Best Home Defense 12ga Semi-Auto?

[greg vess]

The Benelli by far. If it's good enough for the military it's good enough for home defense.

 

[User170512]

almost any shotgun that goes bang reliably, and you can handle it, is adequate for in-home defense.

But who wants adequate?

 

[cmshoot]

Whats your opinion on the Remington Versa Max?

Seems like a good gun, but I haven't run one enough to be able to comment on it definitively.

 

[draftpick]

I use a M2 in competition with thousands upon thousands of rounds on it and would totally trust my life to it! Stay away from all things mossberg I can’t stress that enough! I’m sure the M4 is an obvious one

I’m sorry but an inertia shotgun is not ideal for self defense IMHO! I had an m2 and could make it not cycle without a good shoulder in it or from the hip or around a barricade, my 1301 has never done that in any of those above shooting positions.

 

[pokus]

"The one you have is best" is some real (hokus) pokus. Ownership has no bearing on quality, function, reliability, useability, etc.

TRUE BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT TO USE IT. SHOP AND OWN WISELY. IN THE END A FIGHT IS A FIGHT GUNFIGHT KNIFEFIGHT FISTFIGHT. TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU OWN IN - LIFE - FANTASY - REALITY WHEN IMAGINING WHAT YOU WOULD DO BUT THAT WHICH IS IN YOUR REACH IS WHAT MATTERS. IN A FIGHT I WOULD RATHER HAVE HI POINT CARBINE, TAURUS G2C, OR BRICK IN MY HAND THAN A SCAR OR VIPER LOCKED IN MY SAFE AT HOME

 

[JBWJr]

Two for one...

 

[JekyllTidesFisher3181]

TRUE BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT TO USE IT. SHOP AND OWN WISELY. IN THE END A FIGHT IS A FIGHT GUNFIGHT KNIFEFIGHT FISTFIGHT. TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU OWN IN - LIFE - FANTASY - REALITY WHEN IMAGINING WHAT YOU WOULD DO BUT THAT WHICH IS IN YOUR REACH IS WHAT MATTERS. IN A FIGHT I WOULD RATHER HAVE HI POINT CARBINE, TAURUS G2C, OR BRICK IN MY HAND THAN A SCAR OR VIPER LOCKED IN MY SAFE AT HOME

…cAPS lOCK iS oN

 

[Whetstone]

for me it’s beretta 1301, it fits well with me, lightweight, very, very reliable, easy to clean, and comfortable recoil. The newer ones come with the mag extension, on mine I bought one.

 

[Tony2X]

 

[cmshoot]

TRUE BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT TO USE IT. SHOP AND OWN WISELY. IN THE END A FIGHT IS A FIGHT GUNFIGHT KNIFEFIGHT FISTFIGHT. TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU OWN IN - LIFE - FANTASY - REALITY WHEN IMAGINING WHAT YOU WOULD DO BUT THAT WHICH IS IN YOUR REACH IS WHAT MATTERS. IN A FIGHT I WOULD RATHER HAVE HI POINT CARBINE, TAURUS G2C, OR BRICK IN MY HAND THAN A SCAR OR VIPER LOCKED IN MY SAFE AT HOME

Quit shouting at us.