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re: Best pistol for home protection?
Posted on 8/3/17 at 9:02 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 8/3/17 at 9:02 am to Ace Midnight
quote:This.
Well, it is and is isn't. A single hit with a .17 rimfire is superior to any number of misses with .45 ACP for example.
Overcoming intermediate obstacles on the way to the target isn't a myth.
Now, using a cartridge of modern design is there a hell of a lot of difference between a 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, or .357 Mag striking the same target at the same angle from the same distance? Not really.
But are those choices going to give you a better chance of winning the gunfight than a pistol chambered in .22 LR, .32, .380? Absolutely.
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Posted on 8/3/17 at 9:10 am to ChatRabbit77
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AR15 is the best home defense weapon for men or women.
If you're running it suppressed I would agree. If not the flash and blast inside the home would be brutal. That being said I keep my Suppressed MPX next to my bed with 158gr subsonic JHP.
For the OP a good fullsize 9mm with 124Gr HST +p ammo is going to be hard to beat.
My go to defense guns
Truck- FN 5.7
Bedside- Mossy 930 tactical, Sig MPX and Sig P226 Legion
If I have to go outside- Scar 17 or AR 556 SBR both suppressed.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 9:17 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:57 am to Wilson
Posted on 8/3/17 at 11:16 am to Ace Midnight
Just bought 2 of the 8 shot Redhawk .357s. They only have a 3" barrel,but the 1 that I picked to shoot,does pretty well at 15 yards. I wish they had a 4" barrel though.
Trigger pull is also a bit heavy.
Trigger pull is also a bit heavy.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 11:25 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 11:49 am to bapple
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If by "riot shotgun" you mean one with a longer magazine tube I agree.
If by "riot shotgun" you mean one with no stock, I strongly disagree.
I have a vepr 12 full of small buck on a magnet under the side of our bed. Has a simple red dot and a light on it.
If someone wants to come in, they will get a lesson in overwhelming force.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 12:04 pm to lsufan1971
9mm AR or the like. Wife keeps a 19 in her nightstand, I prefer an MP5.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 12:08 pm to kjntgr
Full sized 9mm with nice hollowpoint ammo. I know it's expensive, but shoot some of those rounds at the shooting range before you just throw them in the gun.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 2:11 pm to texag7
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Make sure you also have a flashlight on or next to your pistol. A must for home defense
Can anyone recommend a good rail-mounted light for a pistol? Or at least specs for one? TIA
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:01 pm to MountainTiger
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Can anyone recommend a good rail-mounted light for a pistol?
i recommend just yelling "HEY GUY I'M OVER HERE"... must cheaper method of giving up your tactical advantage inside your home.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:26 pm to kjntgr
A big enough gun to where you will never be able to clean all the blood, guts and brains off your bedroom wall and hallway. Think RPG as a weapon for home defense.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:31 pm to X123F45
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If someone wants to come in, they will get a lesson in overwhelming force.
Yeah, even body armor ain't going to do that baw no good.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:45 pm to MountainTiger
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Can anyone recommend a good rail-mounted light for a pistol? Or at least specs for one? TIA
Streamlight TRL-1 HL 800 lumens or is you want to spend double that you can get a sufrefire X300. I ahve both and to be honest prefer the streamlight.
Streamlight
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:49 pm to lsufan1971
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Streamlight TRL-1 HL
That's the one I was looking at.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 5:38 pm to Chad504boy
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i recommend just yelling "HEY GUY I'M OVER HERE"... must cheaper method of giving up your tactical advantage inside your home.
One of my favorite myths.
Maybe they should start putting switches on weapon lights...
Posted on 8/3/17 at 9:08 pm to Chad504boy
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i recommend just yelling "HEY GUY I'M OVER HERE"... must cheaper method of giving up your tactical advantage inside your home.
Massad Ayoob view on weaponlights
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I teach my students the light on the gun is analogous to the scope on a hunting rifle. Countless lives have been saved when the hunter who thought he saw a deer put the scope to his eye and his magnification showed him in time the “target” was actually a human. By the same token, many tragedies have undoubtedly been prevented when the light beam on the cop’s drawn gun showed him the suspect had pulled out an iPhone, not a pistol.
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The pistol-mounted light gives us a tactical advantage, but it supplements, rather than replaces, the separate handheld illumination that has served so well for so long as an adjunct to the defensive handgun.
Posted on 8/5/17 at 12:55 pm to lsufan1971
I have never liked that guy or his butt buddy.
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