Best Shotguns for home defense.
 

As many of you know, I live right on top of 3 businesses. I've been looking at pistols and shotguns.
I'm looking for somthing reliable, with a full choke, (Dont wana accidently hurt someone or blow buckshot through the walls anymore than needed if the situation arises that I need to use it)
I've looked at the 870 remington's, A couple benelli's and some other random stuff.

Any opinions on the best for this type of use? I'm also going on a budget, I like the Benelli's but geeeze their high!

mossburg has a cheap riot gun

i have a remington 870 express 12 gauge.... it wont jam as long as you put some rem oil in it somtime before you use it... other wise after about 20 shells you wont be able to pump the gun... idk if your gonna need to shoot more then 20 guys but who knows... gotta be prepared!!! haha

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I would get a pistol. Go shoot it a lot and get familiar with it. No matter what you get. Make sure you shoot it quite often so if you needed to shoot in an emergency there's less of a chance of an accident.

if i approach a shadowy figure in my house , i dont want a pistol in my hand ...give me a shotgun any day

Im with DM...

Shotgun all the way (but I am not gun expert by any means...just my uneducated opinion).

I guess you don't shoot enough. I know my guns...every one of them and the shotguns are just for hunting for me because I shoot my pistol enough to be confident. Besides get some bird shot for the pistol if you want the shotgun effect. On a side note...which type of gun can be concealed better?

Why would you ever need concealment for home defense?

If your lookin to a shotgun for in home defense you better be the only one in the house that you don't want hit. Collateral damage is at best substantial if you ever have to use it. buckshot will pass through interior walls with ease and deflection/ricochet is a problem. This is why law enforcement prefer certain calibers in handguns that tend to flatten out on impact and provide knockdown power more then penetration and pass through shots.

If you still feel the need to use a shotgun the best option is some type of riot control shells that will take the any thing alive off it's feet without all the collateral damage or being lethal to any innocents in the way, slugs or 00 buckshot. At least this way you will have some control over what is hit.