Ideal Home Defense Carbine?

[freedom]

A 12 gauge shotgun's primary drawback is recoil. It's the "artillery" of home defense, yes. The original post was about a home defense weapon for a newbie -- and it might be a female.
The kind of long gun that a 5' 10" adult man can handle is more than most 5' 3" women can handle.
I want to recommend a gun that fits anybody. For a woman who is new to firearms, it should be something she'll actually practice with. Not fire 10 times in one range trip shortly after she buys it, only to put the gun in her closet and NEVER fire it again, because she hates shooting that beast.

Also, a shotgun's minimum barrel length of 18" means it's going to be longer than a carbine which can have as low as a 16" barrel while staying out of NFA classification.

All the suggestions about registered SBRs and suppressors are nonresponsive to the original post. Those are for serious gun lovers with a big budget. New gun owners who just want a basic self-protection tool are not going to spend $2000 and complete pages and pages of paperwork and wait months for ATF approval.
Anything that's covered by the NFA is not a good option.

I've got about $500 in my 12" pistol build. $600 with the primary Arms red dot and flash light.

 

[Shemp]

M1 Carbine with 30 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense on tap and two 15 round mags in a pouch on the stock....extremely light, very accurate and reliable. Recoil is nil despite having .357 mag power at room distances

Also, nothing screams "wrong house" like a bayonet attached...

 

[NWSharpshooter]

really? Nobody has said suppressed 300 BLK? The one thing a subsonic 30 caliber bullet is good for besides poking holes in paper quietly.

That is the carbine that sleeps next to my bed.

 

[Bear44]

M1 Carbine in 9mm with 30 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense on tap and two 15 round mags in a pouch on the stock....extremely light, very accurate and reliable. Recoil is nil despite having .357 mag power at room distances

Also, nothing screams "wrong house" like a bayonet attached...

FTFY and completely agree. The M1 Carbine in 9mm is on my short list for near future purchases.



It takes Beretta 92 mags.
http://www.legacysports.com/m-1-9mm-carbine

 

[Shemp]

FTFY and completely agree. The M1 Carbine in 9mm is on my short list for near future purchases.

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It takes Beretta 92 mags.

Never seen that before..who makes it? Reliability?

 

[Laufen]

M1 Carbine with 30 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense on tap and two 15 round mags in a pouch on the stock....extremely light, very accurate and reliable. Recoil is nil despite having .357 mag power at room distances

Also, nothing screams "wrong house" like a bayonet attached...

If anyone ever breaks into my home, the first thing I'll do is scream "Wrong House"! at the top of my lungs, and fire up the audio loop of a shotgun action racking on the home stereo.

 

[DanKATL]

Never seen that before..who makes it? Reliability?

Citadel
http://www.legacysports.com/m-1-9mm-carbine

Reviews I've found when looking were mixed for it and the 22lr version.

 

[Shemp]

If anyone ever breaks into my home, the first thing I'll do is scream "Wrong House"! at the top of my lungs, and fire up the audio loop of a shotgun action racking on the home stereo.

Literally lol

 

[Shemp]

Citadel
http://www.legacysports.com/m-1-9mm-carbine

Reviews I've found when looking were mixed for it and the 22lr version.

I don't understand why no one seems to be able to build a reliable NEW carbine. The Fulton rifles seem to be ok but they are 1500...which seems a bit much.

 

[Hayata]

I don't understand why no one seems to be able to build a reliable NEW carbine. The Fulton rifles seem to be ok but they are 1500...which seems a bit much.

Somebody's trying...


http://www.taurususa.com/rifles.cfm