What makes you feel more secure up close and personal

[Brian41]

Like comments above it depends on circumstances. I've only been in one situation where a gun was used and that was a double shotgun in 12 gauge. It took all the fight out of three thugs with a tire iron and hunk of chain without a shot being fired.
So my first pick is the pump shotgun in 12 gauge I'm most familiar with. I've done a lot of bird hunting so a shotgun feels right in my hands. It's what I keep under the bed at night.

 

[jimmyj]

"E" all the above

 

[snubbyfan]

Up close and personal? I prefer a cold beer and hot woman.

For self defense? Hard to beat a snubby in the guts.


From across the living room? This rude little fellow.

 

[Xfuzz]

The Commander out of arms length.
Within reach...your gonna need some zippers installed.

 

[Fishinfool]

In most cases, the "best" weapon is not decided by effectiveness, but by dress and circumstances.

Nothing screams "get off me" like a 12ga pump loaded with buckshot. But how often do you walk down the street with one hung under your jacket?

Normal self defense in public usually means a handgun. For me, that means a high cap, compact 9mm, or a .45acp 1911 if I'm feeling a wild hair that day.

Short barreled shotgun in the home, and there is usually a .223 chambered AR behind the seat of my truck, you know, just in case...

Larry

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Buckshot. The quake and shake really don't matter that much when you are shooting buck.

 

[smokey04]

Having had success with a Python, a Rem-Rand issued 1911A1, and a Gerber "bent blade" fighting knife. I would pick the 1911A1 Colt or any of the GI issues] then the Python, Gerber is just as sure,dead reliable,and never needs reloading but, it is a hard deed to have to be that close. Nick

 

[4011]

Jframe

Jframe all the way.

 

[colt_saa]

12 gauge 00 buck pump (what I would choose)
223 semi-auto black rifle
357 Magnum revolver
44 Magnum revolver
.40 S&W semi-auto pistol
.45 1911

My truthful answer is whatever is closest to my hand when the SHTF.

When I can plan ahead and choose, I take one of my 12 GA shorty shotguns if I am carrying concealed or an Ithaca 37(no disconnector) if I can grab it before a fight

 

[colt_saa]

12 gauge with 00 Buck fires EIGHT pellets of nearly .38 caliber in a single shot! That's a lot of lead flying.

This is one of the best articles I have ever read and on the "lowly" 20 gauge to boot:

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun by Massad Ayoob

00 Buck is .33 caliber
000 Buck is .36 caliber

It is the 000 Buck that Remington stacks in the Multi-ball defensive ammunition.

 

[snubbyfan]

Jframe all the way.

Now that's one nice holster!

 

[kozal01]

Pump action 12 gauge all day long if given the choice, second would be my.223 M4. Pistols can't hold a candle to shotguns and rifles when it comes to stopping power.


Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk

 

[Waywatcher]

Don't overlook a nice J-frame loaded with standard pressure 38 special 125 grain Federal Nyclad JHPs.

I know I can stay on target and the muzzle blast will not injure my hearing or the hearing of anyone I might be protecting.

Yeah, I have tested that with out hearing protection indoors.

And, I practice the delivery with a similar round just about every week.

I especially like how the expansion point measured is .666"

 

[Waywatcher]

In order:

For home defense;

20 gauge Remington 870 with 18" barrel, loaded with #3 buckshot (cruiser-ready), locked in a Shotlock.

For carry;

Smith & Wesson 442 with magnas and a tyler t-grip, loaded with 135 Golt Dot +P, usually in my pocket.

 

[6518John]

http://viewsfromtucson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Nyclads_web.jpg[/IMG]

I think that would leave a mark!!

 

[ISCS Yoda]

The question was what makes you feel secure up close and personal......

The question was not what weapon would you bring to a fight.....

If I KNOW I'm going into a fight why would I go with less than a shotgun?

If I know I'm going into a protracted fight at distance why would I go with less than a tactical rifle?

That was not the proposed question - up close and personal means sudden and quick to me, unplanned, unprovoked, the SHTF NOW! It doesn't mean that when I get there I am armed to the teeth because I know it's coming --- it means right away!

At home all defense is basically up close and personal - except, unless you're truly paranoid and have long arms lying about, everywhere, ready to go, a handgun on your person is your first resort in up close and personal - and, as Clint Smith says, you fight your way to your long arms.

So, what makes me secure for up close and personal outside of my house is the hidden .38 Special J-frame I routinely carry, the pocket switchblade I routinely carry (now that they are legal in Texas), and my own personal awareness. At home I up the ante because I do keep loaded revolvers (all loaded with high end personal defense rounds in .38 Special) in strategic places (no kids around) and loaded long arms in a couple of closets. Easy to operate long arms, I might add, a 12 gauge pump, a single shot 12 gauge (both loaded with #7.5 or #8 birdshot - you do not need buckshot indoors; it's as bad as using full house magnums - too much penetration), and a Model 94 Winchester .44 Magnum but, of course, loaded with .44 Specials.

YMMV, and I see that it does vary a lot!

***GRJ***

 

[Arik]

For up close

For across the "room"

 

[derek45auto]

In this order.

223 semi-auto black rifle
.45 1911 & .40 S&W semi-auto pistol (tie)
357 Magnum revolver
12 gauge 00 buck pump
44 Magnum revolver

12ga( slug) and 44 are better suited for deer season.

When the STHF, give me a quality AR15 carbine with 77gr ammo, an AIMPOINT and weaponlight.

....or better 6.8mmSPC

 

[Smith357]

If you get past this.

How close do you want to get to this?

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

I'll stick with my 1911s.

^^^^THIS^^^^