What have you bought in the last 48 hours gun related?

Bought some 3" #2 steel shot for duck hunting this morning. Its the first time ive been, it was a blast

 

need to buy 22lr, everywhere I go they are sold out!

 

Close to pulling the trigger on a shorter 870 barrel but not yet ... maybe by tonight.

 

Video a couple of years ago where a jewelry store owner shot two robbers.
Both were able to escape the store... one had a severed spine.

 

Until you decide on a handgun. You may already know this but........ in a home defense situation your best bet is to call 911 hunker down with .12 Gauge loaded with some 00 buck. Also look into the Glock 30 .45 auto it's very popular in the law enforcement community. If you can handle the kick of a .12 gauge you can handle a Glock 30. Then practice often.

 

I got talking to one of the MA Firearms Safety Course instructors and they suggested having the first shell be birdshot, then follow up shells be buckshot. Following the whole thing about adrenaline, the bird shot makes sense, wider spread for a first shot

 

100 rounds of .40

 

Does make sense... especially with an improved choke installed and at close range.

 

Pearce Grips Extension for my XDm. Didn't even really want it, but Amazon was forcing me to add something to my cart to complete my order. I had an "add on only" item. Don't mind

 

That is an instructor that I would no longer listen to.
I hope you didn't pay for his class.

 

Ah.. somehow missed that. Wonder if it was ball ammo or hollow point. I agree with your statement and that is why I want to stay towards the larger calibers available and have as many rounds as possible.

 

Buckshot and Slugs work great if you don't ever have to worry about over penetration. In a home with two kids, I worry about it. I don't want to have to think about where I am aiming. Unfortunately my house in laid out in a way that isn't the best for me confronting an intruder.

I load 2x #4, then several 00.

 

Yep, just ask Harry Whittington. 78 years old and shot in the face by Dick Cheney while bird hunting.

 

Yeah and that old timer still has bird shot lodged in his face neck and torso. Poor bastard. Point taken that he still lived.

 

thats why 10mm>45

 

It's a state required course to get your LTC, it was a side conversation and he had a valid point. It you miss with a slug, it's same as missing with a smaller caliber bullet. In inexperienced shooter in a high adrenaline situation, you have a better chance at making contact with birdshot on your first shot. It likely won't stop someone if they're intent on coming after you but it could make them change their mind and GTFO of your house. If they don't stop, that's what the buck shot follow up was for.

I disagree, if you're in an apartment or a house with people you love in multiple rooms, the birdshot is a good option. It can do plenty of damage and likely won't over penetrate into an adjacent apartment or say your kid's room.

You guys might not agree with the philosophy personally but there is some rational thought behind it.

 

Bingo, plenty of studies to show the lethality of birdshot within 15 feet.