Maximum caliber for home defense?

[Starslinger]

What would you say is the most powerful caliber round for suburban or semi-rural home defense, without the round being so powerful it puts the entire neighborhood at risk? I know that all rounds can penetrate walls. I'm thinking the answer might be 7.62x39 with segmented hollow points or 00 buckshot. I think .308 would be too much. Maybe 7.62x39 is a bit much...could be the answer is 5.56 or 9mm. What do others think?

[MarikinaMan]

Intermediate round carbine. Just make sure you hit your target.

[Calif Hunter]

It depends on the situation. For a mass crowd rioting or looting and headed for my house, it would be a 5.56/.223 or my M-1 Carbine with SPs, backed up with a 12 GA and multiple handguns. For a home invader, a 9mm or a .45 handgun or the shotgun. That is based upon what I have. A pistol caliber carbine might work, too, but I don't have one other than a lever action .45 Colt.

[hermosabeach]

Shot placement. Shoot what you are best with....


The human does not need a hunting round to stop it
No belted magnums


Big game hunters are backed by a PH with a shotgun for wounded big cats and OO buck


So OO buck has a strong history of stopping thin skinned critters and is great for HD- if you practice and can run the gun

[foothillman]

They are working on the list.
Why are you helping them to make it?

(b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the proliferation and use of .50 BMG rifles poses a clear and present terrorist threat to the health, safety, and security of all residents of, and visitors to, this state, based upon findings that those firearms have such a high capacity for long distance and highly destructive firepower that they pose an unacceptable risk to the death and serious injury of human beings, destruction or serious damage of vital public and private buildings, civilian, police and military vehicles, power generation and transmission facilities, petrochemical production and storage facilities, and transportation infrastructure. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to place restrictions on the use of these rifles and to establish a registration and permit procedure for their lawful sale and possession.

30505.


(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the proliferation and use of assault weapons poses a threat to the health, safety, and security of all citizens of this state. The Legislature has restricted the assault weapons specified in Section 30510 based upon finding that each firearm has such a high rate of fire and capacity for firepower that its function as a legitimate sports or recreational firearm is substantially outweighed by the danger that it can be used to kill and injure human beings. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to place restrictions on the use of assault weapons and to establish a registration and permit procedure for their lawful sale and possession. It is not, however, the intent of the Legislature by this chapter to place restrictions on the use of those weapons which are primarily designed and intended for hunting, target practice, or other legitimate sports or recreational activities.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.)

[The War Wagon]

I have 5.56 AR's, Sabot slugs for the 12gauge, and a PTR91 in .308. Any or ALL of them could be pressed into "home defense" at my place. That's why I have them.

[BC9696]

A .50 caliber rifle will work to take them and their vehicle out. It will also provide adequate ventilation for the smoke that follows the shot.

[Spyder]

Depends on what you're defending your home against. 20mm wouldn't be out of the question.

[fnlrun]

8lb cannon ball.

[71MUSTY]

yeah I'm pretty comfortable with a 10mm rifle and handgun combo, but I keep a loaded 30/30 and a 12 guage with 00 on hand just for fun.

[AreWeFree]

556 or 545 nearing 3000fps are the best home defense rounds.

Light and fast is better than heavy and slow, or heavy and almost fast.

[golfish]

I have a Mossberg 530A1 loaded up with Federal #1 Flight Control 12 gauge laying around here somewhere. Did I mention that these are Tactical rounds I really think this is a shotgun round that everybody should try. Some might like it and some might not.

Mr Spyder is right, it all depends on what, where and why..

[five.five-six]

Belt feed ma Duce transferable or sample.

[SloChicken]

Any larger than .416 Rigby is just showin off

[elSquid]