Originally Posted by
JodyH
Can you show me a single home defense AAR where 9 rounds of #00 would not have sufficed? Obvious drug dealer rip-off invasions excepted.
I just don't see the capacity and reload arguments as being relevant to home defense.
Large and heavy? My loaded Beretta 1301 is lighter than my loaded 16" AR and within an inch in OAL.
I've never had a tube magazine issue in years of hard field use, range use, training classes and 3-gun. AR mags on the other hand, I have a bunch that were sidelined due to damage.
Shotgun's not a necessity, no long gun is realistically a necessity for the vast majority of home defense situations.
Nice to have, heck yea.
Shotgun brings a better hit ratio on moving targets.
Shotgun brings a better hit ratio through typical house construction materials like drywall. With the AR it's all or nothing, with the shotgun you have 8 or 9 chances and the round projectiles tend to not deflect as badly through things like drywall.