Greeting guests

steak · Mar 15, 2011

Okay guys and gals. Its that simple which weapon do you choose to have by your side when answering the door?

Personally I have a very small collection of firearms compared to most here so I seem to always answer or check the door with my embarrassing beeter pistol. After reeding and realizing that if you did have to use your weapon that the police would be confiscating it I decided I didn't want them taking one of my nicer guns.

jtischauser · Mar 15, 2011

I keep a Glock 17 in my night stand, a Rossi or Taurus .357 snubby in the wifes night stand and I will soon have a Benelli M1 in the corner. I will take one of those depending on how mean the knock sounds.

bsdubois00 · Mar 15, 2011

Note to self - when robbing JT - knock like grandma knocks making cute little melodies on the door to catch him off guard. I just have a golf club near by - I'm an easy target...

steak · Mar 15, 2011

Yeah, gotta have a shotty tucked in the corner, but thats never convienient to "tuck away" and keep grandma from having heart attack when she comes to visit.

redneck1861 · Mar 15, 2011

I answer the door with my Glock 22. Out where I live, I don't get very many knocks on the door

DutchWrangler · Mar 15, 2011

I don't bother getting up to check since it's either someone selling crap or religion. Living in an apartment means I'm never more than a few feet away from three loaded pistols and two 12g shotties...

EagleScout · Mar 25, 2011

I always have my Ruger sr9c on me at home and within reach when sleeping. Also have a 12ga near bye if needed.

First thing they get when knocking on the door at night is the dog barking at the door then the flood lights =)

pyplynr · Mar 25, 2011

Just about everyone that comes to my place knows to call my cell when entering the driveway. I don't even go to the door unless you call. When I'm home and finally inside for the evening I'm pretty lazy.

Airic · Mar 25, 2011

When I lived in DFW, people called before coming over and I didn't answer the door for people I don't know personally. Now that I'm back in Oklahoma in a small town, I've laxed that a little.

12ga attitude adjuster is still never far away....

Glocktogo · Mar 25, 2011

Accurate Iron Glock 21SF with Surefire X300 & DG Switch. Gun is loaded with 18 rounds of Speer 230gr Gold Dot (Arredondo +4 baseplate on mag).

redneck1861 · Mar 25, 2011

Glocktogo said:
Accurate Iron Glock 21SF with Surefire X300 & DG Switch. Gun is loaded with 18 rounds of Speer 230gr Gold Dot (Arredondo +4 baseplate on mag).

It hurts getting hit with one of those SpeerGoldDot's.

What do you shoot? ESP?

benjamin-benjamin · Mar 25, 2011

Glocktogo said:
Accurate Iron Glock 21SF with Surefire X300 & DG Switch. Gun is loaded with 18 rounds of Speer 230gr Gold Dot (Arredondo +4 baseplate on mag).

well that does it, i am going to knock on your door just so i can see your sweet gun!!

Dieseltech09 · Mar 26, 2011

My dog takes care or it for me. She may only be a 25lb miniature Australian shepherd but she sounds like a bull dog trying to get though the front door. The UPS guy doesnt even ring the door bell anymore. He drops the package off and honks the horn as he is driving off. But just in case I always have my glock on me unless its the middle of the night then the shotty comes out

dennishoddy · Mar 26, 2011

Well, for me, unless wearing my tighty whiteys, or speedo in the summer :huh:, my keltech p3-at will be in a pocket, and depending on where I'm at in the house, there is something much bigger handy. We live in the sticks of Osage county, with LOTS of big windows. Not saying somebody couldn't slip by all of the motion detector lights, driveway motion detector, etc, but everything is possible.

imacgyver · Mar 26, 2011

It would be a break-open action .308 or .30-06 - Less than 200 bucks and it only takes 1.

Glocktogo · Mar 26, 2011

Redneck1861 said:
It hurts getting hit with one of those SpeerGoldDot's.

What do you shoot? ESP?

I shoot this one in CDP (it's my duty gun as well). Most of the time I shoot a G-17 in SSP though.

benjamin-benjamin said:
well that does it, i am going to knock on your door just so i can see your sweet gun!!

HAHA, I'll try to post up some pics of it now that I have a decent camera!

jtischauser · Mar 26, 2011

benjamin-benjamin said:
well that does it, i am going to knock on your door just so i can see your sweet gun!!

I have seen Jerry shoot. You don't want to see that end of the gun.

redneck1861 · Mar 26, 2011

JP aka iMacGyver said:
It would be a break-open action .308 or .30-06 - Less than 200 bucks and it only takes 1.

Problem is if you shoot that it will go through the person, through your house and into the neghibors house. I would not reccomend using either of those. way to much overpenetration.

imacgyver · Mar 26, 2011

Use fast opening bullets of 150 grains or less. The Nosler Ballistic Tip, Hornady V-Max, and Remington Accu-Tip are examples of quick-opening bullets that are available in several brands of factory loaded ammunition.