These threads are always funny to me for some reason.
funny in that I feel like some are repeating things they heard or things they think without testing them.
you bring up some valid points
and some interesting ones
a plan and practice is much more important than all the untrained hardware in the world.
not a lot of wives and families want to have to think about it much less train it , makes it too real.
how much training you can get in will vary , I wish I could say my wife was some sort of operator and enjoyed training. that isn't the case she can shoot a handgun on a paper target fine but it isn't something he is into. didn't like shotguns at all.
I would say my plan is not to go all john wick but to secure the stair well that is it.
my entire family is 2nd floor and I am not. My son would be useful but almost impossible to wake.
I would much rather not fire a shot and hopefully the dogs will handle the announcing.
the sound of letting off a round in an enclosed space is absolutely deafening and distracting , so it takes focus.
but also not something you want to go testing a bunch because it easily causes hearing damage.
multiple projectile loads are not spread out enough to much matter at 3 yards which is why they work but still shoot like a single projectile , a big one but single.
TSS isn't lead and can you afford to practice with it. TSS is even tighter patterned than lead it is a single projectile for the purposes of aiming. it would be very interesting to see what it does on walls I expect it acts a lot more like #4 buck than bird shot.
but it isn't something I have tested.
room clearing is a team activity , if you didn't bring your team avoid it. even if you brought a team try and avoid it. this isn't TV.
lead shot on raccoons at 10 yards , 12ga , 20ga , 4,5,6, 7.5 it didn't really change much
I am in the neighborhood of 85 raccoon this year with zero fur value taken from buildings.
so loads get tested , raccoon don't lie they don't know how
some are me running them out of a building , I wanted to know what worked could I use shot and effectively stop them with very low risk of ricochet and damaging a building, the shooting is typically at the ground.
I am back to a 22 and very carefully picking shots , it also is easier on the ears.
I do wear electronic hearing protection with individual ear microphones any time I remember to grab them from the truck.
should getting a suppressor be like buying a barrel , yes , is it , no so few people have them,
if you can't have a suppressor but want something for training and if you have time to use it , electronic ears are good left hanging already set to your head only take a second to pop on , if you don't have time you don't have time, leave them hanging.
I claim no mastery in anything tactical I would say anything you think to be true , think about the best way to test it and test it for yourself , we learn all the time that hypotheses are wrong and anything you saw on TV is generally wrong.
make yourself the best shot with everything you reasonably can be , shooting fundamentals transfer to lots of disciplines.
more ammo is better until it becomes to much weight or effect handling
19-21round mag in a full size pistol great , 33 round mag in a pistol effects handling.
Lights , I am a believer in weapon mounted lights , ID is hugely important.
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