AR15. Don't even have to get out of bed. It already knows what to do. That's what they say its designed to do.

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I like them all, a judge in the night stand, semi-auto in the cupboard at the front door, shotgun at the back door, semi-auto in the fur shed, revolver in one truck and semi-auto in the other truck.

Wow you guys must live In some bad areas.

I don't lock the doors and I don't have a loaded gun In the house. But I do have a few Marine corps emblems on my windows. And a laser cut 12" Eagle Globe and Anchor on my fur shed door. Never had a sleepless night yet. Or a break In.
But If I were to need a home defense weapon It would be a sawed off 12 gauge.

LOL you need to remember , shot off a 12 gauge inside and see what happens. I have never shot anyone but I did shoot a fox in my back yard one time by just cracking the door and not getting the muzzle all the way out of the door. OH NO!!!!!!! MY WIFE screamed from the other end of the house. Dry wall dust fell off the ceiling. The windows rattled and I'm surprised they didn't bust out. LOL Couldn't hear a sound for about 4 hrs.

As for guns got my wife a 380 revolver double action. Point and pull. Low recoil. Idiot proof..............

For pure home defense I have a Mossberg Tactical 590 shotgun.

.45 for a home defense weapons, with a 9 readily available should it go into round 2. I have a long, and rather open floor plan, using an SG would cause a lot of damage, and I would never advise bird shot for defense past 15-20 feet. Heck a little dove can take a load at 50 feet and keep rolling. I have seen a rib cage that was hit at close range with a load of 7.5. It obliterated his ribs, but his heart and lungs were pretty much untouched. The boy lived.

Double barrel/side by side couch gun...12ga

You are only required to help them carry your stuff to their get away vehicle IF you blew their feet away.

Yes I have read the same advice and was told by the certified cwp trainer I worked with in TX.
He said they would try to make the argument that I had built more deadly ammo with the intention of killing the invader. Lol.
I asked him how they were going to come up with the method of mind control I used to convince the perpetrator to unlawfully break into my house in the first place? And why All of the ammo in my possession from .223
to 10ga. And multiple calibre of rifle and pistol in between are all handloads? He said I see your point. I live in a part of the country were criminals are not successfully portrayed as victims. And I don't live in fear of any kind, especially fear of being sued.

I use revolvers for two reasons:

#1. I own mostly revolvers.
#2. "Clips" or magazines, if loaded full their springs will weaken and they will not feed. Yes this may take 20 years to happen, but it has happened to mine.

I agree with springs taking a set. I used the same argument against leaving bodygrip springs set in the off season and was basically told to pound sand, very funny. I also believe in relaxing tension on hammer/striker mainspring when possible.

I prefer revolvers because I've read where they are more dependable than semi-autos. I've never had a misfire or jam with a revolver. I have a Colt King Cobra 357 which is an awesome handgun.

got me a 40 s&w sd40 and an m&p 45 compact. Would love to get myself some 45 lc revolvers sometime.

there is no scarier sound then a pump shot gun being racked in the dead of night when all is quiet. cha..chunk.

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new springs take a long time to stop working from compression , you could always have extra mags and every month you unload one in practice and put the next magazine in

new mag springs are 8 dollars , a new mag is 20 so maybe you buy a new magazine every few years

you can also download magazines put 25 in a 30

downloading by 1 round does help with possible feeding issues when loading the first round some mags are worse than others 10 rounders are the worst
you should be able to almost get 1 more round in than the mag holds but not every mag is made that way

if you are a revolver guy , a "new york reload" is the way to go meaning drop the empty gun and draw the next full one the fastest way to carry ammo for a revolver is in another revolver

we had a guy at action pistol one night , he was a bulls eye shooter and a darn fine shot even fast from all those rapid fire relays he found our great big targets at relatively close distances very easy to score perfectly on , but when your on a 32 round stage even with all hits that is a full gun and 5 reloads those reloads are just painfully slow.

handguns are not death-rays and 6 rounds is not very many , hits or not it's 3 seconds shooting and a lot more than that reloading

this isn't tv people don't flop over instantly limp when shot more often they ask if they are shot when they have 2 holes in them then walk into the ER

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Downloading one or two rounds of ammo in a mag will make it easier to seat if its in battery....closed bolt/slide.

There is a definite difference between 28 and 30 when seating an ar-15 magazine on a closed bolt.

Doesn't anyone have dogs any more? My neighbor has 2 yappy dogs that bark every time anyone is within 100 yards of them. Sure its irritating, but I know for a fact it really helps keep my home safe as well so I will never complain. A barking dog saves ammo and keeps me out of prison.
I almost got locked up for beating the tar out of a window peeper in San Diego. Turns out, if you rent its not yours to protect. I could have paid dearly had my wife at the time not jumped on my back and let him get away before the police arrived.

Some of you guys sound like you think its just another day in the life if you wack someone. Its really not. Its kind of scary. I would much rather go non lethal than put a guy in a box any day.