home defense long gun.

[Richard S]

Jason:

I agree with the above suggestions regarding a shotgun as a primary home-defense weapon. There are any number of excellent choices available.  I prefer a tactical shotgun rather than a sporting model for the purpose of home defense and, of the various types available, find a pump action to be most suitable.  (The mere sound of the slide of one of those "boomers" being racked in a dark room can be rather intimidating in and of itself.)  Hang a tac light and laser sight on it and you're good to go.

To Yankee's list of great weapons coming out of Israel, I would add only the Timber Wolf pump carbine chambered in either .357 Magnum  or .44 Magnum.  They are no longer in production but still show up occasionally in like-new condition on the auction sites.

[C0untZer0]

I got to see a Tavor at the range recently and if I were going to go with 5.56 for HD, and price were not a factor, I'd go with the Tavor.

MAC has had good things to say about it, as well as most other reviewers..

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mac+tavor&oq=mac+tavor&gs_l=youtube.3..0l2.400135.401906.0.402188.9.8.0.1.1.0.219.1308.0j6j2.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.mgmTyw3K7q4

Having said that though, I'm still looking to pickup either a Versamax Tactical or the Mossberg 930 SPX for HD. 

The Firearms Tactical Institute recommends #1 Buck:

Number 1 buck is the smallest diameter shot that reliably and consistently penetrates more than 12 inches of standard ordnance gelatin when fired at typical shotgun engagement distances. A standard 2 ¾-inch 12 gauge shotshell contains 16 pellets of #1 buck. The total combined cross sectional area of the 16 pellets is 1.13 square inches. Compared to the total combined cross sectional area of the nine pellets in a standard #00 (double-aught) buck shotshell (0.77 square inches), the # 1 buck shotshell has the capacity to produce over 30 percent more potentially effective wound trauma. In all shotshell loads, number 1 buckshot produces more potentially effective wound trauma than either #00 or #000 buck. In addition, number 1 buck is less likely to over-penetrate and exit an attacker's body. 

http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs10.htm


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