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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Whoever comes in can meet the dogs - it wont end well for the intruder.

Yeah, based on prior discussions about your Danes, your tool of choice may be a mop and bucket to clean up whatever is left of “the poor soul turning his life around” after the dogs are done with him.

Always love a feel good story.

Close and lock the bedroom door, dial 911 and grab the shotgun.
They can have whatever in the living room but that bedroom door and the hallway they got funneled in to get to it is their end point.

I *did* get woken up by my (male) dog barking at 0300 a few nights ago.
It wasn't the Holy Schnikes! Serial Killer! bark or even the more frantic CAT ON THE FENCE!! bark. Just kind of a slow woof metronome that I'm sure my neighbors would not like to hear.
When a surefire turned the backyard into mid-day, there was goofball looking at the back fence like, there *might* have been a cat there yesterday...maybe, and the female was still laying down.

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Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:

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Originally posted by RichardC:
Shoes, broom, dustpan.

With my dog, a 9mo Beagle pup, I'm thinking it's the dog.

Eleven year old beagle here.

That's right.

They don't outgrow it.

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A reliable pistol caliber carbine, shotgun, or rifle is superior to a pistol for home defense.

I can open a door with a handgun.
I can operate a phone with a handgun.
I can hold on to a railing going down steps with a handgun.
I can keep a handgun close to my body for retention.

Can't do those things with a long gun. A rifle has it's place, close quarters isn't it.

Handgun (G19) or shotgun (Benelli M1).

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S&W 686.

I keep my suppressed SBR in 300 blackout about 6 ft high on hooks in the closet. It’s my go to choice with a light, MRO, and sling. Our bedroom is at the back of the hall with my 6 year old son right off the living room. The dog sleeps in his room which if he’s going nuts means my son is exiting the room to come back to ours. The triplets are across the hall from our room as well. I say this because I don’t have an option to post up in my room. I need to move at a minimum to my oldest sons room. Which at that point due to the angles I’m clearing the living room and working through the kitchen. Only place I’m not searching is the basement. There is no exit from down there other than the steps in the kitchen. I’ll wait there if for some unknown reason someone is down there.

Our previous home was a two story with a semi enclosed stairwell. In that scenario I’m posting up at the top of the steps with only the rifle and my head around the corner. No need for me to move past that point as I have my family secure.

Insist the dog starts drinking his wine from a plastic cup from now on.

I'm gonna need all the help I can get if the intruder gets past the 2 Doberman's so an AR it is.

I chose the shotgun option because an area weapon is easier to use effectively under stress. I would grab my FN police shotgun and dial 911 while covering the steps, which provide an excellent choke point if an invader attempts to come upstairs.

If it there is an intruder, they will also have to deal with 100 lbs of pissed off Akita.

Mike

First thing I reach for is my pre-printed notecards with my chack-chack speech on them. Don't want to bungle the big moment.

Shotgun with buckshot. Have daughter come into our room and let out a yell that dog is on the way. By this time my dog is frothing and ready to go. Let them come in the hallway to bedrooms and open fire.

I pick up the clackers on my nightstand and trigger all claymores.

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Originally posted by HKg3:
I chose the shotgun option because an area weapon is easier to use effectively under stress. I would grab my FN police shotgun and dial 911 while covering the steps, which provide an excellent choke point if an invader attempts to come upstairs.

If it there is an intruder, they will also have to deal with 100 lbs of pissed off Akita.

Mike

A shotgun is not an "area weapon" at inside-the-house distances. The pattern is probably about the size of the palm of your hand.

If it’s even that wide....at 10 yards Winchester LE 00 buckshot is still contained completely within the 7 ring of a standard silouhette target. That’s with an 870, an 11-87, an 1100, a benelli M2 and M4. Never shot the FN but I doubt it’s much different

Unless you have a really, really big house, a shotgun is NOT an area weapon

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Originally posted by maladat:

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Originally posted by HKg3:
I chose the shotgun option because an area weapon is easier to use effectively under stress. I would grab my FN police shotgun and dial 911 while covering the steps, which provide an excellent choke point if an invader attempts to come upstairs.

If it there is an intruder, they will also have to deal with 100 lbs of pissed off Akita.

Mike

A shotgun is not an "area weapon" at inside-the-house distances. The pattern is probably about the size of the palm of your hand.

At inside the house distances, my 870 with Magpul stock is really handy. I daresay even handier than my AR. I think it's the lack of a "tactical" sight: there's really no precision--just look down the barrel to the bead that's painted bright orange.

But I usually keep the long guns locked up in the safe, so I'd probably investigate with my P229. Night sights, weaponlight, and CA maximum 10 rounds mags.

11.5" BCM AR with an Omega, weaponlight, sling and 30 rounds of Gold dots waiting to go bang.

A picture is worth 1000 words...

Sig P320, because that lets me carry a flashlight as well. Shotguns with mounted lights are a little cumbersome in close quarters.

I voted pistol, but specifically, it would be my .300blk AR Pistol.