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Auto5 · February 27, 2014, 07:49 PM

I grew up hunting and trap shooting with shotguns, but a short barrel 12 gauge pump with a lightweight collapsible stock is downright unpleasant to shoot with buckshot loads, especially since I broke my collarbone in a motorcycle accident a couple of years ago. I went back to the standard stock on my HD shotgun. Since I live in a jurisdiction which restricts "assault weapons", I have a lever action .44 mag. If I can't solve a problem with 10 rounds of .44 magnum, odds are I can't solve it with 30 rounds of 5.56 mm either. I have a female friend who couldn't/wouldn't shoot a handgun. She ended up buying a Ruger 10/22 with an extended magazine for home defense. The .22 wouldn't be my first choice, but she has two pitbulls, so I think she'll be ok. Any of the semiauto pistol caliber carbines: Beretta, Marlin Camp 9, or even the lowly Hi Point would be a good choice too.

February 27, 2014, 07:49 PM	#14
Auto5 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2013 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 662	I grew up hunting and trap shooting with shotguns, but a short barrel 12 gauge pump with a lightweight collapsible stock is downright unpleasant to shoot with buckshot loads, especially since I broke my collarbone in a motorcycle accident a couple of years ago. I went back to the standard stock on my HD shotgun. Since I live in a jurisdiction which restricts "assault weapons", I have a lever action .44 mag. If I can't solve a problem with 10 rounds of .44 magnum, odds are I can't solve it with 30 rounds of 5.56 mm either. I have a female friend who couldn't/wouldn't shoot a handgun. She ended up buying a Ruger 10/22 with an extended magazine for home defense. The .22 wouldn't be my first choice, but she has two pitbulls, so I think she'll be ok. Any of the semiauto pistol caliber carbines: Beretta, Marlin Camp 9, or even the lowly Hi Point would be a good choice too. __________________ At the young age of five, a bear told me that I was the only person who could prevent forest fires. Why I was chosen, I'll never know.