Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled Your Best Home Defense Gun? and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/your-best-home-defense-gun/.
Your Best Home Defense Gun?
- Thread starter Mike H.
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KingDiamond
Operator
Great article! I've actually been looking at one of those Vaultek safes. Has anyone tried out one of these for themselves and have any experience with them?Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled Your Best Home Defense Gun? and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/your-best-home-defense-gun/.
King Diamond, we've run a piece on the site featuring the Vaulteks. Here's the link in case you want to take a look: https://www.thearmorylife.com/carry-guns-in-gun-free-zones/
jmcd
Professional
Thanks Mike! I am looking at one of these for the home.
Bassbob
Emissary
Seems I was just referencing this fact in a " Disagreement" here last night.
"Recently the FBI completed extensive testing on various handgun calibers. “Most of what is ‘common knowledge’ with ammunition and its effects on the human target are rooted in myth and folklore…Handgun stopping power is simply a myth,” the FBI said in its report. “There is little to no noticeable difference in the wound tracks between premium line law enforcement projectiles from 9mm Luger and .45 Auto.”
"Recently the FBI completed extensive testing on various handgun calibers. “Most of what is ‘common knowledge’ with ammunition and its effects on the human target are rooted in myth and folklore…Handgun stopping power is simply a myth,” the FBI said in its report. “There is little to no noticeable difference in the wound tracks between premium line law enforcement projectiles from 9mm Luger and .45 Auto.”
LRChops
Alpha
45 always flips steel, 9mm does not always flip steel.
Bassbob
Emissary
Ok. What conclusion are you drawing from that? That a 230 gr bullet is bigger and heavier than a 124 gr bullet? How does this conclusion, which is based on unknown range ammo with an unidentified shooter at an unknown distance, disprove the extensive ballistic testing done by the FBI?
Your article was excellent! It provided good-common sense information for people concerned with acquiring a home defense firearm that fits their own unique and particular needs.Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled Your Best Home Defense Gun? and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/your-best-home-defense-gun/.
Center mass on a person invading your home is flesh and blood, not steel.
Glassman865
Alpha
A good article and reminder of what we have and the thought process why we got it . This will help those thinking about what to get .
Love the article. My choices came around to Springfield because of reliability, handling ease, comfort, cost and what I feel is a superior weapon. I have the XD for home/CCW, and an XDS FOR CCW. Both are 9MM and I am totally comfortably shooting them! I have owned S&W, ruger, Browning, Taurus, and like Springfield best.
LaVistaBill
Alpha
Good article Fred. I agree with you; a purely home defense handgun can be any size and probably the sub-compacts aren't a good idea, unless the gun will be dual-use. A medium-sized pistol can be very versatile; if it has an accessory rail, a tactical light is a good choice. I also like a laser sight, but only if if has instinctive activation. Also keep an extra magazine with the pistol, not just for extra ammo, but in case you need to drop the magazine for a malfunction clearance.
Its whatever you can hit your target with, be it pistol, AR,AK, or shotgun. Me I keep a dbl bbl 12 ga loaded with 00buck standing within reach at the head of my bed and have a Glock 21 loaded with 14 rnds Hornady Critical Defense with a combo light and laser on my night stand within reach.
Troy Scott Fitch
Master Class
Glad the choice is left to the reader.My own choice is a 3inch 357 mag.with hydro shock ammo.I keep mine on nite stand.During the day gun is in lock box.If a bump in the night turn into a intruder.I want to keep it simple.
TACAN Tech
Alpha
My bedside weapon is a 1911 in .45 ACP. One or another has occupied that space for decades.
That being said, most of the rest of the guns in the house are 9mm, and there's even a 9 × 18 in the mix.
That being said, most of the rest of the guns in the house are 9mm, and there's even a 9 × 18 in the mix.
My bedside handgun is a CZ Phantom 18+1 rounds with Remington JHPs and laser. Also in a closet is a Mossberg 500. The CZ is crazy accurate, reliable, and the laser just an added bonus. It is a little too large for carry so that goes to 90% of the time to one of 4 H&K's. Leaving an occasional carry for a Sig P365 and Dan Wesson .45acp Bobtail Commander.
After Boomberg and Comrade De Blowhisnose, it's a wonder you have any protection at all.
TEXASforLIFE
SAINT
Or a sword in one guy's case!
Ha! No swords here, but I have some pretty long knives.