arrive I can have the wife start frying some of the bacon up for me, we do live in the country so it might take a few extra min for them to get here.

 

[goinggreyfast]

S&W Mod 10, 38 spec with Hornady Critical Defense rounds directly behind my head on the headboard. The wife has a S&W 442 38 spec with hollow points on her side.

The Mossberg Sisters-- 410 with Winchester Elites & a 20 gage with X3's is in the closet less than one step from the bed.

Various other "items" are scattered about the house as well.

 

[Travis45]

I keep a Mossberg 500 and a Glock 27. I also have a 55 pound American pit bull terrier roaming the house.

 

[sparkyfender]

A simple Mossberg M590A1 loaded with buckshot.

 

[victor 1971]

home defense

AK and XD.45

 

[ChalupaCabras]

Tub of cheese-balls.

 

[Sigasaurus]

Glock 23 with hot hollow loads!!!

 

[BulkAmmo]

I have an AR-15 w/EoTech and frangible ammo and a S&W 327 8 shoot revolver with 38 spl +P ammo loaded in it. I normally have Hornady ammo in the revolver.

I did some non scientific testing on the AR and some drywall and 2x4s to see just how frangible they were. I'm convinced that they will break up after seeing what the results.

I also have another revolver and a Mossberg 500 for the wife in the bedroom safe.

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bulk ammunition

 

[tallend]

the correct reply to the question is-----
the best "home defence"is a shotgun----with "birdshot",as your distance will be 20' or less,it will cause all threats to cease---and will not injure/kill someone in the next room(dbl O buck)or someone walking down the street(AK47,etc)-

I am a NRA certified firearms intructor.

 

[jeremy]

the correct reply to the question is-----
the best "home defence"is a shotgun----with "birdshot",as your distance will be 20' or less,it will cause all threats to cease---and will not injure/kill someone in the next room(dbl O buck)or someone walking down the street(AK47,etc)-

I am a NRA certified firearms intructor.

Sigh...

Birdshot...

Really...

Never shot anyone there have you Mr NRA Certified Firearms Instructor?!

 

[mikefraz]

Hey now, he read it in a book somewhere. And books never lie, right?

 

[Disposable Heart]

Don't tell me, racking the shotgun scares them off too, huh? DO THEY LET ANYONE BE AN NRA INSTRUCTOR NOWADAYS? I've met more fools after the panic trying to cash in on the wave of scared people that were "instructors" that didn't know their butt from a hole in the ground. Does one just take a test and when the check clears, their in?

Having taken several classes, some NRA and others more tacit in nature, I can assure you that is the LAST thing they would teach anyone...

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

Shotgun + in small room = flashbang.

 

[Daniel686]

Well... just theoritical. If you broke into some ones home and heard a man yelling at his wife to get him his pistol. Or get his shotgun. I wouldnt want to be on either end! I think i would be a lot more scared if i heard shotgun! And in close quarters or a room, against several bad guys the scatter gun would clear em all out real fast.