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I would say eighteen to maybe twenty-four inches would be short for a shotgun.
The eighteen-inch. It's cheaper, break-action shotguns are more reliable and if the cops find your shotgun they might think it's an illegal sawed-off shotgun and give you shit over it.
I took that into consideration, I still think the magnum is the better choice. Taurus and Rossi make some three-fifty-seven magnum revolvers I've found for less than five hundred dollars.
See if the range allows you to rent a revolver. I imagine they'd have some sort of revolver to shoot.
I just did so this weekend. I know i'm not planning on carrying my gun, so I just said I wanted whatever was the best hollow-point ammo for self defense. It didn't raise any flags with anyone.
A bit weird to be replying to a comment from six years ago, but to any lurkers who might be worried about this kinda thing, pretty much this.
You only need to clean it if you're planning on shooting it beforehand. You don't have to clean a black powder weapon after every shot, but gunpowder leaves foul residue all over the gun so if you're gonna take it out for some test shots you're going to want to clean it when you get back home.
Anywhere that it fits. Shove it in your closet or under the bed.
I don't live alone and I don't have that many secure places to hide it. I think I will need to buy a safe, but I'm worried that doing so will arouse the suspicion of those I live with.
If you're old enough to buy a shotgun, you must be a grown adult. Tell the people you live with that you're an adult and to respect your privacy.
the black powder seems too complicated for me, I just gotta make sure all my psych ward vacations were voluntary, if so I'll CTB the easy way
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Alright. Let's take this particular gun mentioned in the OP.
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You measure the appropriate amount of black powder, you pour that into the barrel. You stick a wad into the barrel and stick a projectile in front of it. You shove this combination into the barrel and then use the ram rod (yellow rod that should be underneath the barrel) to shove it all the way to the end of the barrel. Then, you get a percussion cap and stick it onto the that part sticking out next to the hammer.
Guns really aren't that complicated.
Also, keep in mind that you can buy conversion cylinders for percussion revolvers, or old thirty-two S&W revolvers. Get yourself a Remington eighteen-fifty-eight New Model Army or the Colt eighteen-sixty Army, a fourty-five Colt conversion cylinder and a box of Remington Wheelgun fourty-five Colt two-hundred-and-twenty-five grain semi-wadcutter ammo. Or an old Iver Johnson thirty-two S&W revolver and a box of Magtech thirty-two S&W short lead round nose ammo.
A reminder to all about the video that I keep posting on how to legally get firearms as a "prohibited person" in America. If I could edit the OP I'd add this to it.
https://pomf2.lain.la/f/cl4q0gmq.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/g6y39w.mp4
(both are the same video, just on different sites)
Skip to 5:19 and watch from there.
And for the glowies, I do not have any reason to believe anyone in this thread is a danger to any life, I am not giving advice for the purposes of harming any living person, I am merely providing legal instructions on firearms to those who live in jurisdictions where they are legally allowed to own said firearms with the intent that they use it for target shooting, etc. etc.
No, you don't.
You should probably walk a bit away from the gun shop if you do that.
It'll be enough, but it's still always recommended to use hollow points if you can. FMJ basically passes straight through, while hollow points expand and can even break up inside, doing more damage. People have survived 9mm FMJ to the head, Gabrielle Giffords being a famous example.
Below i copied pasted some text from a hunting forum. It proves my theory that velocity kills. He is talking about 125 grn bullet out of a 300 Win Magnum . 3650 fps. is 3650 feet per second. says it will evaporate a ground hog which means my head will too. but that's at a distance . if you do a contact shot or in the mouth it's much worse. They don't make these rifles and bullet go that fast for fun is to kill. by comparison my 9mm hand gun fires a simlarly large bullet at 1300 feet per second. some shotguns are this speed 1300 feet per second but a much larger slug or buckshot which is about 9 shots 9 bullets in 00 buckshot.
Are you referring to recoil? Because recoil only effects you after the gun has been shot, by the time it kicks back the bullet will have already hit you.
I understand the discomfort of doing it through the mouth, although I do believe through the mouth makes it less likely to flinch. Perhaps you can try dry firing it to get a feel of the trigger? The gun won't make a loud noise without a bullet, it'll just be a click
Shotguns are common home defense weapons. Not knowing much about guns is fine.
