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Originally Posted by Ketzer (Post 225233)

If you're talking about specifically inside your house, like maybe a nightstand weapon, I would suggest something like this...
http://www.taurususa.com/product-det...egory=Revolver
Taurus Judge.
It can shoot a .45 or a 410 shotgun shell. With the 410, you've got serious close quarters hit, but it's not gonna travel all throught the house and hurt your family. Easy for your wife/gf to learn and with a shotgun pattern out of a pistol, they don't have to be super accurate in a high stress moment. You gotta think about how far the bullet will go through thin azz sheetrock (even a 9mm).

Now if you're talkin about a carry weapon for any situation, I like larger caliber. I want immeadiate nuetralization of the threat. I want to stop the danger permanently.

Jeff-

Exactly. Keep in mind that you are legally responsible for every bullet that comes out of the weapon. So if you shoot an intruder but the round passes through and into the neighbors house and kills someone or a family member in the same house you will be in a world of ****.

Nothing instills fear like hearing someone cock a shotgun.

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Originally Posted by BBC69Camaro (Post 225437)

The Glock is just for getting to the gun safe and getting the shotgun or as a backup.

The purpose of a handgun is for shooting your way to your long gun. :rofl:

I vote shotgun. I keep my 9mm w/laser in the nightstand but the 870 is what I'll be reaching for. The wife can sit tight with the 9 while I deal with the situation. No one in their right mind is going to take a stand against a 12ga. You rack it once, the only thing on their minds is how to get the hell out of the house. You don't want to be in a shootout, period. I don't care how much stopping power you have with a sidearm, 9 out of 10 shooters won't hit the broad side of a barn under duress, much less have an effective 2nd shot placement. It's already been said on here, the best gun, is the one you can shoot.....especially under duress. Better yet, the best gun is the one you don't have to shoot. Rack a 12ga, the intruder will head for the hills.

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Originally Posted by Josh69 (Post 225454)

I vote shotgun. I keep my 9mm w/laser in the nightstand but the 870 is what I'll be reaching for. The wife can sit tight with the 9 while I deal with the situation...

Exactly. My Benelli supernova makes quite a "racket" when I "rack it" LOL

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Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms (Post 225243)

Derek, look at the HK45

If I keep buying guns, I'll never be able to order those Fikse's from you. ;) The local gun shop has a used XD-9 for $440 that I'm thinking real hard about... wish I could fire some rounds through it first though. :) I really want to stay under ~$500

I have a sawed of shotgun, you rack a shotgun and that is usually all you need. That distinct sound is like no other, in the dark especially.

If my Akita doesnt get them my FNP-40 will, or my Taurus 1911 SS, or my RRA arms AR15 with Eotech512! The dumbass who breaks in my house will never see daylight again! :unibrow:

i like my Springfield XD subcompact..

mines a 40 cal.. but it has great control.

http://www.gunblast.com/images/SHOT2...3/DSC05735.jpg

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Originally Posted by Bowtieracing (Post 225383)

Are you guys living in a Iraq ? Or somewhere close to it..

Mods if this is a violation please remove with my apologies. But this is what it's like these days, its not Iraq but hometown USA

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/12...s_Skateboarder

I've got a .40 XDm and the wife has a Sig P232 with a Crimson Trace laser. I'm building an AR-15. I'd like to get a shotgun. The wife and I would both like to get another handgun or three. :lol: Maybe a compact 1911 or a 9 mm... or ...