Colt66
Can't be a pistol. The gun and the ammo need to be very cheap. I thought about a .22 but that might be to small for self defense.
Answer
They do not make one gun that 'Does It All'. If they did, my wife would have bought me one years ago and sold all the other dozens in the safe.
Your 'target gun' should never be your 'Home Defense Gun'.
A 22 is the perfect gun for a new shooter. The ammo is inexpensive, 22 is welcome to be fired at any indoor and outdoor range, the noise is low, zero recoil - it is the best firearm to learn marksmanship on.
For home defense - the 22 is just a small, tiny, little, microscopic notch higher than a butter knife. If you want an inexpensive firearm for Home Defense that is easy to learn, easy to shoot, and guaranteed to do the job - you want a 12ga pump shotgun. The sound of a fresh round being racked into a 12ga pump chamber is the International Sound of a #10 can of whoop @ss being opened. Nice thing about a 12ga - you can practice with light loads and learn just as much about the gun as if you were firing heavy 00 buck. 12ga ammo is inexpensive. In a survival situation a 12ga can put food on the table with birds (#8 shot) bunnies (#4 shot) and deer (00 Buck). Just buy a few boxes of each when they go on sale. Best of all - you can buy a nice new pump for under $300. Sweet. All that - and - most all states have no problems with shotgun ownership. You can even take it into Canada - they are that poitically correct.
I live in Alaska and I have a safe full of sweet pistols (45's, 9mm, 380, etc atc) and tactical SBR's (short barrel rifles) with suppressors installed. But the gun I would grab in case of emergency is the 12ga that is always in the front of the safe. Does not matter what the emergency is - I have ammo on the stock and a side carrier for 'all ocassions'. Moose stomping my neighbors kid - no problem - sabot slugs. Moose stomping my neighbors dog - no problem - bean bag. Neighbors dog eating my son - #8 shot fired at the ground for bounce effect on the dog, and, eliminte collateral damage to my kid. Got it covered. Guy stealing my truck - let him have it - that is what insurance is for. Big bad guy trying to kick in front or back door - 00 Buck - Repeat as necessary to remove irratation.
That 12ga goes everywhere I go. Seriously. Things are extremly versitile. Goes with me berry picking, hunting, fishing, or when on the trap line. When I travel to a different town or city - I pack the 12ga - because if I happen to stumble into anyone who wants to take me hunting for anything - with a 12 ga you can actually hunt practically anything from birds to bears, bunnies to deer.
Once you get used to a standard 12ga pump with an 18" barrel - you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Best to buy yours with a nice vent rib barrel for upland birds - then buy the standard no frills home defense 18" barrel to go with it. When you buy a 'Home Defense' pump with the 18" barrel it's usually an arm and a leg to get the nicer barrel if you have need of it.
They do not make one gun that 'Does It All'. If they did, my wife would have bought me one years ago and sold all the other dozens in the safe.
Your 'target gun' should never be your 'Home Defense Gun'.
A 22 is the perfect gun for a new shooter. The ammo is inexpensive, 22 is welcome to be fired at any indoor and outdoor range, the noise is low, zero recoil - it is the best firearm to learn marksmanship on.
For home defense - the 22 is just a small, tiny, little, microscopic notch higher than a butter knife. If you want an inexpensive firearm for Home Defense that is easy to learn, easy to shoot, and guaranteed to do the job - you want a 12ga pump shotgun. The sound of a fresh round being racked into a 12ga pump chamber is the International Sound of a #10 can of whoop @ss being opened. Nice thing about a 12ga - you can practice with light loads and learn just as much about the gun as if you were firing heavy 00 buck. 12ga ammo is inexpensive. In a survival situation a 12ga can put food on the table with birds (#8 shot) bunnies (#4 shot) and deer (00 Buck). Just buy a few boxes of each when they go on sale. Best of all - you can buy a nice new pump for under $300. Sweet. All that - and - most all states have no problems with shotgun ownership. You can even take it into Canada - they are that poitically correct.
I live in Alaska and I have a safe full of sweet pistols (45's, 9mm, 380, etc atc) and tactical SBR's (short barrel rifles) with suppressors installed. But the gun I would grab in case of emergency is the 12ga that is always in the front of the safe. Does not matter what the emergency is - I have ammo on the stock and a side carrier for 'all ocassions'. Moose stomping my neighbors kid - no problem - sabot slugs. Moose stomping my neighbors dog - no problem - bean bag. Neighbors dog eating my son - #8 shot fired at the ground for bounce effect on the dog, and, eliminte collateral damage to my kid. Got it covered. Guy stealing my truck - let him have it - that is what insurance is for. Big bad guy trying to kick in front or back door - 00 Buck - Repeat as necessary to remove irratation.
That 12ga goes everywhere I go. Seriously. Things are extremly versitile. Goes with me berry picking, hunting, fishing, or when on the trap line. When I travel to a different town or city - I pack the 12ga - because if I happen to stumble into anyone who wants to take me hunting for anything - with a 12 ga you can actually hunt practically anything from birds to bears, bunnies to deer.
Once you get used to a standard 12ga pump with an 18" barrel - you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Best to buy yours with a nice vent rib barrel for upland birds - then buy the standard no frills home defense 18" barrel to go with it. When you buy a 'Home Defense' pump with the 18" barrel it's usually an arm and a leg to get the nicer barrel if you have need of it.
I have a Martha Stewart outdoor patio table umbrella that needs replaced. Any suggestions where to go?
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Answer
You can go to a number of stores, like Target,
(as suggested) and K-mart, which carries that
brand, and Harbor Freight Tools just had them
(and I believe, still do) on sale, in different
sizes and styles. (six foot, or nine foot,etc.)
You can go to a number of stores, like Target,
(as suggested) and K-mart, which carries that
brand, and Harbor Freight Tools just had them
(and I believe, still do) on sale, in different
sizes and styles. (six foot, or nine foot,etc.)
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