Shotguns are excellent home defense weapons, but 00 buckshot can easily pass through walls. Never had a 20ga, but I keep low recoil #4 shot in my 12ga. I agree with your thoughts on the AR, but where are you getting .223 ammo @ 3400 FPS? I shoot cheap stuff that hits the muzzle around 2900 FPS. Regardless. At that velocity I'm not sure of the relevance of your twist & predictability statement given typical room distances. Nonetheless, An AR is a very poor choice for home defense IMO.AR10 said:All information points to a shotgun being the best home protection firearm for most situations. You have kids on the other side of plaster walls, you do not want to shooting at burglars and killing your own family in the next room, or two rooms over, or your next door neighbor. A 20 ga shotgun will hit what it is aimed at, not missing, and not hurting uninvolved people sleeping in the next room.
Somebody sleeps with an AR ? That round is not defensive, it is offensive. It is made to bust into a house, and sweep all inside, walls or no. Why place your family, your neighbors at such grave danger? Rethink that in my humble opinion. An AR round entering your leg, might come out the top of your head. It goes bizerk once it finds bone, or wood, or plaster, or most anything and changes direction often times. It is going 3,400 feet a second, at a twist, that makes it unpredictable. Great in throw lead combat, piss poor in home and family protection.
I'm paranoid about this too plus I sleep with a loud fan. Back to the OP I have both a DAO LC9 and SAO 1911. I'm comfortable with either. Once the safety comes off and my sights are on target there are two options. The BG will lie face down til the cops arrive. Or hell lie face down til the coroner arrives. His choice. I'm comfortable with both of my handguns. I've practiced rapid accurate fire with both and can competently execute the minute actions that accompany each pistol.Lol. I know. My worst fear is not waking up if someone broke in. Hopefully my loud snoring would make them think a crazy animal is in here.
Those Glock type triggers are not safe without the employ of a manual safety to ensure! I find it so absurd that people convince themselves that this is at all a safety feature. But whatever floats your boat I guess.
+1 in all respects.locutus said:The Glock trigger is just as safe as any DA revolver.
I wouldn't own a Gock if it had a manual safety. I consider manual safeties useless on any auto other than a SA.