[Cajundaddy]

This is a timely thread as my wife has been suggesting that she needs to get up to speed with a firearm that is right for her in a close range, home defense situation. She was originally thinking handgun but I really don't like em. Far too many friendly fire incidents including a lot of kids and even adults just screwing around (Vash gives a perfect example). She thinks my 12 GA is too much gun and she is probably right. I think the .22s are not enough gun, the .308 w scope is nice @ 200 yards but not much use in the hallway.

If she really wants to pursue this we are going to need to spend some time on the range. After 200-400 rounds of supervised fun shooting she should be pretty confident and capable. I am putting a 20GA and 410 on the short list and we will spend some time sharing with friends who own both of these to see which is a better fit for her. If we do this she needs to commit 1day/mo for range time with me to stay current and competent. I see it as a win-win. I like to shoot but haven't made much time for it lately. Maybe she will like shooting clays.