Thread: Home Defense...revolver or semi-auto?

Originally Posted by coach

Has anyone used or have comments on a SCCY 9mm a local gun store has a descent price I think

I have owned one for a couple years now. Like most short barrel pistols they are not the most accurate firearm out there. 100% made in America, that is a big plus. Lifetime warranty that follows the firearm not the owner. The cpx1 has an external safety but the safety spring is kinda weak (lifetime warranty will come into play lol). The cpx2 does not have a safety bit with a eight pound trigger pull they are still pretty safe. I have heard little to no complaints about them. BTW a local gun store told me the price goes up on almost every shipment because they sell that fast.

I'm way late to this party but I perfer a 12 or 20 gauge shotgun w/ an 18" barrel if possible. If. I can't get to that, I just reach for the glock 27 and the mag lite.

also knowing your way around your house in the dark gives you a huge advantage over an intruder. Knowing where light switches are helps too if you don't have a light on your firearm.

Chile I totally understand. I keep a riot gun with a 18" barrel beside my bead and it is loaded with # 3 buck. I however have no kids in the house and Next neighbor is down the road well out of range.. Either way I cycle at least 30 rounds a month on a defensive private range. what ever anyone does don't buy a gun and not shoot it and get training to handle the situation you may be placed in. Here Knowledge is for your safety. good luck every one and be safe.

a BIG dog that protects his home is my first line of defense(I back them up with the 45acp or 380 carry guns)....I have lost my boy but the grandson does a darn fine job now, picking up the slack for his late uncle
any thing that fits your hand and you can put rounds down range or in a gallon size jug will serve you well....it is like anything what one may like another may not....to much power inside a home isn't wise (magnum rounds)

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I hear ya on the dogs, we've a medium sized mutt and an ankle biter, both know how to bark all too well.
Combine them with several motion activated flood lights & a few cameras, and we've some pretty danged good deterrence.
Lights & dogs, two of the best.

My damn lab snores so loud neither he nor I would hear anything! LOL!

I lost my lab back in October but he was a bad azz back in his prime. Very loyal, loving and gentle until a stranger came to the door. Then he went into full beast mode. A mouth full of razor sharp k9 teeth snapping and a shiny black coat bristled up is a real attention getter.

If in town or close to town, the best home protection is probably that little sign the alarm system company puts in your front yard.
Based on what cops have told me: burglers they have caught say they avoid any house with an alarm system sign, its simply a lot safer for them to target the neighbor's house without one.
That is what exactly happened in our neighborhood....

Its been said several times already but a shotgun is the ultimate home defense weapon and I wouldn't load it with anything smaller than #4 its you and your family's life on the line if you ever have to go for it and if that's the case you don't want the intruder to get back up. I personally keep 2 slugs and 4 00 buck in mine the buck is for the ones in the house and the slugs are for just in case one of them make it back to the vehicle.

BDL. the option is yours, the gist of the conversation is, use what you are proficient with. One point has come up several times about the use of smaller shot sizes in shotguns, I can tell you from personal experience that a 1 oz. load of number 9 shot at 6 yards will completely penetrate a human body( as long as no body armor is involved) . I have treated numerous gunshot victims in the field, as a paramedic, and the 2 wounds(both fatal) were fired with skeet loads at close range. Both wounds were nearly instantly fatal according to witnesses. But regardless of what you choose, be sure to practice until it becomes an extension of you, to quote a firearm instructor, your PD weapon should shoot where you look...and then pray you never ever need it