Thoughts on shotgun for home defense.

[Just Me]

It's unimaginable to me that a near miss indoors would still leave Mr. Tweaker with the desire to charge my gun - and that's worst-case.

It's more likely that I'd connect with at least an arm or a leg, which will almost surely end the fight - and that's my one and only goal.

Evidently the tweekers in your area aren't as determined as the ones I have met. It would take more than the sound of a gunshot or even a leg or arm wound to stop them. They are like freakin' zombies, but they smell worse. :gun16:

As I have said before racking is a bad idea tactically. If they are crazy, on drugs or want you or yours really bad all you have done is:

1) Inform them you are waiting and armed
2) Where you are by the sound
3) That you have one less shot

+1

 

[jordanvraptor]

Look at the S & B 12 pellet 00 load

I have about 100 of those and they are still my defense loads in my semi auto shotgun until I verify reliability with the #1 buck loads.

 

[just dan]

i picked up a ton of S&B 12 pellet 00 buck when it was on sale at Sportsmans. quite happy with it.

an added benefit to shotguns, particularly at the moment; ammo. it's findable. the local bi-mart has barely anything on the shelves, but 00 buck? it was on sale the other day. shotshell doesn't seem to dry up as fast as popular handgun & long gun ammo does... in any of the recent ammo scares i can remember, anyway.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I bought 1 K of S & B 00 to go with my new FN SLP.. and I am getting ready to do a big hand cast slug project for it