John3754

Since decibels is a log scale as mentioned above, I believe a difference of 25 to 27 would in fact be about double the protection. A difference of 25 to 50 would be over 100x the protection.

This looks like a great option but I'm new to the hobby and know nothing about building firearms.

The JP looks sweet, the price tag is hard to swallow though. I heard someone complain that the metal mag release on the JRC chews up the polymer of the Glock mags...has anyone here experienced this?

The number of holes made tells you little about the terminal performance of the round. Forgetting about semi-autos, I'd be interested to compare the terminal performance of .410 buckshot out of a 3 inch barrel vs .357 mag JHPs. Making a bunch of holes may or may not mean anything if the .357 mag JHP makes bigger, deeper holes and therefore does more terminal damage to vitals.

Never been to Range 14, wondering if it's a mad house on the weekend like some of the other ranges I've been to. Thanks.

I've looked into Cherry Ridge and unfortunately we cannot get out often enough to make yearly membership worth it. Thank you for the suggestion though.

The Bullet Hole is my local range, and my wife and I enjoy shooting there, but with the weather getting nicer we'd like to do some outdoor shooting. I was looking at Range 14s website and it looks like a nice facility but it's over an hour away, so I was wondering if there is something closer by. It would also be nice if it were reasonably priced, I've seen some ranges charging $25 an hour per person and if I want to take my wife and a few friends then $100 an hour for four of us is out of the question. Thanks. Edit: I should add that I'm not looking to sign up for a yearly membership somewhere, unfortunately we cannot get out often enough to make this worth it, I need a place we can go whenever we have some spare time and shoot for an hour.

I understand what you're saying, you feel 5-6 rounds is enough for the vast majority of defense situations, and you prefer the reliability of a revolver over a semi...still though, even if you take all of that as a given it simply argues for a revolver over a semi, it doesn't make a .410 revolver a better choice than say, a .357. Regarding capacity, and this is my own personal opinion, in the unlikely event that I'm faced with multiple assailants, (I happen to know someone personally who was the victim of a home invasion and there were three assailants), I want more than 5-6 rounds, and I find my Glock, with the proper training, to be a reliable platform.

Some argue that you should practice with bullets of the same weight as your self defense ammo of choice as the recoil characteristics will be the closest that way, personally though I just use whatever is cheapest.

Self defense ammo is a topic that spurs endless debate. It's all about the trade off between expansion and penetration, a lighter faster bullet is going to expand faster, whereas a slower heavier bullet is going to penetrate deeper. Which is more effective is a matter of opinion.

That doesn't answer the question. Saying "bad guys usually run at the sight of a gun", true or not, is irrelevant, and saying "a revolver is more reliable" just argues for a revolver in general, not a .410 revolver. What is the advantage of having 6 rounds of .410 buckshot over 15 rounds of highly accurate 9 mm JHP?.

I certainly wouldn't want to be shot with .410 buckshot, and if you were to unload this thing into someone you are absolutely going to ruin their day, anyone who says otherwise is an idiot. However, I don't see the advantage of having 6 rounds of .410 buckshot over say...my Glock 19 with 15 rounds (plus another 15 in the spare mag) of 147 grain Federal HST that I can drive tacks with. I think it's inaccurate to say that a .410 revolver is "ineffective" or "insufficient" for personal difference, but I think it is accurate to say that it's not the best choice.

Do you have 6 fingers?

At home defense distances what's the spread on a .410 buckshot shell? The myth is that you can, at close distances, point a shotgun in someone's general direction and spray the room with lead without aiming. If you can't hit someone at close range with multiple rounds of .45 ACP then a .410 buckshot shell isn't going to magically save your a$$.

First, getting shot with anything will hurt, and second, that's not what you said, what you said is "You might miss with the .45s but you won't with the shot shells." You are perpetuating a myth with this statement.

I bought one a few months ago, called a bunch of shops in North Jersey, best price I found was $580 plus tax/NICS. Jim Flynn was cheaper but would have been a 2 hr round trip and it would have been impossible for me to get there during the week.

I've seen a few AR15s in 9mm, some even use Glock mags (which I already have a bunch of). I'd be interested in hearing opinions on this, is there any real utility to something like this, or is it just a novelty?

Unloaded and in the trunk.

Get some new mags.

Try this: http://www.fedupusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/3115860663_48ee22fd64.jpg

I did exactly the same, I have an old laptop bag I was no longer using, fits everything nicely and I can lock a few handguns in one compartment and ammo in another compartment with luggage locks. It's a very inconspicuous setup.

With a modern revolver that has a hammer block there's no need to, before that technology existed though if there was a round in the chamber and the hammer was down then a bump to the hammer could set it off.

It has nothing to do with the amount of powder and lead and everything to do with supply annd demand. 9 mm is the most popular handgun cartridge in the world and tons of it is produced, .380 not so much.

Why are you loading and unloading your gun so often?

That is absolutely not "fine", under no circumstances should the functioning of a handgun be dependent on how forcefully you pull the trigger.