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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
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Real quick before bed:
"Please, stop recommending pistols for home defense."
I don't. At all. I recommend a shoulder-fired weapon for home defense. If people are set on a handgun, that's their choice. I recommend safe weapons... period.
"There's nowhere to mount a proper sight or flashlight (critical for a nighttime defense gun)."
Golly gosh! How did we ever defend our homes before that trendy Picatinny rail or tritium sights!? I have both items on most of my firearms, but ya know what? Proper training whups technology every time. 'Nam proved that much.
"Most pistol rounds, even popular hollow points, will penetrate further through common building materials than .223 or 00 buckshot."
Which would explain why 9mm and .45 handguns are so popular with military, L.E., and civilians everywhere. Which one of these is going to hit a man at 300 yards and which one is going to be stopped by a concrete block? .223 or 9mm? Penetration my ass. .223 is lighter, goes faster, and has more range. It is a rifle round. Home defense with a .223 is silly for numerous reasons. Why not home defense with an AK47? C'mon, man.
Buckshot, on the other hand, doesn't have any of the issues of a rifle round. No uniform rifled twist to direct energy, it has a random "musket ball" spin. It is part of a large group of soft, round projectiles. Buckshot is a superior home defense choice because the of the "big slap" wound capability, short range of the weapon and lack of power behind any individual projectile.
"And only massive revolvers that are unwieldy, heavy, and vastly overpowered for use on human targets."
A S&W .357 Magnum is hardly considered heavy or unwieldy. .357 Magnum has a long history of being one of the best man-stoppers out there (86% "one shot drops" according to FBI stats). Hardly too powerful by any stretch of the imagination. Modern ammunition is of a low flash powder variety and modern hollow point or frangible bullets are very effective at not bouncing around.
"...approach even half the sight radius of the shortest Title I shotgun."
Yeah, because sight radius is so important at across-the-room distances.
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Okay, bed time.