Been a while since we had a guns n' ammo discussion.
Some of you are AR shooters Im sure. Im looking at a Colt 6920. Will be my first AR. Picked up a Glock this fall and really enjoy shooting it. Any feedback on that weapon?
Anyone else been in a buy/sell/trade mood with hardware? [Reply]
This is the trust I used. I probably should have just used the local lawyer in town since he works directly with the dealer, but the web way worked fine.
Originally Posted by banyon:
Everyone always thinks of me as some kind of big time lefty in DC, but here is my setup:
(1st weapon in nightstand next to bed)
I'm hiring you as my lawyer the next time I need one :-) [Reply]
Had a mother fucker break into our apartment complex last night. Luckily didnt take anyone's shit but cops never showed up so the stimulus check will be used on home defense.
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Had a mother fucker break into our apartment complex last night. Luckily didnt take anyone's shit but cops never showed up so the stimulus check will be used on home defense.
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Had a mother ****er break into our apartment complex last night. Luckily didnt take anyone's shit but cops never showed up so the stimulus check will be used on home defense.
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Had a mother ****er break into our apartment complex last night. Luckily didnt take anyone's shit but cops never showed up so the stimulus check will be used on home defense.
I have one of these (870 Tactical) and I would highly recommend it for home defense. You really want a short barrel - in a stressful situation, the shorter the barrel, the better. Also, don't forget to buy some .00 buck shot. :-)
See now here I have to shoot them in my house and hope they don’t fall out the window. Call the cops and when they come tell them to talk to my lawyer. After that I’ll just hope I don’t spend 5 years in jail [Reply]
Originally Posted by 2112:
See now here I have to shoot them in my house and hope they don’t fall out the window. Call the cops and when they come tell them to talk to my lawyer. After that I’ll just hope I don’t spend 5 years in jail
Originally Posted by 2112:
See now here I have to shoot them in my house and hope they don’t fall out the window. Call the cops and when they come tell them to talk to my lawyer. After that I’ll just hope I don’t spend 5 years in jail
That old idea of "If they fall back out of the door, pull them back in" really was forgotten long ago. If you were to shoot the bad guy and he fell out of a window - the Police would easily determine that he broke the glass on the way out.
You wouldn't have any trouble. Of course, some of these states today "might" charge you with Involuntary manslaughter - you know those "you shouldn't be allowed to own a firearm" states. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Randallflagg:
I have one of these (870 Tactical) and I would highly recommend it for home defense. You really want a short barrel - in a stressful situation, the shorter the barrel, the better. Also, don't forget to buy some .00 buck shot. :-)
You don’t want 00 buck for home defense, they will blow through walls and will fuck up whatever they hit on the other side. You want #4 buckshot, if you are going to use a shotgun for home defense. Especially if it’s in an apartment complex, you blow through walls and into a neighbor apartment. The legal consequences that you could face would be worse than the robbery. [Reply]
One of these is probably your best bet among 12-ga. shotguns. Either Mossberg or Remington is fine. Ideally you'd want the semi-auto version of either. But if you can't find a SA or just can't fit one in your budget, then understand that you're going to need to practice running the pump until it becomes instinctual. Triggerpressracktriggerpressrack. Faster than you can read that. Probably at least 500 reps to begin to commit that to muscle memory.
Living in an apartment presents other problems. 00 buck will go right through several sheets of plywood/sheetrock, so if you have neighbors living on the other side of any of your walls, 00 buck is probably going to easily penetrate through with enough velocity to kill anyone on the other side.
I'd personally choose no. 4 buck, which will still kill a man with a head shot/upper torso shot, or at least be an effective man-stopper, but probably won't penetrate two sheets of plywood with enough velocity to kill someone unless the pellets hit you in the eye or throat.
Another tactic is to load the first two rounds with 00 buck and the rest with a smaller gauge, such as no.4, that way your first couple rounds are no.4, when the intruder is probably farther away, and the last couple are 00 buck for when they're closer, and the issue of missing is reduced. Of course, this supposes that you can readily perform the running ritual described above. [Reply]