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Originally Posted by Frenchy
First off Home defence is not jungle warefare, second if you miss your shot at 20 feet, you need to learn how to shoot again! I have seen some big homes in my times, but rarely one where rooms exeed 20 feet. At 20 feet, I dotn need to take a carful aim with any shotgun, i gan hit my target from the hip.
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Home defense is home defense, jungle war fare can occur, and be a scenario within defending your home as soon as one person steps aside, hides, conceals them self, does not wish to confront, but is trying to attack. If you're intruder happens to see you, do you expect him to march up to you, or scurry? That's rhetorical. I'm very insecure, and so I look at the worst outcomes even if they're just a little surreal.
The range is not the problem, but the tight quarters is. You can not snap shoot with a long shotgun, it's just way to long. You'd have to put the gun butt ontop of your shoulder in order shorten the barrel length if you wanted to securely come around corners with your weapon, or else the intruder may see your gun way ahead of you. Even if you brought it up, you'd have to bring it down. Long guns are costly in tight situations.
And of course you shoot again. The problem I was implying was the lag caused by the need to pump, unless you're talking about buying a semi-automatic shotgun. Then that's a whole other story, because they do have almost pistol sized semi-shotguns made in south africa, but fixed with longer barrels for civilians.