SFCRetired
Regular Member
In the thread I posted on the home defense shotgun I just bought, there were a couple of comments concerning the loads to be used in a home defense situation. My own preference, based, ironically, on someone's post here, is #4 buckshot.
What would you use, given the following types of residence:
1. Standalone house with brick exterior and drywall interior walls?
2. Standalone frame house with wood exterior and drywall interior?
3. Close neighbors (less than 50') with #1?
4. Close neighbors (less than 50') with #2?
4. Apartment/condominium with brick exterior and drywall interior walls?
5. Apartment/condominium with any exterior, drywall interior walls, but with masonry divisions between units?
FWIW, my home fits the #3 description with the brick outside walls, I'm not too worried about hitting the neighbors inside their homes. What I do worry about is, in the event of civil unrest (read rioting), is being able to fend off more than one person intent on looting and destroying what is mine or doing, as a minimum, grave bodily harm to my bride or myself.
Did I really type "shotgon" instead of "shotgun"? Told y'all on another thread that my fingers don't always type what my brain tells them to.
What would you use, given the following types of residence:
1. Standalone house with brick exterior and drywall interior walls?
2. Standalone frame house with wood exterior and drywall interior?
3. Close neighbors (less than 50') with #1?
4. Close neighbors (less than 50') with #2?
4. Apartment/condominium with brick exterior and drywall interior walls?
5. Apartment/condominium with any exterior, drywall interior walls, but with masonry divisions between units?
FWIW, my home fits the #3 description with the brick outside walls, I'm not too worried about hitting the neighbors inside their homes. What I do worry about is, in the event of civil unrest (read rioting), is being able to fend off more than one person intent on looting and destroying what is mine or doing, as a minimum, grave bodily harm to my bride or myself.
Did I really type "shotgon" instead of "shotgun"? Told y'all on another thread that my fingers don't always type what my brain tells them to.
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