Home Defense Shotguns

[CWelch58]

Has anyone considered the sound pressure levels of these weapons?
Has anyone considered those levels when fired INDOORS?
Add that to the muzzle blast and now you're blind as well as deaf!
While shotguns have ended more gunfights than anything short of a grenade, I would never fire one indoors!
I own a Winchester Defender, wood stock with extra ammo. #1 buck and slug but not by my bed.
I chose High Point carbine in 45 acp.
Sub sonic, no flash, and knock down power! It can carry 2 mags in the stock and a viciously jagged muzzle brake.
Protecting yourself includes your eyes and EARS!!

 

[Benton Quest]

Yeah. They're loud. Pick your hard.

 

[rockquarry]

Yeah. They're loud. Pick your hard.

Pick your hard?

 

[Benton Quest]

Yep. There are hard decisions to make in life. If you are lucky, you get to pick your hard. I would pick hearing a loud noise versus the alternative.

 

[OutAtTheEdge]

Joining the conversation for the fun of it now...

Living in a rural area where potential collateral damage/injuries is of minimal concern, I have a shotgun set up for home defense more as a practical exercise than as a primary go-to weapon. My #1 HD gun is a 9mm SBR with suppressor, followed by a 5.56 AR/SBR on standby or in the incredibly remote chance I need to engage outside at distance.

My HD shotgun is, by far, the most frequently modified gun I own. It started life in about 1970 as a new 870 Wingmaster my dad bought me. It has served for small game, upland birds, waterfowl, turkey, and for about 25 years as a dedicated whitetail/slug gun. Now semi-retired, it has been duracoated and wears a cut-down cylinder-bore barrel, synthetic "tactical" furniture, a 4-shot side-saddle, 3-round mag extension, and an LED light, with 7 rounds of S&B 00 buck loaded. It lives with an empty chamber, safety off, and hammer down (dry-fired) so I can pick it up, cycle the slide, and engage the trigger without fumbling for the slide-release or safety button.

 

[rockquarry]

Yep. There are hard decisions to make in life. If you are lucky, you get to pick your hard. I would pick hearing a loud noise versus the alternative.

Thank you for the explanation. Maybe the next fad term...