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<blockquote data-quote="Red Dirt Walker" data-source="post: 4021767" data-attributes="member: 51065"><p>I have looked into a shotgun for home defense for my situation here's what I determined.</p><p>1. It has to be a Semi-auto. While racking the slide on a pump makes a horrifying sound to the intruder I don't think many people don't have the muscle memory or the sense in the moment to pump it after the first shot. Adrenalin, tunnel vision and all that.</p><p>2. It would need to be a 20 Ga. or smaller as it would be intended for my wife to use in my absence and she's not a big woman. The kick of the 12 Ga. would likely mean she gets 1 shot. Not sure how efficient a 20 Ga. would be.</p><p>3. In a really short distance the spread of the pellets isn't much. Even bird shot at 10 yards is only about the size of a softball from a smooth bore. Maybe a choke would be needed.</p><p></p><p>For these reasons I've chosen a rifle in 0.223 as it doesn't have much kick, is semi-auto, and while the bullet is smaller than a softball in the grand scheme of things it's not all that small comparatively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red Dirt Walker, post: 4021767, member: 51065"] I have looked into a shotgun for home defense for my situation here's what I determined. 1. It has to be a Semi-auto. While racking the slide on a pump makes a horrifying sound to the intruder I don't think many people don't have the muscle memory or the sense in the moment to pump it after the first shot. Adrenalin, tunnel vision and all that. 2. It would need to be a 20 Ga. or smaller as it would be intended for my wife to use in my absence and she's not a big woman. The kick of the 12 Ga. would likely mean she gets 1 shot. Not sure how efficient a 20 Ga. would be. 3. In a really short distance the spread of the pellets isn't much. Even bird shot at 10 yards is only about the size of a softball from a smooth bore. Maybe a choke would be needed. For these reasons I've chosen a rifle in 0.223 as it doesn't have much kick, is semi-auto, and while the bullet is smaller than a softball in the grand scheme of things it's not all that small comparatively. [/QUOTE]
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