Home Defense Shotguns

Hello @ OP,

Hope all is well. You can often find a bunch of options at a local gun store used. Semi regularly, they will also get police trade ins, including S&W. Could have bought a bunch over the past year or so but no need.

Some may not like the brand, but I bought a H&R 12 gauge home defense gun from a local retailer for like $ 225.00 for a kitchen gun. Just sits in the pantry. I live out in the country and no kids at home. Your situation may vary. Best, TH
 
Glouglou said:
Guys.
I carried a 1187 police and still have a 1100 custom.
Without a lot of practice or with a modification the reload of those shotguns are slow AND complicate.
Even if a Mossberg is less stofisticated, it’s more easy to use and reload when you are not fully trained.
Another point very important is the ammos.
For home defense (if their is more persons than you in the house) I’m radically against slugs, specially steel balls....
Not really for bucks, specially linked....
My shotgun is full of 34 gr with 3.75. Very big stoping power, small dispertion (20 cm at 15 mètres with a LM shock) and can’t go thrue a wall After a rebound.
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What are you talking about regarding 34gr with 3.75???
 
Glouglou said:
Guys.
I carried a 1187 police and still have a 1100 custom.
Without a lot of practice or with a modification the reload of those shotguns are slow AND complicate.
Even if a Mossberg is less stofisticated, it’s more easy to use and reload when you are not fully trained.
Another point very important is the ammos.
For home defense (if their is more persons than you in the house) I’m radically against slugs, specially steel balls....
Not really for bucks, specially linked....
My shotgun is full of 34 gr with 3.75. Very big stoping power, small dispertion (20 cm at 15 mètres with a LM shock) and can’t go thrue a wall After a rebound.
Click to expand...

What the heck is " 34 gr with 3.75 "??
 
As I say just below I’ts the ammo weight and pellets size in metric.
I’ll make the conversion later.
Sorry for that.
 
Not sure I agree with a semi-auto as your choice. I've had a Browning Auto-5 and a Sears (Winchester) and one or two others. I found: a) shortening the barrel CAN causes failures in some; b) ammo quality can be critical, as can load choice.

I have a Winchester Model 12 and an antique Winchester Model 97, both 20 inchers. The 97 is a stage coach/bank gun that was re barrelled and then I cut it back (used for SASS). The Model 12 was a "goose gun" I cut down to 20"==cost all of $200. Removed plugs and neither has a disconnect, so I can "hose" them.

Also, a cop told me (in my first hunter safety class) that there is a BIG psychological advantage to a double barrel!

When I was in the Army, we were coming back from Stillwell Hall at Ft Ord (on the beach in Monterey). Instead of cramming 15 or so troops into a cab, we hopped the fence, ran across Hwy 101 and hopped the fence into the railroad area. We got stopped by a guard who said "HALT! I said Halt!" and racked his M-16. That sound was INSTANTLY recognizable to us. Fortunately, he knew my squad leader from boot camp and let us go! Racking a shotgun has the same effect, I'm told!
 
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If you want a new shotgun, then go with a Maverick 88.

Otherwise, there are lots of higher quality shotguns which can be had at equal or lower prices on the used market.

EDIT: Just realized that the OP was calling for a semiautomatic shotgun, which the Maverick 88 is not.
 
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For your budget I would find a good used 1100 Rem fairly easy for that
money. I have several Turk pumps and Semi and don't put much stock
in them. 12g guns are glutting the market but you will pay a little more for
a 20g. I'm no Rem fan of post war models but 1100 is a dependable gun. The cheapest deals you will find are house brands from Sears and such retailers. High Standard, Win 1400 and some SKBs can be found under
$300 and Brn patents from Rem & Savage.
 
For years I kept an H&R Topper, single shot shotgun, 18" barrel, under my bed. Eventually, I wound up with a couple of Remington 870s and an Ithaca Model 37 being kept here and there around the house. Some of those were destroyed in last year's fire but not the Ithaca and at least one 870 escaped unscathed so they will return to that role after the new house is built. I don't like semi-autos for the house but YMMV.
 
A used Remington 1100 can be had for the money you are talking. I have shot one of these for years and never a problem. My dad had a
Browning A5 that he passed along to me and I to my nephew and we
shot reloads, bird shot to buck shot and never a problem with either of
these guns.
 
I used a 20" Mossberg 500 with rifle sights, rear app removed to make it a ghost ring... but wth my current left hand impairment, I've got a old mongrel double cut to 18+".

I'd be interested in the new (expensive) SemiAuto VC TAC 13 by Remington AOW. Might even pay the ATF fee to put a stock on it.
 
I’m not fan of pistol grips for shotguns because, on my opinion, aiming is more complicate and recoil is harder to control and shooting is slower.
 
Don’t know how cheap you could find one used, maybe still out of range, but Benelli autos are just awesome.
 
Not going to give up 5 inches of barrel for a real shotgun that can be used the same way with more rounds at the ready . I'm waiting on a mossy 930 18" tactical and have a proper multi use shotgun to go along with a my mossy 500 tactical .
 
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