UnfilteredDregs
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Hello all,
I'm sure this question has popped up here before, but this is a HUGE forum.
I tried a few searches and such but I figured getting the current pulse on the matter would be good.
Here's the story, I haven't shot anything in a long time, not since I got out of the Navy many years ago, and even then it was mostly shot glasses.
Nevertheless, I had the basics down, some good books by Ayoob & Jeff Cooper, and will get back to it. Have a range about 40 minutes from the house that is suitable for everything pistols, small/large bore, and shotgun, as well as instructors on staff who will school me and my wife on the basics and such.
(I will also be purchasing a lever action in .357/38 for general plinking fun in order to get back to the basics of marksmanship)
I'm a NYC resident... We don't need to debate those particulars, I know what the limitations are, I'm certainly not a supporter of the SAFE Act and such, but I just wanted to get that out of the way. Fact of the matter is I'm buying a shotgun & lever action, our permits are imminent, and me & the wife will be using them.
We're both left handed. I'm extremely left handed and my left eye is my dominant eye. I used to have a few lefty bolt actions way back when (BDL 700...). I had an AK for a spell, gave it too my brother, was a fun, especially with the 75 round drum, but I always found working the action a bit awkward being a lefty.
What it comes down to is my choices for a lefty shotty are limited, Benelli and Beretta both make models that I'm interested in. (That's unless of course there's overwhelming information to support that I'll do fine with a right handed gun and some minor modifications, nevertheless, I've always preferred true left handed actions, and instincts are important here.)
I'm not interested in a purely tactical beast. Frankly, I like wood, and I like bluing, and I like iron sights. I'd be fine with a pump action but the wife is better of with semi-auto.
Specifically the Montefeltro and the A400 are the models I'm considering.
I figure I can get either of these, the Benelli or the Beretta, purchase an additional barrel, and cut one of them down for home defense purposes. That, and with a magazine extension, and I can up the magazine capacity to the legal limit here which is seven rounds, and I think I'll have a good home defense weapon. We have a small place, and a good alarm system, but God forbid if that day should ever come...shooting distances will be under 20 feet.
I think I can cover all grounds with either of these weapons, meaning the practicality of home defense, as well as having a longer barrel for pleasure shooting, skeet and the like. Something we've both done, and wouldn't mind having a bit of fun with that again. I don't see myself ever hunting again, it's been a long time and I can purchase excellent game at my local butchers, so shooting will be mostly recreational for us.
I'm on the fence about 12 versus 20 gauge. Essentially a two pound difference in the weight of the weapon, and I really enjoy something that's light and handy, and although the wife has shot a 12 before I think she'd probably appreciate the 20 considering her stature versus mine.
Anyways, thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
Be well.
I'm sure this question has popped up here before, but this is a HUGE forum.
I tried a few searches and such but I figured getting the current pulse on the matter would be good.
Here's the story, I haven't shot anything in a long time, not since I got out of the Navy many years ago, and even then it was mostly shot glasses.
Nevertheless, I had the basics down, some good books by Ayoob & Jeff Cooper, and will get back to it. Have a range about 40 minutes from the house that is suitable for everything pistols, small/large bore, and shotgun, as well as instructors on staff who will school me and my wife on the basics and such.
(I will also be purchasing a lever action in .357/38 for general plinking fun in order to get back to the basics of marksmanship)
I'm a NYC resident... We don't need to debate those particulars, I know what the limitations are, I'm certainly not a supporter of the SAFE Act and such, but I just wanted to get that out of the way. Fact of the matter is I'm buying a shotgun & lever action, our permits are imminent, and me & the wife will be using them.
We're both left handed. I'm extremely left handed and my left eye is my dominant eye. I used to have a few lefty bolt actions way back when (BDL 700...). I had an AK for a spell, gave it too my brother, was a fun, especially with the 75 round drum, but I always found working the action a bit awkward being a lefty.
What it comes down to is my choices for a lefty shotty are limited, Benelli and Beretta both make models that I'm interested in. (That's unless of course there's overwhelming information to support that I'll do fine with a right handed gun and some minor modifications, nevertheless, I've always preferred true left handed actions, and instincts are important here.)
I'm not interested in a purely tactical beast. Frankly, I like wood, and I like bluing, and I like iron sights. I'd be fine with a pump action but the wife is better of with semi-auto.
Specifically the Montefeltro and the A400 are the models I'm considering.
I figure I can get either of these, the Benelli or the Beretta, purchase an additional barrel, and cut one of them down for home defense purposes. That, and with a magazine extension, and I can up the magazine capacity to the legal limit here which is seven rounds, and I think I'll have a good home defense weapon. We have a small place, and a good alarm system, but God forbid if that day should ever come...shooting distances will be under 20 feet.
I think I can cover all grounds with either of these weapons, meaning the practicality of home defense, as well as having a longer barrel for pleasure shooting, skeet and the like. Something we've both done, and wouldn't mind having a bit of fun with that again. I don't see myself ever hunting again, it's been a long time and I can purchase excellent game at my local butchers, so shooting will be mostly recreational for us.
I'm on the fence about 12 versus 20 gauge. Essentially a two pound difference in the weight of the weapon, and I really enjoy something that's light and handy, and although the wife has shot a 12 before I think she'd probably appreciate the 20 considering her stature versus mine.
Anyways, thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
Be well.