[McLovin]

Follow up:

Been to the range with the GP100 a few times.

Fired both .38spl and 357. I don’t notice a huge difference in recoil between the 2. Some, for sure.

My impressions:

I couldn’t do half dollars at 7 yards without a lot more practice. Probably never could get to that!

It seems like plenty of power for a bedroom. It’s a bit on the heavy side.

Range practice is of course important, but a real life situation with a middle of the night intruder would bear almost no resemblance. I can see where it would be very, very easy to shoot and miss (multiple times) under those circumstances (dark, groggy, adrenaline, moving target, a few seconds to get oriented, etc). Actually, it seems like if you don’t hit on the first shot you’re probably in some trouble.

I think one of the best home defenses would be a first floor bedroom with a back door! Anything to avoid the confrontation would be highly preferred.

It’s certainly an imperfect last line of defense. You’d hope the other layers of home security, lighting, alarms, cameras etc is enough to deter. But if not, it gives some last ditch options and is better than being defenseless.