Double Barrel for HD/Self-defense!

[AirForceAce357]

Clint Smith from Thunder Ranch (one of if not THE best firearms instructors in the country IMHO) wrote a column in GUNS magazine awhile back stating that double barrel guns are indeed effective for HD. I do agree that they certainly be effective, I'd still prefer a Mossberg 500 or Remington 870 for an HD shotgun.

[Cuda66]

Originally Posted by Smokehouse

I decided to buy a coach gun for my bedside defense. I've read quite a bit into nighttime break in defense. The idea of fiddling around with a pistol or short stroking a pump is none to appealing to me. Lets face it, although i consider myself to be an experienced shooter, most of those skills would be out the window at 2am, in the dark and half asleep. Something simple, cheap and effective appealed to me. A second plus is should I have to use it, it will look better in court being a simple, non-taciticool firearm.

While reading about real life situations where a firearm was needed in a home defense situation, it seems that less that 5 shots are ever fired with most being 1-2. Few people will stick around for more even if you miss on the first shot.

Hell...I guess that even if I don't hit them with she'll 1 or 2 I can always crack them in the head with that stoeger...that thing is built like a tank!

On a side note...I leave mine loaded with federal LE132 low recoil 00 buck

I agree.

When people who are not going to to be serious shooters (by that, I mean they might shoot once or twice a year, at the most) ask me what a good defensive gun would be, I almost always recommend a revolver (if a handgun) or a hammerless coach gun (long gun). As long as they can remember to hit the safety, they pretty much have the two shots, guaranteed. And, I'd be willing to say that a double barrel is easier to load; no failing to shove the shell in far enough and have it pop back out at you, no getting your thumb caught in the lifter (on some models)--just two great big holes staring right at you.

Add in the short stroking issues one cna have with a pump...the coach gun has a lot going for it.

[bowl443]

^ This is why my pumps are always chambered. Too much wasted time, too many unnecessary movements, and too many points of failure. Plus, I've never been a fan of the idea that the sound of a pump is going to save me from a bad encounter.

[C1OZER]

I'm more of a mossberg fan with my 7 shots of nasty locked and loaded.

[DevJames]

Originally Posted by chasem

I tried that once. My shoulder hated me.

I tried it one handed.

the takedown lever is not nice to the web of your hand when the gun flies out of it

[apamburn]

One important consideration in choosing a long gun for home defense is the extreme difficulty (that I find, at least) in moving around inside my home with it.

I may have to go get my daughter and bring it to our room (the safe room), and I prefer a handgun to the shotty for that. Once in the safe room it's shotty all the way.

Another issue is that both your hands are occupied with a shotgun (coach or otherwise) whereas a handgun you can use with one or both hands.

I would definitely take a coach gun but not over my pump.

[STONEYARDER]

Yeah but now you have just sprayed human body parts all over your house. You will be cleaning up little pieces of flesh and bones out of your walls, carpet, new sofa from now till the end of time. why dont we just shove a stick of dynamite up the bad guys anus, light it and call it a day.

[Cuda66]

Originally Posted by STONEYARDER

Yeah but now you have just sprayed human body parts all over your house. You will be cleaning up little pieces of flesh and bones out of your walls, carpet, new sofa from now till the end of time. why dont we just shove a stick of dynamite up the bad guys anus, light it and call it a day.

Seems the ignorant have come out of the woodwork...

[STONEYARDER]

Ignorant? of what?

[Cuda66]

Originally Posted by STONEYARDER

Ignorant? of what?

Of how shotguns work.