....handguns for home and personal protection, what’s your recommendation?
Just looking for something simple to shoot. Kind of leaning towards a Glock.
Just looking for something simple to shoot. Kind of leaning towards a Glock.
Those of you that have handguns for home
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Hickok 45 will give you the answer you are looking for. I prefer revolvers. 357 magnum.
I have a Glock 26....it is great.
I have a Glock 26....it is great.
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Your cliffhanger titles should be a bannable offense. How f’n hard is it for you to title this “Handgun Recommendations”?
And yet you cared enough to open it.
I love it!
I just bet my wife that someone would post this.
I purposely always cliffhang my thread titles. It just adds a little fun for me.
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If you just want something for home protection, I’d buy a single shot 12 gauge. You can get one for $150 or less.
Alcohol and guns. This won't end well.
Home protection a shotgun is the way to go like previously stated. If you insist on a handgun I like the Taurus Judge. Easy to load 5 shot revolver shooting .45 or .410 shells. Lots of self defense shells out there in .410 or if you just want to blow a massive hole in someone then the .45 will do.
Better hope (1) the intruder doesn’t have a partner and (2) you make that one shot a good one.
Glock is great first handgun. Simple and reliable as it gets. A glock 19 or 17 is perfect for home. OEM magazines in any capacity you want up to 33. Unlimited aftermarket support in regards to sights and holsters. Etc etc etc
Shotgun, preferably a side by side or a over and under. Break the breech, load, close the breech, thumb the safety off, and blow intruders away with 00 buckshot
A pump is intimidating when you jack a shell but it can jam or you get excited and screw up
An auto can jam
Double barrels.....dependable and easy. With buckshot it's point and shoot
A pump is intimidating when you jack a shell but it can jam or you get excited and screw up
An auto can jam
Double barrels.....dependable and easy. With buckshot it's point and shoot
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Well, I can’t recommend a shotgun for your first home defense gun, and I certainly cannot advocate using one to murder your employees.
You also don’t want a revolver.
You also don’t want a revolver.
If he really wants "simple to shoot" then he wants a revolver. All modern semi's are simple enough, but they still have to have a loaded magazine, a racked slide, and proper grip to prevent the odd return to battery failure. No, I'm not a big revolver fan, but they are the most simple. Can be pricey. I looked at the new double action Rugers not long ago. .357, .327. 4 inch barrel. Nice. Really simple. And lethal as lethal needs. Be nice to own one. Would really like to toy with some .327 federal rounds, never have. Price though a man could buy a heck of a nice bolt action rifle.
Valid points, but in think a high capacity semi auto would be better for the home. Maybe a revolver for carry.
Home defense, I’d go with a full sized Glock...either a model 21 (45 ACP) or a model 40 (10mm). Equip it with night sights and a Streamlight HL light. Most importantly, train with it and maintain it religiously. I recommend taking it to the range at least once a month...50-100 rounds per session. Start watching “The Best Defense “ on The Outdoor Channel. Also, watch tons of horror movies to learn what not to do. Next best option is a .12 gauge shotgun, but they’re less nimble in close quarters. Harden your house to make it a difficult target for the bad guys and make sure you and your family know what to do in the worst case scenario. Welcome to the world of preparedness
The ballistics for a Judge suck. You need two factors: (1) Bullet expansion to cause pain to the bad guy. (2) Penetration for lethality. FBI studies recommend 1.5x expansion and 13” of penetration. Speer Gold Dots proved to be the ammunition of choice. Federal XST was a close second
If you run out of rounds , beat them to death with it.
12 ga. In a corner of a closet. (That's where they wind up 99% of the time). If you're going in for home protection, don't do that. Teach your wife and kids how to use the gun. Practice. Practice more than you go to church. Practice makes smooth, smooth is fast, I heard. Don't put it under your pillow!
I know these sound stupid, but if you don't know guns, you don't know what you don't know. Got the wife a .380. Had her practice dry firing it. Then came the day for life fire. She loaded the bullets into the magazine facing the wrong way. I didn't even know that was possible.
I know these sound stupid, but if you don't know guns, you don't know what you don't know. Got the wife a .380. Had her practice dry firing it. Then came the day for life fire. She loaded the bullets into the magazine facing the wrong way. I didn't even know that was possible.
sissified.
so quick to pick up a gun.
too scared to take an ***-whipping.
this is what makes you a man. :fistbump::fistbump:
when I was growing up, this was all the protection we needed.
you win some, you lose some.
but you live, you live to fight another day!
now you think you're a man with a gun in your hands, don't you?
so quick to pick up a gun.
too scared to take an ***-whipping.
this is what makes you a man. :fistbump::fistbump:
when I was growing up, this was all the protection we needed.
you win some, you lose some.
but you live, you live to fight another day!
now you think you're a man with a gun in your hands, don't you?
Quite possibly the dumbest post ever. If bad guys are breaking into your house, and they are armed, you better be able to shoot first, and often. Those hands wont mean S#$% while your dumb *** is reaching room temperature, and they're raping your wife, and daughter. Just remember tuff guy, the cops are just the nearest DuncanDonuts away.
Hickok45 is from Ky. Lives in TN now. Played basketball at Austin Peay. Anybody know him?
If you break in his house......kiss the baby. He mentions Big Blue in some videos.
If you break in his house......kiss the baby. He mentions Big Blue in some videos.
You are joking but it's called aging. As we get older we need more than our fist.
I have quite a few weapons but there are two that I have by my bedside. On my wife's side of the bed we keep a 2 barrel Coach shotgun and on my side I keep a Taruus "Judge Public Defender". Loaded with 3.45 bullets and 3.410 shot gun shells.
Thanks. What are preferred/acceptable AR15 brands?
Prefer the pump. Mossberg Flex 590 Tactical is what I have, holds 9. But agree with the shot gun first. Have several other hand guns.
Have the Taurus 1911 model .45, like the ability to have several mags loaded for quicker reload capability.
I say get a dog and or an alarm system as well. What good is a gun if you're asleep?
S/W 9 mil with 16 rounds by my bed
Taurus 9 mil slim by my recliner
Taurus 9 mil gen 2 truck gun
Mosburg tactical 12 ga loaded with 00 buck, AR15 loaded, and Marlin 95 22 loaded in gun cabinet.
Taurus 9 mil slim by my recliner
Taurus 9 mil gen 2 truck gun
Mosburg tactical 12 ga loaded with 00 buck, AR15 loaded, and Marlin 95 22 loaded in gun cabinet.
Cost, better odds with one shot from a 12 gauge than with multiple shots from a pistol, when waking from a dead sleep.
Intruder doesn’t know it’s a single shot.
Many home intruders carry. Good luck Remo.
Read a comment on YouTube by a guy that said he lived in NYC. His apartment was broken into and he grabbed a knife from the kitchen. Cops arrested him.
They would put you on death row.....:uzi:
I am one of these freaks of nature that is better with a handgun than a shotgun. Don't ask me to explain it, I can't.
Probably recoil.
Can you imagine living in a hell hole like New York City. Good grief.
Another in my collection. This is a sweet firing weapon
