New Home Defense Shotgun. Help a newbie out?

Well hotdogs as far as accuracy is concrned, I'll use my Rock River. You dont have a penetration problem with it either;) however this is about a HD shotgun. What distance we talkin, 10-20 feet? I could hit a man with a shotgun in my left hand and eyes closed at 10 feet. But you are right, a stock is more accurate for those who want precision, especially with slugs, but I can still hit a coffee can with my PG at 15 yds with a slug, and it doubles as a club:D. I'd be glad to shoot downthar sometime, I'm not at all uppitty myself, just a good ol boy:cool:
 
PoorSoulInJersey: close does count but remember that from short barreled shot gun at close range, the shot column does not really spread.

With my Mossberg 500 (20inch barrel) I have seen that till about 12 feet, there is no spread, ie the shot stays within an inch or so. As you go to about 20 feet the maximum spread is about 2.5 inches, with the 000 buck.

Needless to say I was pretty taken aback when I did this test. I always thought that there was some sort of spread especially with a 18/20inch barrel.

While researching further I came across this: http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot20.htm

they have pretty similar results.

SO!!! Do not point and shoot with your shot gun in a HD situation. You WILL need to aim properly.
 
Creature, I think he means, as I do, A person suggesting the best HD gun is a double PGO set up. I am completely mesmerized by any person that replies to an admitted new shot gun shooter, that the PGO is the way to go! First off it is extremely likely that the person professing such B.S. is not qualified to shoot their own PGO accurately enuff to hit the broadside of a barn from inside while under pressure... Secondly, any one at all proficient with a PGO would have enuff common sense to realize how many years and/or pounds of shells it took to get the skill set to be decent (that is about all you can expect) with the PGO, to go suggesting it as a first time shot gun to a guy who says they have never shot a shotgun EVER!!!
Brent
 
And what I meant was he should explain why/why not instead of the condescending one-liner that "veterans" always shoot down the pipe when the annoying "newbie" shows up....
 
For me, given any opportunity at all, I will be sighting down the barrel. I would do this to...
1)prevent missing my target which could endanger my loved ones with errant projectiles.
2)prevent giving the intruder any additional odds of success
3)avoid wasting ammo I bought with hard earned money...
That said, I would shoot from the hip if that is all I have available for options...
Brent
 
And what I meant was he should explain why/why not instead of the condescending one-liner that "veterans" always shoot down the pipe when the annoying "newbie" shows up....
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Man, there is a PGO thread and a birdshot thread basically every day. At least once a week for sure.

It gets old and I don't feel the desire to post it again every single day.
 
Man, there is a PGO thread and a birdshot thread basically every day. At least once a week for sure.

It gets old and I don't feel the desire to post it again every single day.
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But you don't mind posting "Must we go through this with every single newbie?" do you?
 
And that is a perfect example of elitist condescension in all its ugliness. Thats a great idea...let's alienate the new guy/gals instead of welcoming them into the fold.
 
How about you say nothing?...and let those whole have the willingness to spend their time to 'educate' the newbies ...thereby keeping the noise to signal ratio down? See my signature line...
 
Oh, not that. Please, not that.

Wait, I decide to tell mommy because you called me an elitist and a condescending!

And you are also breaking the rules of grammar by not knowing what a sentence is and how to punctuate it. Flagrant ellipses everyhere! That's clearly against the forum rules.
 
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