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Originally Posted by Borla
It sounds to me by his posts that he's already experienced with shotguns, and is not yet comfortable with hand guns. With any firearm you plan to use in a rushed, adrenaline filled situation, being familiar with it is probably the single most important aspect to consider for success.
All it takes is a quick google search of gun forums to see that the overwhelming opinion of serious gun owners is that a shotgun is far superior for the scenario he is talking about, and there are tons of options with less than 26" barrels.
Obviously it's his personal preference, and if he just wants to get a handgun for the sake of getting one but wants to use this as an added reason, that's fine.
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Fair enough.
The 26" is the minimum legal length of the overall shoulder-stocked shotgun as required by the ATF. Any shorter and you would need paperwork and a couple months' wait. Unless you forewent the stock. Which is strongly NOT recommended.
FWIW.
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And Plan9 made some very salient points on the advantages/disadvantages of each platform.
I personally have not felt comfortable maneuvering my 18.5" barrel collapsible stock mossberg around my home, despite shooting steel matches and practicing emergency/speed reloads on them. 18.5" is the minimum legal non NFA shotgun barrel length.