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Favorite Shotgun Load for Home Defense?
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<blockquote data-quote="MarcSpaz" data-source="post: 15489521" data-attributes="member: 183445"><p>It's all about training and practice. I can't stress it enough.</p><p></p><p>As someone who has actually been in a gun fight in my house, I can honestly say that I have no idea why people would use a shotgun for home defense. A huge majority of shotguns are too long to allow you to turn around in a hallway or stairwell without raising or dropping your point of aim, off a potential target and slowing target acquisition times. It very difficult to safely and stealthily clear doorways, hallways, windows, etc. Plus they have a huge amount a recoil and very low ammo capacity. Also, almost every shotgun cartridges will push projectiles through wall just the same as a 9mm JHP... if not more so.</p><p></p><p>If you want quality home defense weapon and do not have fighting rifle training, stick to a 9mm, 40S&W, or 45ACP double-stack handguns. Get training.</p><p></p><p>If you have fighting rifle experience (or if you get training), nothing beats a 300 Blackout SBR with 7.5" barrel, a suppressor and a 30rnd mag with JHP sub-sonic rounds. If you want to step it up a bit (depending on training and experience) add a tac-light w/laser and HWS like a Venom. Please don't add a tac-light if you don't know how to use one. Walking through your dark house with the flashlight constantly on makes you an easy target.</p><p></p><p>Tactically speaking, even a standard size M4A2/A3 platform rifle with .223 defense rounds would be a better choice than a shotty for home defense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarcSpaz, post: 15489521, member: 183445"] It's all about training and practice. I can't stress it enough. As someone who has actually been in a gun fight in my house, I can honestly say that I have no idea why people would use a shotgun for home defense. A huge majority of shotguns are too long to allow you to turn around in a hallway or stairwell without raising or dropping your point of aim, off a potential target and slowing target acquisition times. It very difficult to safely and stealthily clear doorways, hallways, windows, etc. Plus they have a huge amount a recoil and very low ammo capacity. Also, almost every shotgun cartridges will push projectiles through wall just the same as a 9mm JHP... if not more so. If you want quality home defense weapon and do not have fighting rifle training, stick to a 9mm, 40S&W, or 45ACP double-stack handguns. Get training. If you have fighting rifle experience (or if you get training), nothing beats a 300 Blackout SBR with 7.5" barrel, a suppressor and a 30rnd mag with JHP sub-sonic rounds. If you want to step it up a bit (depending on training and experience) add a tac-light w/laser and HWS like a Venom. Please don't add a tac-light if you don't know how to use one. Walking through your dark house with the flashlight constantly on makes you an easy target. Tactically speaking, even a standard size M4A2/A3 platform rifle with .223 defense rounds would be a better choice than a shotty for home defense. [/QUOTE]
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