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Ever increasing threat of home invasion, so I bought:

usaroadrunner said:
:rofl:Nice buy ski, but let me know how much repairs are gonna be on your house.

Because when you pump that shotgun your gonna find a big opening in your wall where the intruder went thru cause he's not sticking around.
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I'd rather patch plaster than bury a loved one.
 
Bruzilla said:
Shotguns are good for home defense but not in every circumstance. The only time they are effective is if you're going to stay in your room, call the police, and not move anywhere. If you have kids you might need to check on, or are the type of person who is going to search the house, a long gun of any kind is a bad idea.

Best case is a home invader will hear you coming and leave. Worst case, which is what you should always plan for, is the invader hears you and ambushes you. If the invader grabs the muzzle of a long gun, they just turned it into eight pounds of waste as the can control where it is pointed as they'll have all the leverage. Instinctively you'll use both hands to control the weapon while your opponent gets to use one hand to push the muzzle away from them and the other hand to brandish a knife or handgun.

The best all-around home defense weapon is a handgun with ambidextrous controls that allow you to unsafe the weapon and fire it with either hand.
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Plus, PLUS ! you can't negotiate around corners, or conceal a shot gun easily. A hand gun is your only answer in the interior or of any building.
 
moparwacko said:
Thanks! Dont underestimate a Dacshund either, they were raised to go down a hole and battle with Badgers. I can't break mine from killing woodchucks, he's pretty fearless.
Great dog
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Dogs have been known to sleep through burglaries.
 
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That's awesome! Did you build it yourself? Where do I get me a bedroom set like that?
 
mmissile said:
The Fostech is a bad MF'r....but anything larger than a 8 round mag is awkward. Mag fed shotguns are just ungainly. Plus, add the 18" barrel. Otherwise, I'd own one.[/QUOT

For this Shotgun, my priorities were:
1. Cost ($304 minus 10%)
2. Size (18" is ideal)
3. All Synthetic stock
4. Gage (12 gage..let YATZEE know I wish to KILL the Intruder, not Maim)
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Auggie56 said:
Dogs have been known to sleep through burglaries.
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I am sure that is true. However, I have watched my Great Pyr leap up out of a sound sleep with a huge deep bark when he hears the cat get up on the front porch. This from the other end of the house, upstairs, with the TV on watching a shoot 'em up. They have fantastic hearing and nothing gets by him. Especially at night when he is on guard. How he hears that is amazing. If I knock softly on the front door after dark he goes nuts and races to the door and explodes up against it with both front paws at about 6 feet up on the door, just a snarling. He's a great dog. There's stickers on each door and the windows that say there's a Great Pyrenees Mountain Dog on guard. They will know it's true long before they notice the stickers. Plus, me being a combat veteran, that first bark puts me at maximum pucker from the get go and i'm in kill or be killed mode before my feet hit the floor. As Mr. T used to say," I pity the fool that decides to break in to my home." Lest you think i'm bragging here, i'm not, just stating the facts. I have spent countless hours inside shooting houses of all kinds, both at night and in the day, with teams of badasses hunting me and mine, and have been the hunter as well. I rarely got taken by surprise, and was never captured in training. I have also taught this stuff to soldiers on their way to the sandbox. While a handgun is useful inside structures it is only as good as the shooter holding it. A rifle, such as my 30/30 lever action, is just as effective when used wisely. Pie cut those corners, get low, know where you can shoot through the walls, practice, practice, practice. Your average thief is not a Special Forces Veteran, but rather a crack or meth head looking for something to sell, or cash. Not a real great planner there and fairly easy to disarm, and scare the crap out of them. I know every inch of my home, in the dark, while they have entered it for the first time. Like most soldiers I have undergone many levels of Combatives training and target practice and like most if not all Aviators have gone through SERE 1 and 2. I have instructed escape and evasion courses while in the service. Granted, i'm almost 60 now. Not dead yet.
 
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Ghostrider 67 said:
I am sure that is true. However, I have watched my Great Pyr leap up out of a sound sleep with a huge deep bark when he hears the cat get up on the front porch. This from the other end of the house, upstairs, with the TV on watching a shoot 'em up. They have fantastic hearing and nothing gets by him. Especially at night when he is on guard. How he hears that is amazing. If I knock softly on the front door after dark he goes nuts and races to the door and explodes up against it with both front paws at about 6 feet up on the door, just a snarling. He's a great dog. There's stickers on each door and the windows that say there's a Great Pyrenees Mountain Dog on guard. They will know it's true long before they notice the stickers. Plus, me being a combat veteran, that first bark puts me at maximum pucker from the get go and i'm in kill or be killed mode before my feet hit the floor. As Mr. T used to say," I pity the fool that decides to break in to my home." Lest you think i'm bragging here, i'm not, just stating the facts. I have spent countless hours inside shooting houses of all kinds, both at night and in the day, with teams of badasses hunting me and mine, and have been the hunter as well. I rarely got taken by surprise, and was never captured in training. I have also taught this stuff to soldiers on their way to the sandbox. While a handgun is useful inside structures it is only as good as the shooter holding it. A rifle, such as my 30/30 lever action, is just as effective when used wisely. Pie cut those corners, get low, know where you can shoot through the walls, practice, practice, practice. Your average thief is not a Special Forces Veteran, but rather a crack or meth head looking for something to sell, or cash. Not a real great planner there and fairly easy to disarm, and scare the crap out of them. I know every inch of my home, in the dark, while they have entered it for the first time. Like most soldiers I have undergone many levels of Combatives training and target practice and like most if not all Aviators have gone through SERE 1 and 2. I have instructed escape and evasion courses while in the service. Granted, i'm almost 60 now. Not dead yet.
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I like the concept of cutting through the corners, SO long as you have all your friendlies accounted for. I have a hard time squeezing the trigger if I haven't a positive ID on my target on the other side of the wall
 
True, it's just me and my wife so no problems. Plus the dogs don't bark at those they know.
 
Same here. I told my wife.....If I see a human in the house at night, I'm reaching over to make sure you're next to me. Upon positive conformation....the other unit gets lit up!.
 
That's exactly right. Hearing that lever action work in the dark will also get your attention.
 
Ghostrider 67 said:
That's exactly right. Hearing that lever action work in the dark will also get your attention.
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Yea a lever, a bolt cycled, pump or slide slamming shut,
even a magazine being slammed in, or hitting the floor after a reload,
all are/is a noise your not soon to mistake, what it is...
 
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