That's good advice for home defense if you are not an experienced gun user. Revolvers have several advantages over semi's: - You simply pull the trigger to fire it, which is just how simple you want it to work under stress. By contrast, you have to chamber a round and release the safety on most semi-autos (Glock aside). - It's easy to clean because you don't have to disassemble anything. By contrast, you have to break down a semi-auto to clean it, then reassemble it. You may have a lurking concern that you didn't put it back together correctly. But if you fire it as a test, then guess what, you have to take it apart, clean it, and reassemble it again. There are some downsides to revolvers. Fewer rounds in a revolver than a magazine, but six should be sufficient for anything less than a gang war. And the trigger pull on a revolver is harder, which is only a concern for a petite woman with small hands. Semi-autos are easier to conceal for carry, but I don't think you intend to carry it. Good revolvers are made by S&W and Ruger. A medium caliber like a .38 or 9mm is sufficient.
Great suggestion here. My wife hates dogs, but I basically told her that this dog might be the only thing that stands between her and an unfortunate situation like what the original poster is talking about. The one thing I want to talk about , is that handguns are good for close quarters, etc, etc, but, they file a single bullet. Think: its probably night-time, the house is dark, you file a single shot and you miss, and the assailant now has a second chance. I would highly, highly recommend a Mossberg 500 with simple buckshot. Every single want-to-be rapist/burgler knows the sound of a shotgun cocking a shell, and I tell you what, you have a better chance protecting your wife and your home shooting into the dark with a buckshot than a single bullet. The reason I say a Mossberg 500, is because they're small and tactical, dont think of a hunting shotgun, which have very long and cumbersome barrels. Mossbergs are what the police use when securing locations inside buildings. Another thing is that you wife will have no problem shooting a Mossberg with simple birdshot in it, it doesnt kick any more than a decent handgun. Take lessons, learn to use it, and be prepared so that you dont have to have a story like your friend does.
Put over 200 rounds through my Colt New Agent this morning. No malfunctions. That trench sight is going to take getting used to but then again in most shootings the sights are never used anyway. I spent about half the time practicing a quick point and shoot. I'm definitely going to add the laser sight grips.
Did she ever think that when a dog barks in a different way than the dog normally does, to get the guns out from under the bed? Does she know how to handle a 12g with 00 buckshot when it counts? Have you trained her in that regard? My Wife thought I was a nut until one of her "Friends" was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife...
Making the bedroom a safe room like a vault isn't very expensive. Gassing the intruders with nitrous oxide from the safe room is very cheap and simple. Then you can wait for the police to arrive, or come out of the safe room and finish them off legally as they wake up with your weapon of choice, that is if you enjoy legal murder and have a good lawyer.
Yep. My woman is Russian, so beyond being a great woman, great cook, lovely mother and great wife, she is absolutely the most hard-headed and most stubborn woman I've ever met...lol. She has no problem handling it, we're throwing rounds downrange pretty regularly, sometimes I think she enjoys it a bit much. Ironically , she has come to appreciate the dog in her own way too.... I understand what you mean about being a nutcase, but after we started having kids, her demeanor changed pretty quick.
Put another 100 rounds through it Saturday morning. No malfunctions. It did wear the skin off my hand next to my thumb though. Where the top of the grip safety rests on my hand.