Home defense firearm?

[firearmsforlife]

What do you people consider a good home defense firearms.
Consider magazine capacity, accuracy, durability, reliablity, weight , and length (you can' move well throughout your house with a 40" rifle.)

 

[piston10]

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[firearmsforlife]

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Thats pretty awesome, personally i have a mossberg 500 pump, but my dad uses a bushmaster acr

 

[piston10]

That's a moss 500 also, it's old and crusty, but can do the job.

 

[SMS]

What do you people consider a good home defense firearms.
Consider magazine capacity, accuracy, durability, reliablity, weight , and length (you can' move well throughout your house with a 40" rifle.)

Any firearm that you are proficient and accurate with, can handle and operate under under stress, is reliable, and fires a cartridge that has the ability to penetrate 12-18 inches while destroying tissue and causing rapid blood loss. Kinda vague but it is what it is, LOL.

 

[osupoke]

I lean towards decent pistols. If you can barricade yourself and wait, a 12 ga. or AR would be great. But as alluded to earlier, it's hard to open doors, flip light switches, corral your young'uns, etc. while manipulating a long arm. I feel comfortable with my 1911; it's not a hi-cap, but .45 should be adequate and I can shoot straight enough for across-the-room engagements. I would be almost as comfortable with my GP100, but it's a bit harder for me to shoot well.

 

[reddog1]

Claymore mines do a fine fine infront of the sprinkler heads in the yard. LMAO!!

 

[aeropb]

reliability followed by capacity

 

[firearmsforlife]

I lean towards decent pistols. If you can barricade yourself and wait, a 12 ga. or AR would be great. But as alluded to earlier, it's hard to open doors, flip light switches, corral your young'uns, etc. while manipulating a long arm. I feel comfortable with my 1911; it's not a hi-cap, but .45 should be adequate and I can shoot straight enough for across-the-room engagements. I would be almost as comfortable with my GP100, but it's a bit harder for me to shoot well.

I agree with , and the 1911 is a clasic choice to.

 

[46and2]

I'm new here, and I am in the same boat. I have shot different handguns in the past but I have never owned one. I've been doing tons of reading on caliber, capacity, safeties, etc. What I boiled it down to is reliability then accuracy (both the pistol and the operator), followed by capacity and caliber. That might not be the "right" answer, but it's what I figured out for myself. I really enjoy shooting my dad's Kimber Pro-Carry series 1 and I am pretty good with it, but I am not sure a 1911 is the best choice for someone less familiar with firearms. With my wife just learning to shoot, I also don't know about her using one, even though she said she really loves that gun as well. I think I will get her her own gun, as she as smaller hands and might not be able to hold the same guns I can with the same comfort level. Last weekend we rented an XD 9mm and M&P .40 compact at 2A. We both preferred the XD, me due to the trigger feel and her I think was due to the snappiness of the .40 combined with the smaller frame. This weekend we are going to try a couple of .45s, including her shooting the Kimber for the 1st time.

I know I sort of hijacked your thread, and I apologize. I was about to make a similar topic but this was really close to what I was going to talk about.