Exactly what Bruce said. PLEASE! Go shoot a box of shells and get a feel for her. Heaven forbid a time comes when you need to use her and you are unfamiliar with her.
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Some additional food for thought. #1 Treat every gun as a loaded gun. #2 Never point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot. #3 Never place a finger on the trigger until you intend to pull it. #4 Always have the safety engaged until just before putting said finger to trigger.
Now... reality check... It's very difficult to defend ones self with an unloaded gun, and by the time you realize you NEED to defend yourself, there's NO TIME to load the gun! An unloaded gun helps no victim. Therefore, it behooves you to keep the gun loaded, and ready for use at all times. This is why #1 above is so important. #2-#4 need to be practiced till they become natural movements. When that time of stress happens, you won't have time to "think" about the steps... you need to know them and be comfortable with them.
Final note. Accuracy is not as important as getting off the first round. Often the mere knowledge that you can and will defend yourself with lethal force is sufficient to deter what was about to happen and send the perp scurrying away in haste. Being accurate simply makes a mess that will need to be cleaned up after.
Now... reality check... It's very difficult to defend ones self with an unloaded gun, and by the time you realize you NEED to defend yourself, there's NO TIME to load the gun! An unloaded gun helps no victim. Therefore, it behooves you to keep the gun loaded, and ready for use at all times. This is why #1 above is so important. #2-#4 need to be practiced till they become natural movements. When that time of stress happens, you won't have time to "think" about the steps... you need to know them and be comfortable with them.
Final note. Accuracy is not as important as getting off the first round. Often the mere knowledge that you can and will defend yourself with lethal force is sufficient to deter what was about to happen and send the perp scurrying away in haste. Being accurate simply makes a mess that will need to be cleaned up after.
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Baymule
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I am sorry that your paradise is spoiled by thieves. I hate a thief. A thief is a murderer of your labor. A thief takes what you have worked for, often trashing and destroying other things in their effort to grab something they can go sell.
We had a known thief in our neighborhood, dope head and worthless individual. The whole neighborhood hated him and was glad when he left. Our place is 100% fenced in, gate across the driveway, and big dogs. No one has decided to take a chance on breaking in. Doesn't mean that a determined person might try or even succeed, but big barky dogs are a pretty good deterrent. Having the whole place fenced in is also a good deterrent. It is a PIA to get out and open/close the gate, but well worth it for the added benefit of letting the dogs have the whole place.
By all means, get some target practice. Also get some GOOD ear muffs, made for shooting. You don't want to lose the hearing that you have left. Get comfortable with Baby so that you are confident.
I am sorry that you are sick and having issues with it. I hope you can feel better soon. The crud that DH and I had lasted over a month. And now, I am easily cold. Normally winter doesn't faze me, but not this year, I get freaking cold. I wrap up good to go feed, then hustle back to the house! I hate that. I wanna go outside and PLAY! Wah.
We had a known thief in our neighborhood, dope head and worthless individual. The whole neighborhood hated him and was glad when he left. Our place is 100% fenced in, gate across the driveway, and big dogs. No one has decided to take a chance on breaking in. Doesn't mean that a determined person might try or even succeed, but big barky dogs are a pretty good deterrent. Having the whole place fenced in is also a good deterrent. It is a PIA to get out and open/close the gate, but well worth it for the added benefit of letting the dogs have the whole place.
By all means, get some target practice. Also get some GOOD ear muffs, made for shooting. You don't want to lose the hearing that you have left. Get comfortable with Baby so that you are confident.
I am sorry that you are sick and having issues with it. I hope you can feel better soon. The crud that DH and I had lasted over a month. And now, I am easily cold. Normally winter doesn't faze me, but not this year, I get freaking cold. I wrap up good to go feed, then hustle back to the house! I hate that. I wanna go outside and PLAY! Wah.
Bruce
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One can get openers for gates!
Don't know about FL but in some places a bullet in the butt will get you in trouble. Means you weren't in danger since the criminal was fleeing. Best to shoot them in the stomach.
greybeard
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You better be very close to being 'on target' or a relatively long way from the target. There's an old wives tale that has been floating around forever that says pellets will spread 1" for every 1 yard from the barrel....not even close.
The common misconception that a 9 pellet (00) load will spread way out in all directions is exactly that..a misconception. A lot depends on barrel length, the choke and whether the load is a patterned load or common off-the-shelf shell, but generally, the spread is less than 30" diameter at anything less than 25 yards/75' and still only 40" at 40 yards/120' or more.
I've tutored several people on using a tactical pump shotguns and the most common problem I've seen is that in crisis mode, they are unable to work the slide to it's full length, which leads to a ftl and the new shell ending up jammed diagonally in breech. Practice cures that most of the time, but shorter people tend to have shorter arms and it requires them to tilt the weapon up closer to the vertical in order to work the slide proficiently, even with a pistol grip. This means having to then lower the weapon back down to the horizontal to take the next shot and in the dark, you lose target area acquisition.
I can tell you from combat experience, that 12ga on a short barrel with a pistol grip can be a handfull. I have used one on human targets, and can still use one, but my wife is much more comfortable with our Mossberg 20ga.
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12 gauge is way out of the league for me. Way too much recoil/kickback. I want to keep my body parts without permanent bruises. I like the 20 gauge. I use it on the groundhogs when I don't have the .22 with me. I especially like the old savage .22/410 Nice little gun to carry around.
