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Originally Posted by 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. 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.
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Great plan - good for you!
My only suggestion is to possibly not rule out the 12 gauge. Recent years have seen the introduction of a good variety of "reduced recoil" defensive loads. I'm not sure if they are available in 20 gauge, which is the only reason I'm suggesting the 12. If they are, in fact, available in 20 as well, that might just be the ticket.
Many of these are in shortened cases as well, with the stated purpose of increasing magazine capacity. I don't know all that much about them, though, but I think if I were seriously looking at defensive shotguns I would take a look at them.