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desmobob
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:24 pm |
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Rooster booster wrote: A barking it’s nuts off dog is better than most systems.... I think a dog is the ultimate home defense system!
_________________ "The freaks can't be normally formalized, nor can we be formally normalized. What we want is complete weirdification." KD2TTM Member: NRA, New York Rifle and Pistol Association
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 12:07 am |
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Does it matter if the barrels are side-by-side or stacked ?
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OldStufferA5#1911
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:13 am |
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Irish Red & White wrote: Does it matter if the barrels are side-by-side or stacked ? There is just something "wrong" with a "stackbarrel 'Coachgun' ". It just defies the Smooth Functioning of the Universe.
_________________ I don't always venture out into the sub-freezing darkness, but when I do, it is hunting season, and I carry a Browning. Stay hungry my friends.
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Banshee
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:29 pm |
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desmobob wrote: Rooster booster wrote: A barking it’s nuts off dog is better than most systems.... I think a dog is the ultimate home defense system!  Got that covered three 80lb+ dogs.
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T-Pee
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:04 pm |
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Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:50 pm Posts: 566 Location: The wilds of rural central California
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Banshee wrote: desmobob wrote: Rooster booster wrote: A barking it’s nuts off dog is better than most systems.... I think a dog is the ultimate home defense system!  Got that covered three 80lb+ dogs. My 1911, etc. doesn't like steak. tp
_________________ RM, NRA/USCCA RSO, NSSF, and a bunch of other acronyms. 12/30" Browning Citori CX White 12/28" 1978 Browning BSS 12/26" Franchi Affinity 3 12/26" ATI Cavalry (waiting >3 months now for a frikkin' firing pin)
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OldStufferA5#1911
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:24 pm |
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Joined: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:01 am Posts: 6293 Location: Newton Kansas
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T-Pee wrote: Banshee wrote: desmobob wrote: I think a dog is the ultimate home defense system!  Got that covered three 80lb+ dogs. My 1911, etc. doesn't like steak.tp 2 dogs. Joe Dirt, the 125# vagabond Chocolate Lab who turned up here one evening 1-1/2 yrs ago and couldn't be convinced to leave, loves everyone, hates mice and only barks at coyotes (and will not bark indoors, he will "huff" to demand my attention). Holly, the 64# Black & White Pitoxer that we got from a shelter almost 3 yrs ago (with unknown priors of 2 owners) hates strangers, and, if you try to suck up to her, or briber her (with edibles), her paranoia kicks into Top Gear and she hates you worse. Saw a UPS driver toss her a treat once, she watched it fly, land, completely ignored it, and seemed to get even madder he was here. "How DARE you try to bribe me!!!" I have no idea if her bite is as bad as her bark, she is easily scared of sudden noises (drop a fork in the steel sink), but by golly she puts on a great show of being Little Miss Guard Dog. And, honestly, I have hung onto a rope when she wants to play, she'll dislocate your arm, she'd probably pull a leg off and beat you with the wet end. Not nearly so protective on a leash "in public", in town (well behaved), but around the house, she guards her territory firmly. I was amazed she likes Joe and didn't run him off, probably because he flopped down on the porch, refused to move, and refused to pay her any attention until she decided he was harmless.
_________________ I don't always venture out into the sub-freezing darkness, but when I do, it is hunting season, and I carry a Browning. Stay hungry my friends.
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Banshee
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:49 pm |
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Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:06 pm Posts: 4857 Location: The Lost State of Franklin
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Two Rhodesian Ridgeback that rarely bark and one American foxhound mutt that barks at everything. She will go out the door in full song.
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Rooster booster
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:56 pm |
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Banshee wrote: Two Rhodesian Ridgeback that rarely bark and one American foxhound mutt that barks at everything. She will go out the door in full song. That’s perfect!
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Ezra Smack
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:22 pm |
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A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now.
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:44 pm |
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Ezra Smack wrote: A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now. Better options, yes. Obsolete, hardly.
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Banshee
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:48 pm |
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Ezra Smack wrote: A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now. I would use one if that is all i had, but it wouldn't be my first choice.
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T-Pee
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:09 am |
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"Joe Dirt". tp
_________________ RM, NRA/USCCA RSO, NSSF, and a bunch of other acronyms. 12/30" Browning Citori CX White 12/28" 1978 Browning BSS 12/26" Franchi Affinity 3 12/26" ATI Cavalry (waiting >3 months now for a frikkin' firing pin)
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:13 pm |
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Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:27 pm Posts: 62 Location: Texas
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Ezra Smack wrote: A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now. Better options as in more capacity?
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Ezra Smack
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:32 pm |
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mikemck wrote: Ezra Smack wrote: A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now. Better options as in more capacity? Yes! Two shots might work against a single unarmed adversary but what if there are two or more invaders armed with Glocks holding close to 20 rounds?
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T-Pee
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:41 pm |
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Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:50 pm Posts: 566 Location: The wilds of rural central California
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Ezra Smack wrote: mikemck wrote: Ezra Smack wrote: A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now. Better options as in more capacity? Yes! Two shots might work against a single unarmed adversary but what if there are two or more invaders armed with Glocks holding close to 20 rounds? Then obviously you're in California. tp
_________________ RM, NRA/USCCA RSO, NSSF, and a bunch of other acronyms. 12/30" Browning Citori CX White 12/28" 1978 Browning BSS 12/26" Franchi Affinity 3 12/26" ATI Cavalry (waiting >3 months now for a frikkin' firing pin)
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:56 pm |
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Ezra Smack wrote: mikemck wrote: Ezra Smack wrote: A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now. Better options as in more capacity? Yes! Two shots might work against a single unarmed adversary but what if there are two or more invaders armed with Glocks holding close to 20 rounds? Then you hit the floor, get all your tacticool floor level light switches off, fire up you nvg’s, and prepare to do whatever it is you envision happening........then your mom yells down the stairs to knock it off and get to bed.
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T-Pee
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:46 pm |
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Rooster booster wrote: Then you hit the floor, get all your tacticool floor level light switches off, fire up you nvg’s, and prepare to do whatever it is you envision happening........then your mom yells down the stairs to knock it off and get to bed. Ok, Rooster. You owe me a keyboard! tp (not topping that one tonight)
_________________ RM, NRA/USCCA RSO, NSSF, and a bunch of other acronyms. 12/30" Browning Citori CX White 12/28" 1978 Browning BSS 12/26" Franchi Affinity 3 12/26" ATI Cavalry (waiting >3 months now for a frikkin' firing pin)
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mikemck
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:59 am |
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Yes, that's always a possiblity, among an almost limitless amount of others. Or what if they kick in the door while I'm in the bathroom or on the couch or in the kitchen, and my gun is in the bedroom or behind the door they kicked in, etc.. Just having more capacity is not some magic talisman that is going to give me some theoretical advantage by having the ability to send more lead flying around. Ezra Smack wrote: mikemck wrote: Ezra Smack wrote: A two shot HD gun is as obsolete as a two seat bi-plane. We have much better options now. Better options as in more capacity? Yes! Two shots might work against a single unarmed adversary but what if there are two or more invaders armed with Glocks holding close to 20 rounds?
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desmobob
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:43 am |
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Yup... one can play "what if?" forever. If you comfortable and feel safe with a coach gun as a home defense weapon, great. I would be. I'd put one of those elastic ammo-holders on the buttstock with a handful of extra shotshells in it and sleep well.
_________________ "The freaks can't be normally formalized, nor can we be formally normalized. What we want is complete weirdification." KD2TTM Member: NRA, New York Rifle and Pistol Association
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mikemck
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Post subject: Re: Coach gun for HD ? Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:17 pm |
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Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:27 pm Posts: 62 Location: Texas
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I had a chance to do some shooting in a deserted/empty house, and I wanted to see for myself just what kind of penetration a few different 12 gauge loads would have. 7 1/2 birdshot at an average living room distance penetrated both sides of an interior wall but not much more. Probably almost harmless by the time it went through. #4 buckshot easily went through an interior wall and into the wall across a hallway and into a bedroom wall. 00 Buckshot went through the living room, through the hallway, through the bedroom and into the exterior wall. Different wall, it went right through a wall seperating living room & kitchen, through the kitchen wall, through the garage, out of the other wall which was sheetrock interior and some kind of thick stucco material exterior. No idea how far it went after that as I could not find any evidence or buckshot. The lesson in this, for me, is that I I'm not using buckshot for HD. While I don't have kids, I do have a wife and occasional guests, and unless they are in the same room I'm shooting in, they could easily get hurt/killed unintentionally. Is birdshot a one shot threat ender? Maybe not, but I guess I could just shoot again if needed, same with any other firearm that might be used for HD.
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