RW> way to go is you load one barrel with buckshot and the 
 RW> other with a slug. 
GG>   
GG> Maybe I'll just wire up a Claymore in the hallway...  
A nice loud dog would be better.
 RW> Not necessarily.  In most cases just the sight of a 
 RW> firearm will prevent or stop a crime.  In a lot of the 
GG>  
GG> It is a last resort, yes. More like buying a fire
GG> extinguisher then   praying you never have to actually use
I've got those also.  One's on the wall less then ten
feet from me right now.  A little off topic but every
house should have at least one fire extinguisher and
several smoke detectors.  Also you should NEVER sleep
with your bedroom door open.  People who die in fires
die from smoke and a lot of them are over come in their
sleep because the smoke kills them before they wake up.
It also puts one more barrier between you and an
intruder.
 
 RW> But new the Taurus should run around $300. 
GG>  
GG> Oh, I had expected more. We really should continue this in
GG> FIREARMS, GUNS  or MILHISTORY because I've let the topic
GG> slip into off-topic areas.   
I get FIREARMS, GUNS and RTKBA.  Drop me a line in
either.
 RW> You could go up to a .44.  You could get a 44 mag and 
 RW> use 44 spl or just go with the 44 spl to begin with. 
GG>  
GG>  Do they still make the Callahan model M-29? :-) 
Far as I know but you have to be rather big, or wearing
a parka, to hid the sucker.
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