Scare an intruder?

[Tall Shadow]

Originally posted by fabsroman
I tried to check out that website, but it was confusing as hell.

Humm?! Really? I have not been there in a little while, but it was always pretty straight forward....I will have to revisit it tonight (can't now, blocked at work *$(&^$_()

Originally posted by fabsroman
What is the issue Tall Shadow? Is it that the penetration is too great and you could possibly kill somebody on the other side of the wall? If so, I am not too worried about that because I know where everybody in the house is and I can fire toward a side of the house where there is nothing except the outdoors on the other side of the wall.

Well, yes...Overpenitration IS a bigger issue than most people realize.

The trouble with "Knowing Exactly" where everyone is, is that Mr. Murphy likes to prove (Usually with disastrous results) how wrong we all can be......Well, that and people (both the ones we love, and the bad ones trying to do us harm) don't always do what we expect them to. You might be/choose right 4 out of 5 times...but that 5th one will come at the most inopportune time.

Originally posted by fabsroman
I saw the test on the box of truth, and the ones I saw were done at 40 yards. I can assure you that no shot would be that far in my house, unless you are shooting at somebody outside the house. So, if it is a lack of penetration issue, that might not be an issue either.

Most of his tests are done at what he considers a "Minimum" safe range (I'd imagine)...

What I was hoping to get people to see was his tests on the penetration of wall sections....set up like inside walls in an average home.
Handguns, Shotguns, and carbines don't act like Most people expect them to, when shot in to walls that are set up like an average house wall.

What I was trying to help with was that, we all need to evaluate the how, what, where, and when of shooting someone (if it ever comes down to that).
In these days of "Litigation first, truth later!" We All had better be well aware of exactly where all of our rounds are going.

Tall Shadow