Just brainstorming here, but considering its light weight combined with low recoil and full tube capacity, suppose this would be a good home defense gun with features unmatched by others? (ie long tube and in 20ga) Or would a 12ga 1300 using Aguila mini shells be better both for low recoil and higher capacity?
Just thinking about many options when considering a shotgun reorganization.
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Last edited by BattleRifleG3; 06-17-2005 at 10:38 AM.
You expecting to fight off a full regiment in the confines of your house? Go with the 12 guage and full size shells. Don't really think you'd need more than 5 rounds for home defense. Fire off many more than that you're gonna need a new house. LOL!!! :nod:
Hopefully this is not going to end up in a "fire-fight". One blast from any shot-gun( 410 questionable) will bring what ever is going on to an abrupt
halt.
Somebody else had a similiar guestion only his concern was putting holes in the walls.
Hell , load that baby with rock salt ( first shot) SLUG in second. Game over!
Bigger question here is are you ready to pull the trigger on somebody? Just a question. If you are thinking about," what if i break something or i`ll need spackle after this is over, etc." then you should consider another form of protection.
A pistol sounds good. Lots of fire power and only......lots of small holes.
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The real beauty of the Twenty in home defense is for the use of women and youngsters who don't do well with the Twelve's recoil. You're a stout young man - go with the Twelve!
My girlfriend (with whom I do not cohabitate) handled an 8mm just fine, but heavy loads in the 12ga shotguns were a bit of a stresser. Might look into the 20 in the long run.
But I am indeed comfortable with 12ga, just looking intyo the 20 as something that might not seem extremely manly, but would seem to be perfectly capable. I mean, a 62 caliber hole shred at least as bad as a 73 caliber hole isn't going to be anemic at all.
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I picked up an 1100 Winchoke semi 20ga. for $140 off a broke friend.
That rifle was great. Kick myself for selling it!
I wanted to chop the barrel to 18.1", cut the overall to 26", and figure out how to get it to hold more than 2+1.
Next time!
Pull the plug and chop the spring
As far as the 1300 goes.... Great shotgun! VERY lightweight, even with a 28'' barrel. Personally, I would go with the 12 gauge...
Tell your girlfriend to start doing push-ups so she can handle the 12 gauge
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HOLY cow old thread! Sorry! I was just seaching for something (still haven't found what I was looking for though! Lol) Didn't even notice how old it was! Oops.
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Last edited by JohnRaven.exe; 11-12-2008 at 10:01 PM.
The question is What is sufficient for a home protection shotgun for all users.
The answer is a 20 ga double with the bbls cut off to 18½" and loaded with #4 buck. Almost all women and many young children can handle it and it is more than enuf for the close confines of a house. Get them out to shoot it occasionaly! Not likely that the 2nd shot would be needed even if there were 3 or 4 of them - the survivors will be gone!
A 12 ga with slugs or 00 Buck will go thru 2 walls and a bunch of furnature, or 3+ walls and little or no furnature. A 20 ga with #4 buck will do about half that.
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