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Originally Posted by Seahawk

We use Hornady Custom Lite shells since the recoil is significantly less for her.

I am going to look for a .410 as well and give the 20 gauge to my daughter who is very comfortably with guns.

This one used: https://greatamericanoutdoors.com/2020/04/the-mossberg-shockwave-in-410-gauge-a-good-home-defense-shotgun/

I looked at the Shockwave and that is a good option for close range home defense. From all the 7 yard short range "leather wrapped meat target" testing where country boys keep blowing up perfectly good pork ribs and steaks, it looks like with the right load a 12 GA will make a fist sized hole, a 20GA will make a 3" hole, and a 410 will make a 2" hole. Plenty of stopping power with every trigger pull.