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dannyb · February 25, 2009, 10:02 AM

From his description, I think that the OP is more interested in HD or even homestead (house and land) defense rather than purely self defense. Other than SHTF (which was implied in the OP), a situation of an isolated area with spread out houses hit in sequence by some kind of gang would not necessarily require waiting until they're 20 feet away from you. Of course that situation smacks more of Hollywood than reality. Then again, we saw Clint Eastwood use a Garand to run off a gang in Gran Torino,

and those homes were awfully close together for deploying a 30-06. Hollywood will get you into trouble if you delude yourself into thinking it's real.

February 25, 2009, 10:02 AM	#24
dannyb Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2008 Location: SE PA Posts: 336	From his description, I think that the OP is more interested in HD or even homestead (house and land) defense rather than purely self defense. Other than SHTF (which was implied in the OP), a situation of an isolated area with spread out houses hit in sequence by some kind of gang would not necessarily require waiting until they're 20 feet away from you. Of course that situation smacks more of Hollywood than reality. Then again, we saw Clint Eastwood use a Garand to run off a gang in Gran Torino, and those homes were awfully close together for deploying a 30-06. Hollywood will get you into trouble if you delude yourself into thinking it's real. __________________ Moron Lave (send a Congressman through the car wash)