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I have a 20ga 870 Tactical. It is loaded with Remington #3 Buckshot 2 3/4in shell w/20 pellets. From my front door to my bedroom is a straight 13yd shot. All the bedrooms are behind me, back wall by FD is garage. Tell me why I'm wrong or right with this set up, and tell me what and why you use for HD.
I have a 20ga 870 Tactical. It is loaded with Remington #3 Buckshot 2 3/4in shell w/20 pellets. From my front door to my bedroom is a straight 13yd shot. All the bedrooms are behind me, back wall by FD is garage. Tell me why I'm wrong or right with this set up, and tell me what and why you use for HD.
Lotsa love for shotguns in this thread and that's OK. If it works for you and you're comfortable with it, knock yourself out.
Personally, I find a shotgun will do very little, if anything, an AR or similar carbine won't do. Multiple projectiles in one round is about the only thing and it's debatable whether that's a good thing or not.
From many years of teaching cops how to shoot shotguns and rifles I can say, in my experience anyway, virtually everyone I saw on the range had a far easier time learning the rifle and maintaining proficiency with the rifle over the shotgun. The last agency where I worked for several years didn't even authorize shotguns for normal patrol. SWAT had some and supervisors had access to one in their cars. They did have designated less-lethal shotguns. They'd been carrying ARs since the late 70s.
My reasons for choosing a rifle over a shotgun:
* Accurate up close or far away.
* A quality, defensive rifle round to the torso is at least as effective as a 20 or 12 ga round.
* More ammo.
* Reliability. Shotguns aren't necessarily unreliable...but more manipulation = more chance something can go wrong.
* Less recoil. Very important for some people.
* With less recoil comes faster sight picture recovery and faster follow up shots.
* Usually, not always, shorter, lighter and more maneuverable.
* Like many shotguns, plenty of accessories...lights, sights, etc...
There aren't many downsides to a rifle over a handgun. Maneuverability is about the only thing that comes to mind.
I'll take an AR for home defense, or defense anywhere else it's practicable, over a shotgun every day.
Man am I glad your wearing closed toe shoes. I hate seeing gnarly toes in gun pictures.lolHere is mine:
Man am I glad your wearing closed toe shoes. I hate seeing gnarly toes in gun pictures.lol
Well thought reasoning. I keep an AR and a pistol at bedside.
Maybe I've overthought it, but if there is a bump in the night that needs to be looked at, I want a pistol to lead the way.
Leading with the barrel of a shotgun or rifle past doorways can be mitigated by the opponent just grabbing the barrel. They have complete control of the firearm at that time. Has that ever happened? I don't know. It's part of my overthinking?
A pistol on the other hand can brought into action with a shorter radius to achieve the point of aim in a close area.
There are folks in this thread that have multitudes of more training that I do, but those are my thoughts and practices.
If wading into a larger area, the rifle would lead the way.
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