Handgun of choice for target practice?
- Thread starter TheWanderer
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If I needed to, I would not use a handgun or single projectile - typically walls are thin and you risk injuring or killing innocent. 12Ga Shotgun - short barrel CQB.
Hey Shawn,
I get what you are saying even though you don't seem to understand a different point of view.
You are a gunfighter who's wrestled with armed individuals and had his teeth caved in by someone else's gun while you were unable to defend yourself with a long gun. Fine. I might feel the same way if I had gone through your ordeal. While I can appreciate your professional experience the simple fact is most of us(civillians) are not going to have to wrestle armed intruders in the middle of the night or run the risk of getting dental work done by a thug because our gun was to long.
For most people the best thing to do in a home invasion situation would be to hunker down with the family, call 911 and defend that area. Advancing towards the threat and clearing the house is best left to trained guys like your self.
End of the day your best tool is the one inside your skull and without a lot of stress training it's hard to say how an individual will preform under duress.
I won't bother responding to your remarks above because I don't think you will understand and you seem to be combative by nature like me.
Stay safe.
I get what you are saying even though you don't seem to understand a different point of view.
You are a gunfighter who's wrestled with armed individuals and had his teeth caved in by someone else's gun while you were unable to defend yourself with a long gun. Fine. I might feel the same way if I had gone through your ordeal. While I can appreciate your professional experience the simple fact is most of us(civillians) are not going to have to wrestle armed intruders in the middle of the night or run the risk of getting dental work done by a thug because our gun was to long.
For most people the best thing to do in a home invasion situation would be to hunker down with the family, call 911 and defend that area. Advancing towards the threat and clearing the house is best left to trained guys like your self.
End of the day your best tool is the one inside your skull and without a lot of stress training it's hard to say how an individual will preform under duress.
I won't bother responding to your remarks above because I don't think you will understand and you seem to be combative by nature like me.
Stay safe.
That's what I would do...(if circumstances allowed of course). Maybe fire a few warning shots into the ceiling and tell them to get the hell out of my house!
Everything changes in the heat of the moment but that's the way I see it playing out for me.
I understand it completely, I just think its wrong
Strawman much ? lol
Who exactly is getting home invaded then?
They sure aren't coming to the police stations or military bases. 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999% its a "civillian" are the one wrestling intruders, armed or not, in their homes.
Quote where I said otherwise
Again quote where I said it was. You are just making stuff up now to make you feel better about your self.
Oh and I forgot, your kids sleep in the same room as you right? Because if they don't, guess what, your advancing into the threat!!!!!
Agreed.
But its also all the more reason to use the tools that are the most effective for the job and heed the experience of others with more training and experience.
Good old strawman again, that a definite sign that you are right lol
I wouldn't bother to respond to you either except for it will benefit the people reading with accurate information
Shawn
For the love of god don't be planning on firing shots into the ceiling.
Shoot the bad guy or nothing.
Shawn
I'm not following your straw man stuff Shawn?
And my comments about hunkering down are my own and have nothing to do with what you didn't say. Go back and look at your misquotes of what I said if you'd like.
Lol is a definate sign that you are younger then me. Ha. ha. So what? It doesn't mean much in the end.
You asked me some pretty stupid questions above so I might as well ask you a dumb one.
What's a straw man?
And my comments about hunkering down are my own and have nothing to do with what you didn't say. Go back and look at your misquotes of what I said if you'd like.
Lol is a definate sign that you are younger then me. Ha. ha. So what? It doesn't mean much in the end.
You asked me some pretty stupid questions above so I might as well ask you a dumb one.
What's a straw man?
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Non-phixion
CGN frequent flyer
Fail...on so many levels. First off preparing a revolver in a home defence scenario in canada would be a nightmare since they're not to be loaded and stored. Secondly, have you ever seen a revolvers timing go out? Talk to me then when you have and tell me how useful that gun is then, I would way rather go into emergency drills if my semi had a soft primer strike(which my glock hasn't ever) than trying to use a revolver for a club. Third issue is round count vs a semi auto. More rounds are an advantage, regardless of caliber.
To the OP. Look into a Gen 4 Glock 17 or M&P9 with a good set of trijicon night sights and a surefire X300 ultra weapon light. If you want your wife to be able to use it make sure she can properly grip the gun. If her hands are too small it will be a rough ride to use regardless of caliber.
Non-phixion
CGN frequent flyer
No doubt man...
Hopefully you don't because you sound like you would end up dead after exhausting your ammo source by shooting your ceiling like a moron. Thats a great way to get an unsafe storage/unsafe discharge charge by the police.
To the OP, please for the love of god disregard any advice from 4n2to, if you can even call it advice...
A handgun wouldn't be my first choice. But that's just me. I'd much rather have the extra stopping power you get with a long gun. My home defence weapon is a Tavor, set up with a Aimpoint Pro, Surefire light, and a single point sling. It's short, maneuverable, low recoil, and it can be shot very easily one handed. Plus, it's the gun I shoot best, and my wife is comfortable shooting it.
I also keep a 870 in the bedroom safe, just incase if I need to arm my wife, I can pass her the Tavor, and I can use the shotty.
I realize that it's highly unlikely that somebody would break into our home looking to do our family harm. But it's also unlikely that out house will ever burn down. But we still have a fire alarm and extinguisher in the highly unlikely case it ever dose.
I also keep a 870 in the bedroom safe, just incase if I need to arm my wife, I can pass her the Tavor, and I can use the shotty.
I realize that it's highly unlikely that somebody would break into our home looking to do our family harm. But it's also unlikely that out house will ever burn down. But we still have a fire alarm and extinguisher in the highly unlikely case it ever dose.
Wow, you're some kind of special. I'll leave it at that.
To the OP, here's a decent article:
http://www.gunsandammo.com/2013/02/21/ga-basics-how-to-choose-your-first-home-defense-gun/
brass$pitter
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- grande prairie, AB
Dont get me wrong, i wish we had texas laws, your home is your castle, im just saying its just not so cut and dry as we would like it. It just comes down to the situation in the end. Hopefully none of us ever have to make that decision. But be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. Shoot, shovel, shutup lol
5point9straight6
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- Deep River
So... my question is, when you call in to provide your information for the transfer of a restricted firearm, you are asked for the purpose of that firearm. I guess there is a list of legitimate purposes for owning a restricted firearm, including target shooting, collection, perhaps occupational self defense, what else? Domestic self-defense?
Pietro Beretta
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- Ontario (G.T.A.)
Either home defense or a sidearm for a combat soldier in Afghanistan....there's only one choice.
Glock 21 3rd Gen sporting factory night sights and an M3X Tactical Illuminatot by Streamlight. 13 round hiccaps loaded with Hornady +P 230 gr JHP. ...that's 14 rounds of Potent .45 ACP in a relaible, accurate package.
I should've NEVER sold that package lol....crap. That is the Ultimate defense package. Minumun of 5 mags.....1 in the gun and 4 on the belt in two double mag carriers. 13-round mags of massive .45 ACP sluggers....simply wow.
I've owned the Glock 21 twice.....I'll probably buy it again.
Glock Perfection
Glock 21 3rd Gen sporting factory night sights and an M3X Tactical Illuminatot by Streamlight. 13 round hiccaps loaded with Hornady +P 230 gr JHP. ...that's 14 rounds of Potent .45 ACP in a relaible, accurate package.
I should've NEVER sold that package lol....crap. That is the Ultimate defense package. Minumun of 5 mags.....1 in the gun and 4 on the belt in two double mag carriers. 13-round mags of massive .45 ACP sluggers....simply wow.
I've owned the Glock 21 twice.....I'll probably buy it again.
Glock Perfection
