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re: Firearms for the home
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:38 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:38 am to Ace Midnight
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The dangerous misconceptions about shotgun patterning by folks who allege basic (or greater) experience with firearms are frightening.
as someone who is a very avid turkey hunting, I'm just going to bet that I've patterned more shotguns than 99% of this board
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Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:39 am to Salmon
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because shotguns are more generous and forgiving in aiming than pistols
Cool. You still have to aim them. "Point and shoot" is the only issue with what you said.
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she isn't shooting from the hip
Glad to hear it.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:39 am to Salmon
I'm more accurate with a shotgun than any handgun. I suck firing a handgun.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:40 am to Salmon
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I'm just going to bet that I've patterned more shotguns than 99% of this board
Probably so, but even that doesn't translate to defensive situations. And I was just commenting on the misconceptions, generally, not anything you said or even inferences I drew from your posts.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:40 am to DisplacedBuckeye
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Cool. You still have to aim them. "Point and shoot" is the only issue with what you said.
yes, my apologies, I forgot how technical gun people are with terms and phrases
ETA: clip
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 10:41 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:41 am to Salmon
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I'm just going to bet that I've patterned more shotguns than 99% of this board
Hunting turkeys and defending your home are quite different.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:41 am to Salmon
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did I claim it to be a super weapon? just that I trusted her to be able to hit something with it rather than a pistol
I didn't say you did.
I'm just saying that people see phrases like "just point and shoot" and they assume that a shotgun will send a wall of lead 10 ft wide with 1 BB per square inch from the muzzle out to 30 yards. There's a lot of bad info out there regarding shotguns. Just trying to dispel a few myths.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:42 am to DisplacedBuckeye
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Hunting turkeys and defending your home are quite different.
ugh
Did I compare the 2?
No...just strictly about the patterns of shotguns and my knowledge of them
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:42 am to Salmon
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yes, my apologies, I forgot how technical gun people are with terms and phrases
This isn't a magazine/clip discussion.
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ETA: clip
Nice edit.
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 10:43 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:42 am to rintintin
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Do you think someone will actually break into your house?
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that never happens
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:43 am to upgrayedd
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I didn't say you did.
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So not really the super weapon people claim it to be, right?
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:44 am to Paul Allen
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I personally have never met someone who was a victim of someone breaking into their home while they were there.
You should not rule out you walking in on a robbery in progress, it happened to someone close to me and she has now made sure it will never happen again. It's always better to be prepared.. My suggestion would be an 870 with buck shot or a pistol of your liking, being comfortable with the gun is one of the biggest factors imo
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:44 am to Paul Allen
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. But I personally have never met someone who was a victim of someone breaking into their home while they were there
Hi, I'm CBLU316, nice to meet you.
It wasn't exactly a break in but the circumstances led to my mom being shot and a neighbor being stabbed to death.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:44 am to Salmon
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Did I compare the 2?
Well, yeah, you kind of did. We're talking about the use of a shotgun for home defense, and you brought in that you know more about patterns of shotguns than 99% of the board. Unless you just really wanted us all to know that.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:46 am to DisplacedBuckeye
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Well, yeah, you kind of did.
no, I kinda didn't
it was in response to Ace's comment about common misconceptions with shotgun patterning, which I assumed was meant for me, and I was just clarifying that I'm very familiar with patterning
but this doesn't really matter
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 10:47 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:46 am to Brazos
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Firearms for the home
Flamethrower
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:47 am to rintintin
An estimated 3.7 million burglaries occurred each year on average from 2003 to 2007. A household member was present in roughly 1 million burglar- ies and became victims of violent crimes in 266,560 burglaries.
Took that from the department of Justice incase you weren't being sarcastic.
Took that from the department of Justice incase you weren't being sarcastic.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:47 am to Salmon
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yes, my apologies, I forgot how technical gun people are with terms and phrases
Don't even start talking about a 100 yard shot.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:48 am to Salmon
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no, I kinda didn't
K.
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but this doesn't really matter
I agree.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:48 am to dcrews
Dial 911. That's all you need.
Protect and serve
Protect and serve
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