One Weapon
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01-08-2006, 07:35 PM
#12
Join Date: Jul 2005
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RE: One Weapon
go to any pawn shop and buy an old 12ga remington model 870. take your hacksaw and cut the barrel off to 18". buy some 12ga buckshot. keep the gun by your bed (unloaded), and the shells where you can get to them quickly. i read somewhere that the average distance (in aprivate residence)where an occupant shot an intruder was7 yards, in "low light" conditions. no need for a front bead sight, just point and click!
01-08-2006, 09:49 PM
#14
Join Date: Aug 2005
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RE: One Weapon
i dont think i could hack off the barrel of an 870, i love them to much,
both weapons have their pros and cons and im sure with practice anything would probably work, most intruders are probably a bunch of sissy @$$e$ and arent going to hang around too long if they know your packin, especially if they do here that shotgun or even pistol slide into the "oh no i better run" position, good luck again
both weapons have their pros and cons and im sure with practice anything would probably work, most intruders are probably a bunch of sissy @$$e$ and arent going to hang around too long if they know your packin, especially if they do here that shotgun or even pistol slide into the "oh no i better run" position, good luck again
01-09-2006, 05:11 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2005
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RE: One Weapon
GA I had the same problem I ended up with a .410 3 inch mag with a speader on the end of the barrel. The only thing I added was a pistol grip and a light. all you have to do is point and shoot you dont have to aim ever the wife can handle it and likes to shoot it. it is a mossberg 500. just my 2 cents
01-09-2006, 10:57 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Berkeley Springs, WV
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RE: One Weapon
Heres a link to the safe I was speaking of. Its only for handguns.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0005562220659a&type=product&cm Cat=search&returnString=hasJS=true&_D%3Aha sJS=+&QueryText=gun+safe&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas %2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.22&Go.x=20&Go.y=18&N=4887& Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&N tt=gun+safe&noImage=0&returnPage=search-results1.jsp
You said you have a new daughter so Im not sure if you mean new-born or not but I dont think with kids in the house that can run around,you shouldnt have a loaded gun that only needs the safety moved to go off. Even if you teach your kids correctly they may have a friend come over one day that doesnt know the difference. So I think in the case of mobile children, Id go handgun with a safe like this.
If someone has children and has loaded guns to each their own but it happens enough in the news about someones child hurting themselves or their sibling with a gun and that hurts all gun owners in the end.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0005562220659a&type=product&cm Cat=search&returnString=hasJS=true&_D%3Aha sJS=+&QueryText=gun+safe&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas %2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.22&Go.x=20&Go.y=18&N=4887& Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&N tt=gun+safe&noImage=0&returnPage=search-results1.jsp
You said you have a new daughter so Im not sure if you mean new-born or not but I dont think with kids in the house that can run around,you shouldnt have a loaded gun that only needs the safety moved to go off. Even if you teach your kids correctly they may have a friend come over one day that doesnt know the difference. So I think in the case of mobile children, Id go handgun with a safe like this.
If someone has children and has loaded guns to each their own but it happens enough in the news about someones child hurting themselves or their sibling with a gun and that hurts all gun owners in the end.
