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Reminds me of something about a big caliber handgun or something, I think a joke about the deagle for self-defense? :
"for when the intruder is hiding behind a fridge, behind the wall, in your neighbor's house"
Sounds like Danny Vermin talking about his .88 Magnum in Johnny Dangerously:
"This goes through armor. And through the victim, through the wall, through a tree outside..."
Pistols in general are not the best choice for home defense. Even 9mm dances through sheetrock and siding and stays dangerous. A shotgun with an 18.5" barrel and buckshot is as good as it gets. Very effective against humans, that's why they're a war crime, and damage to walls is typically pretty minimal.
Now if you're in woods with dangerous critters then a 1911 in .45 ACP or 10mm is the way to go IMHO.
Deagles are a bit over the top, but it sure is fun trying to keep ahold of it when it goes off.
Using a shotgun with buckshot isn’t a war crime..?
I suppose I could be wrong on that, though I was sure I had read that at some point. Something to do with trench warfare, but whatev's. Still the best choice if you got baddies in your bungalow.
It was only the German position against the American trench gun in WW1, but never wide agreement:
Source
Right on. Thank you for straightening me out on that.
I don’t disagree. However, definitely not a war crime.
Source: was infantry.
Tangentially, I disagree with your .45 or 10mm as well. Ballistics have come a long way and unless you need to defend from bears, the 9mm is wonderful, lighter, cheaper, and has a higher carry capacity.
Feral hogs will take multiple 9mm bullets and still fuck you up, and bears as you mentioned definitely call for large caliber rounds. Big cats, nah fam, I want stopping power. Ballistics don't mean shit at defensive range. 9mm is fine for stopping the human animal, that's what it was designed for, but it's not enough when nature comes to say hello.
That’s fair. I don’t live in hog territory, forgot those fuckers exist. I also wouldn’t take a 9 into hog territory.
Aaah American jokes, hard to get unlike the home invader.