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The 19.8-inch smooth bore barrel is threaded for Invector-style chokes to give you full control over your shot pattern. You can add a light or other accessories using the included M-Lok slots in the handguard and an underbarrel Pic rail section. A fiber-optic front bead sight is easy to find in low-light conditions, or you can add a Picatinny rail to the already drilled and tapped receiver for a red dot of your choice. The X Model has a loading gate on the right side of the receiver for rapid reloads, in addition to Henry’s removable tube magazine. 410 is an excellent tool for defending your domicile and your family-when loaded with appropriate ammo, like Winchester’s PDX1 410 Defender 2.5” shells. You may not think of a lever gun for home defense, but Henry’s X Model in.

While the Henry X Model 410 is a lever gun, not a pump gun, as you may have noticed, we still added it here because there simply aren’t enough lever action shotguns on the market these days to warrant their own category, but this shotgun deserves a mention.

WinchesterĪ good home-defense firearm doesn’t have to be new, shiny, and dunked in molten plastic to be effective. Winchester 1897 This famous, John Moses Browning-designed pump-action shotgun has served the needs of homeowners, sportsmen, law enforcement, and militaries around the world for decades.

Standard capacity is 4+1 but you can choose aftermarket magazine tube extensions to add more without extending the magazine tube past the muzzle. Available with either a tactical pistol grip or the company’s recoil-mitigating ComforTech traditional grip, this 12-gauge accommodates either 2 ¾ or 3-inch shells. The SuperNova represents the more tactical offering in the pump category. We’ve broken up our list of home-defense shotguns into categories by style: pump-action, semi-automatic, non-NFA firearms (shorty shotguns), bullpup shotguns, and the simplest of all, break-action shotguns. The right home-defense shotgun choice depends on many factors, not least among them, your confidence in the chosen type and your ability to operate it naturally and instinctively. There are many types, each with their particular pros and cons. With that said, not all shotguns are equal. Factor in five to nine shells capable of being fired in rapid succession, and what you have is one of the most formidable arms for home defense ever conceived. 45 ACP bullet fired from a Model 1911 pistol. of energy to the target-or four times the energy of a. In each typical shotshell of 00 Buck, there are nine pellets that combine to deliver roughly 1500 ft.-lbs. Conversely, a shotgun offers four points of contact to steady and guide an easier-to-aim barrel.
