Home defense weapons of choice? [Archive]

yammerschooner

03-09-2008, 09:20 PM

Two unbelievably nice pups that like to leave pawprints about chest high on the door.

You don't have to be the most secure place in the neighborhood. You only have to be more secure than the guy just down the road, or at least appear to be.

yammerschooner

03-09-2008, 09:21 PM

and the batbelt of course.

MakeMineaP99

03-09-2008, 09:45 PM

I have right now,

G17 with 52 rounds of Rangers
M1 Carbine (plenty of ammo)
Some SIGS
A 12 GA and 20 GA shotgun

Of course I'm on the road, so I'm lightly packed. :biggrinjester:

Anvil

03-10-2008, 02:36 AM

I keep a 870 and Guide gun in the bedroom, a BHPmarkIII, Kahr P45 in the file cabinet, my duty Sig & Smith 642 by the computer, a GP100, SBH 44 mag and Smith 29 at the reloading bench that where I am they may be also.

No real preference. It only takes the sight of a gun to make the BG wish he chose a different house. It only takes one bullet to make it real for him.

Sky Pilot

03-10-2008, 06:23 PM

I have a a wife who gets really, really unpleasant if her rest is disturbed.
She would likely rip an intruder in two with her hands and then resurrect his shade from the Inferno, reinstall it in his sundered carcass and make it clean up the mess!

Nature Boy

03-10-2008, 06:54 PM

Multi layers of dogs inside and outside the house. Guns everywhere..No kids.

glock27mark

03-10-2008, 07:46 PM

my g-27 on my side daily.nightstand at night with a 12g. handy just in case.

lcarreau

03-10-2008, 07:52 PM

I sleep with a G30 by the bed. My dog is fond of the 1911.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/lcarreau/buddy003.jpg

Dirk Pitt

03-10-2008, 10:41 PM

I keep my CZ 527 Carbine handy, magazine loaded chamber empty.

Trailbate

03-11-2008, 03:10 PM

keep the G20 on the nightstand and 12ga with 00 buck in the corner, but right now its the M9 under the pillow and the M16 in the sleeping bag with me

Mogollon

03-11-2008, 03:50 PM

M1-A1 Carbine, S&W Model 19

Jammer Six

03-12-2008, 01:10 AM

A 1911. But then, it's all I own.

DssG19

03-12-2008, 01:39 AM

G26 in a winchester e-safe. Before I had a kid I had a Rem 870 under the bed, Mini 14 loaded in the closet, and a 92fs in the nightstand.

Now everything is in a gunsafe, and my carry goes in the e-safe.

WalterGA

03-12-2008, 10:28 AM

Two loud-mouthed barkers on the outside. Same G26 that I carry daily, but near my bed. I always leave my bedroom door to the outside unlocked, so I won't have to ruin the door by shooting through it.

Anvil

03-12-2008, 10:33 AM

For some reason I'm nuts about a marlin guide gun as a home defense gun.

I wish I had some "home defense" rounds for it in 45-70.

I only wish it could be a .75 caliber guide gun.

Rowdy

03-19-2008, 04:08 PM

along with a Mossberg 12 loaded with #6 shot in case things get really crazy...

Why? Though it might not penatrate walls like other rounds, birdshot is not a good stopper; in a normal sized room the shot pattern is still small enough that you _have_ to aim. Your choice of course, but I think I'd stick with 00 buck.
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot3.htm

CJStudent

03-19-2008, 11:04 PM

1911 on the nightstand; Mossy 500 with mix of slugs/00 buck in the safe. Generally whatever I've been carrying, and either the shotty or RRA AR-15 as a go-to long gun.

freakshow10mm

03-19-2008, 11:38 PM

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd290/Tubby_45/Guns/DSC03192.jpg

BIGGUNGOBOOM

03-20-2008, 01:27 AM

Taurus 605/ 357 mag with some whammy loads. Taurus 44 mag ported with whammy loads, Glock 22 with semi Whammy loads.

ede

03-20-2008, 02:17 AM

g21 and 12 ga. upstairs in the bed room, 12ga. and g22 in living room. g33 in dinning room, g32 in gun/puter room, g31 and 12ga. in my tool box in the garage. rottie and shepard outside all day and inside at nite. alarm system on house and garage.

sparky241

03-20-2008, 04:26 PM

It use to be a glock 21 sf but now it is a g17 and a 26 that gaurd over me at night

I fell im lucky,the pups seem to like the 45's but seshwan wants the g-17 so ill prolly go back to the 21sf and give kungpow the hk

callahan318

03-21-2008, 08:09 AM

pissed off wife and angry housecat.

But seriously, AR and 12ga.

GLOCKENNBOOMER

03-21-2008, 08:05 PM

Why? Though it might not penatrate walls like other rounds, birdshot is not a good stopper; in a normal sized room the shot pattern is still small enough that you _have_ to aim. Your choice of course, but I think I'd stick with 00 buck.
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot3.htm
You're probaly right, but let me explain something. My last house about the farthest I would have had to take a shot was about 15 feet. With this new house it is considerably farther, haven't taken a tape measure out yet to it. But you will see it someday probaly. I will probaly have to change the shotgun shells to 00 Buck.

cohutt

03-21-2008, 09:03 PM

Why? Though it might not penatrate walls like other rounds, birdshot is not a good stopper; in a normal sized room the shot pattern is still small enough that you _have_ to aim. Your choice of course, but I think I'd stick with 00 buck.
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot3.htm

Gotta love TBOT

4. I "racked" the shotgun several times during the tests, and no bystanders lost control of their bowels.
Conclusion: Racking a shotgun will not make the bad guy faint.

soundwave

03-21-2008, 09:24 PM

I got these 3 (Sig 226 .40, G19 , and G21) about 2 feet from my bed and an 870 in the closet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/krelin3/Glock%2021%20Hulk/GunVault002.jpg

yammerschooner

03-21-2008, 10:23 PM

I got these 3 (Sig 226 .40, G19 , and G21) about 2 feet from my bed and an 870 in the closet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/krelin3/Glock%2021%20Hulk/GunVault002.jpg

and if you run out of ammo I am assuming the gloves come out?

cohutt

03-22-2008, 06:56 AM

Guns in your home are very dangerous, don't you people watch the news and listen to the people on CNN?

The proper thing to do is to call 911 and be there for your family while they try tolerate the unconcentual rough sex, violent beatings and other probable lethal force received while the authorities are on their way.

It is your own fault anyway, for having money and nice things. Had you not so unfairly accumulated so much at the expense of so many others, you would not be in this predicament.

Time to do some real soul searching, people.

This message brought to you by the newyorktimesobamahilarybradykennedyschumerpelosi socialist party for condecending control of the masses, inc.

MullahElRon

03-22-2008, 08:01 AM

4. I "racked" the shotgun several times during the tests, and no bystanders lost control of their bowels.
Conclusion: Racking a shotgun will not make the bad guy faint.

Sometimes that make me laugh, and sometimes I get sick of hearing the TV Trained keyboard kommandos trowel it up. This one here does usually get an involuntary response, albeit postmortem at times:

http://i27.tinypic.com/2wp4abn.jpg

Rowdy

03-22-2008, 12:39 PM

However, if you had this, I'd say you could go ahead and load whatever the hell you wanted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c

soundwave

03-23-2008, 01:07 AM

and if you run out of ammo I am assuming the gloves come out?

Oh no, I sleep with em on. The guns are for when I get tired.

layusn1

03-23-2008, 02:00 AM

I have a CZ75 on my side of the bed, my wife has a Sig 226 on her side, both loaded with Hydra Shock...why...because my dumb ass bought into the hype I guess. They looked like decent rounds when I bought them. That is upstairs. Downstairs I have a PA63 and a few mags loaded up with some expensive ass Hornady 9mm Mak hollow points. Two problems here...my wife doesn't actually like her dream gun, the Sig, so I don't know how comfortable she would be using it and she shot one round out of the PA63 and said hell no, too much recoil. So, basically there are no firearms, out of 19 in the house, that my wife actually likes, shoots, and/or is comfortable with so I don't think there is a good option here for her. Me, if your not invited your butt is getting some free copper/lead...lol. As for dogs, I love my dogs...barks that will scare the heck outta most people and my big dog looks scary but lets face it, as has been proven way too many times by It Takes A Thief, most peoples pet dogs are not home defense. I had to prove this to myself last time I went out to San Diego and had to go to my grandparents house. I had to go around back where my aunt has 3 dogs I have never met before in my life walking around. Walked right past em and into the house...and those are her "guard dogs".

MakeMineaP99

03-23-2008, 10:11 AM

Get the wife a G17.

layusn1

03-23-2008, 10:23 AM

Get the wife a G17.

You're a funny guy...

MakeMineaP99

03-23-2008, 10:56 AM

You're a funny guy...

I own more SIGs than I do Glocks, don't have anything against SIGs at all. However, if I need a gun, the G17 gets gets grabbed first followed by a long gun. The G17 just feels right.

TowsonTiger22

03-26-2008, 10:13 PM

I have a g21 sf in my chair in my room, a Rem 597 with a clip full of CCI stingers next to the dresser, and an 870 or 1187 with slugs in the closet. I use the 597 cause it's the shortest long gun I have right now (Hoping to get a DPMS classic this summer).

layusn1

03-27-2008, 12:24 AM

Glocks are pretty much the persona non grata of the gun world in this house. I am really starting to get jealous of you guys with the model that shoots 3 calibers with just different barrels though. I personally don't have a valid practical reason to not like them, I just think they are kinda ugly. Never held one though, don't even know about the ergonomics of them. I don't like my wife's Sig. It is ugly, blocky, and just doesn't feel right. My CZ75 with the Hogue grips...I swear they got together and made that gun/grip combo just for me. It fits in my hand so perfectly...and I think it is a good looking gun. Add to that the only $350 price tag and the great accuracy...whats not to love about it?

Anvil

03-27-2008, 01:28 AM

FS, What's the bayonette for? To taunt the burglar?

DCGoth

03-28-2008, 05:13 AM

I keep my Sig 226, loaded with 124 +P Gold Dots and Black Talons under my pillow, my G33 with 125 Gold Dots on my night stand and my S&W M&P 40c, with 165 Gold Dots holstered alongside my mattress.

When not in bed, my G33 and P226 are always within a one-foot reach.

My XD Sub-Compact, with alternating 124 +P Gold Dots and 147 Golden Sabers stays in my jacket pocket.

My kittens prefer the AMT .380 backup. :)

Kevin

cvfl

03-29-2008, 08:46 AM

On me or in my nightstand - G26 w/Lasermax & 4 12rd mags; on the wife or her side - M&P9c & 4 12 rd mags. All Hydra-shok - cause I had a bunch of them.
They and the 2 very protective GSD/wolf mix are the front line until we can get to the safe - wherein lies the choice of goodies. All ready to go.
When we not home, house is alarmed with special contacts on the safe. It's on the fiber data line so you can go ahead and cut the copper phone line. :dita:
We ain't paranoid - just prepared.

Anvil

03-29-2008, 11:05 AM

My grandpappy had a shotgun but my grandmamma had one of these!

http://www.chuckwagonsupply.com/Lodge%2012%20inch%20frying%20pan%20small.JPG

yammerschooner

03-29-2008, 11:29 AM

did she use it to melt lead?

slowride

03-30-2008, 07:52 PM

Mine is a G22, wife's is an XD9.

cohutt

03-31-2008, 04:19 AM

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7059/op96falconzj3.jpg

slowride

03-31-2008, 08:06 AM

'hutt, you're gonna get'em before they make it to the driveway!

thorn

03-31-2008, 12:09 PM

http://www.neverwake.com/treason/Gen1.jpg

Oreo

03-31-2008, 12:22 PM

Cohutt... just 'cause it has pistol grips doesn't mean you have to use it that way. ;)

cohutt

03-31-2008, 04:49 PM

Those are only for backup, in case the evil-doers get past this:

http://bakertowne.net/Andale_Pics/Super_Soaker_50.jpg

creekwalker

03-31-2008, 05:28 PM

Cohutt, what ever you do, don't use that Super Soaker to help you post wet t-shirt pictures of your avatar. I think it would strike me blind and drive me insane.

cw

Pitmaster

03-31-2008, 07:55 PM

Cohutt, what ever you do, don't use that Super Soaker to help you post wet t-shirt pictures of your avatar. I think it would strike me blind and drive me insane.

cw

Soak that shirt Cohutt I'm gettin' board.:yikes: (Got to cut out the leg humpin'):banghead:

When loading that Super Soaker for self defense load with rubbing alcohol and shoot em in the eyes. Follow with a lit match.:blowme::chicken:

KpaxFAQ

03-31-2008, 08:16 PM

slowride

04-04-2008, 08:13 AM

Sigs are nice, but when things go bump in the night, I'll go with my Glocks. Fit my hand better than any other handgun made. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I'm workin' on getting a good 12ga. pump for the house, just point in the general direction! For now I'll stick with a good flashlight and my G22!

nitesite

04-04-2008, 10:08 AM

One a deez....

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/nitesite9/Glock34andTLR-2.jpg

And an 8+1 590 loaded buck-buck-slug-slug-slug-slug-slug.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/nitesite9/mossberg_590_pic.jpg

slowride

04-05-2008, 08:39 AM

Looks like the perfect combo, nitesite!

mitchshrader

04-07-2008, 10:43 AM

i have a nightstand on one side of the bed, and a bookshelf on the other (no shock there, i bet) .. with a 3" mod 36 J frame on the nightstand, and a 1894 carbine and a H&R (870 clone) Pardner pump shotgun leaning on the bookshelf.

over on the pile of crap in the corner is a 7600 pump 30-06 and a couple of model 19 .357 S&W's.

m'kids got a .22 marlin in her room, and that's all our guns entirely. i guess home defense is whichever one i reach first, likely the J frame as that's generally closest.

reckon anybody wants to get shot in a tacticool manner has to go somewheres else, i'm fresh out.

sparky241

04-08-2008, 08:41 PM

reach first, likely the J frame as that's generally closest.

reckon anybody wants to get shot in a tacticool manner has to go somewheres else, i'm fresh out.

who said a j-frame aint tacticool? Hell i wish i had never sold my 19's both were damn good guns

MONTEGOD7SS

04-08-2008, 10:27 PM

sparky241

04-09-2008, 11:38 AM

I would definitaley not consider my stainless Model 60 j-frame tacticool, cuz it's not scary and black, but I like it. Maybe if I put a Hogue bantam grip on it it will start to look at little eeeeviiiiiiil.

I learned early in life not to judge a book by its cover,If the bad guy didnt learn that well tough S__t for him.But revolvers will clean the gene pool just as good as and auto

chewy

04-16-2008, 01:47 PM

This has been my bedside gun for a the last year. Sometimes my G-22. I have one of 3 safes in my beddin' down room with a smooth pistol gripped Winchester 1300 loaded with 00 buck and my ninjafied AR-15 witha few bells and whistles. I have my 8 yearold son on most weekends, keep things unchambered at those times.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/chewybaca67/Fire%20Arms/PB110008.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/chewybaca67/Fire%20Arms/PB110007.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/chewybaca67/Fire%20Arms/P1190006.jpg

SouthernBelle

04-21-2008, 09:14 AM

We've got a Mitchell High Standard Riot Gun back behind the night stand.

VN350X10

04-22-2008, 11:06 PM

I feel so under-gunned here.....
nightstand- Rossi 3" .44 spl, loaded Glaser-glaser-glaser-golddot-golddot

closet about 6' away- Mossy 590-A1 First 5 are #4 buck, followed by 3- S&B 12 pellet 00 buck. Can't think of a reason for slugs in a house gun.

2 very loud obnoxious Poodles (alarm) & cell phone, various flashlights.
The 590-A1 has it's own flashlight, a Surefire forend kit w/120 lumen bulb module.
Everything else is in one of the 3 safes downstairs, but the first one has the AR-15 & 3- 30 rd mags of V-Max ammo.
If I need more than that, I need the Air Cav to show up !

uncle albert

45auto

11-30-2008, 09:57 PM

Glock 21, Night sights, and an M3X.

If needed, a converted Saiga 12 and 10rd mag with buck shot. :D

RugerFan58

12-03-2008, 01:07 PM

Both my wife and I shoot so we have quite a few handguns that we take turns with on the nightstand. My Sig 220 w/laser and G23 are our main choices. Been wanting a 12 ga for quite a while but just can't afford it.

Gashira

12-03-2008, 01:22 PM

Mossberg 500, hands down. I keep it loaded with Federal 00 buck.

http://i35.tinypic.com/xql4i8.jpg

panman

03-05-2009, 05:21 PM

First off,i MHO,a dog of any kind is a very nessary family member.He or she will let you know if something is wrong way before you do.then if for any reason you cant or dont want to have a loaded gun in the house[grand kids or sumptin],keep a machete SPL?,by the bed.I dont no of anyone that wants to square off with you against one of them.If you think hes armed wait till they come to you and be ready!!.WACK!!!.Thats all shee rote fokes.pan.

John

11-02-2009, 04:24 AM

normally have a smith 4006 on one night stand, and my glock 22 on the other. thata way i dont have to roll over, just reach. 870 on the rack about 4 feet from the bed. all loaded with one in the chamber. surefure g2 and 3d maglite.

jtrade

11-04-2009, 03:37 PM

Stays by the head of the bed 24/7.

http://guns.jtrade.us/images/ak_xd.jpg

Jammer Six

11-04-2009, 06:11 PM

Stays by the head of the bed 24/7.
Really?

Either you stay in your bed 24/7, or you're leaving two weapons unsecured while you're not there.

Neither is a thing I would do. It means there's a free set of weapons out there for the bad guy who can't afford his own.

jtrade

11-04-2009, 06:34 PM

there is rarely a time when noone is here and they sit in that spot behind the door, when the door is open. And at the head of the bed when we close the door & put our bed down.

when that times does come they are put up along with the 6 long guns/shot guns sitting on the gun rack across the room.

J

Really?

Either you stay in your bed 24/7, or you're leaving two weapons unsecured while you're not there.

Neither is a thing I would do. It means there's a free set of weapons out there for the bad guy who can't afford his own.

Jammer Six

11-04-2009, 06:45 PM

Yup, that's what I said.

Two free weapons, unsecured, for anyone who wants them.

The rest is arm waving.

jtrade

11-04-2009, 06:49 PM

Maybe you dont understand our living condtions. We basically have a 1 room apartment in the house we live in. There is rarely a time when either Shana or myself is not in this room and they are within arms reach.

When we are away they are put up.

J

Yup, that's what I said.

Two free weapons, unsecured, for anyone who wants them.

The rest is arm waving.

jawjaboy

11-04-2009, 07:19 PM

A thief might have a good day here. Then again he might not. I kind'a got stuff stuck here 'n there throughout da house. Inside and out. Ya never know.
.

Jammer Six

11-04-2009, 09:11 PM

I probably shouldn't have been so flip.

It comes from never leaving a weapon unsecured. Ever.

nitesite

11-04-2009, 09:35 PM

I can't think of a reason for slugs in a house gun.

2 very loud obnoxious Poodles (alarm) & cell phone, various flashlights.

uncle albert

You raise an intering point re: using slugs.

And good dogs are the best home alarm system IMO except that they can't auto-dial Brinks Security for help.

That's why I have five slugs after the first two 00 buck. Because where I live (out in the country) I believe that in order to protect my dogs when they are outside I need the precision of a slug if some wild dogs want to tangle with my family companions. I may have to wait for a ten-inch window to make its appearance before I (regrettably) would be forced to pull the trigger.

Shuck... Shuck... Ready with ghost ring sights out beyond 50-yards.

In other words, a house gun might need to also be employed beyond the walls of my home.

45auto

11-06-2009, 12:47 PM

Here is da S12, along with the wifes guard cat. ;)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/Gibbles1221/Firearms/S12folder.jpg

I also have a 20rd drum for it, but it makes the gun kinda hard to handle... :p

jtrade

11-06-2009, 02:22 PM

I wish I would have got a S12 back when they were dirt cheap.... I may have to break down & buy one anyways cause they are awesome!!!

J

Here is da S12, along with the wifes guard cat. ;)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/Gibbles1221/Firearms/S12folder.jpg

I also have a 20rd drum for it, but it makes the gun kinda hard to handle... :p

panman

03-20-2010, 07:17 PM

As been stated i good dog or two for first alarm is very goodI have also had geese,ya just cant sneek up on em,one sleeps,and the other watchesfor anything thats not rite.If they are disturbed you will find them going for the threat.A LOT of people are afraid of them,and not of dogs.call 911,and use what you have,even a 22 is better than nothing.pan.

helitack32f1

04-19-2010, 09:33 PM

While I currently use a Glock 23 for home defense I am becoming a bit interested in the Taurus Judge in its many forms now that that new .410 defense round is out with the three slugs+ shot in them. Sounds very effective.

helitack32f1

05-23-2010, 03:43 PM

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll197/helitack32f1/trimount.jpg
:grin:

VN350X10

05-23-2010, 05:30 PM

Good point on the slugs, nitesite, I was looking at things from my personal standpoint.
Our poodles are inside dogs, crate trained & in the master bedroom at night.
With both kids married & living out on their own, once I clear the bedroom door, there is NOTHING that is NOT expendable in my downrange field of fire.

And I've had to look at this same paneling for 54(!) years, as my parents put it in, so ANY excuse to replace it is valid !

uncle albert

Panhead Rider 1

06-21-2010, 04:13 PM

2 pink papered German import GSD's with Schutzhund titles. A Sig P220 and a Winchester 1300 Defender as backup. The dogs would have a competition to see who could bring me the largest body part.

If you're an adult and supposed to be on the property, the dogs are fun to play with.

A little kid not cleared to be on the property could get away with anything but would cause the dogs to bark. An unknown kid in his early teens would be backed up to the house and not allowed to leave. The neighbor's kids all know the dogs and are allowed to come and go as they please. If a ball comes over the fence, they might not get it back until the dogs get to play a little. :mf_w00t2:

I take them to the park and they climb the ladder and slide down the circular slide with the kids. At Schutzhund competitions, they've gone from the protection phase, to rolling around and playing in a sandbox with kids. It's funny when some folks tell me I have dangerous dogs. They are dangerous only to bad people with bad intentions.