The Best Home Defense Gun
A firearms instructor tests different guns for home defense by shooting through wall mock-ups, ultimately recommending 9mm hollow point ammunition in a pistol caliber rifle platform like the MPX over pistols, AR-15s, or shotguns. He emphasizes the importance of calling 911 first and using weapons with lights for target identification.
Summary
The video begins with the instructor emphasizing that calling 911 should be the first action in a home defense situation, recommending putting the phone on speaker and sliding it across the room to keep hands free while maintaining communication. He then tests four different weapon platforms by shooting through constructed interior and exterior wall mock-ups to evaluate penetration and safety for family members in adjacent rooms. The pistol, while effective with 9mm hollow points, is dismissed because most people won't put in the training time required to become proficient. The AR-15 with 77-grain Black Hills ammunition shows concerning over-penetration, going through both interior and exterior walls and potentially hitting innocent people beyond. The instructor specifically criticizes green tip ammunition as ineffective despite its armor-piercing reputation. The shotgun with double-aught buck also over-penetrates and poses accuracy issues when family members might be near the threat. His top recommendation is the Sig MPX pistol caliber carbine with 9mm hollow points, which penetrates interior walls but stops at the exterior wall's drywall layers. He advocates for suppressors to reduce noise trauma for family members, weapon-mounted lights for target identification, and red dot sights for ease of use. The instructor concludes by testing an AK-47 round, which also shows problematic over-penetration characteristics.
Key Insights
- The instructor argues that most people don't want to put in the work required to become proficient with pistols, making them impractical for home defense despite being effective when mastered
- Through testing, he demonstrates that green tip ammunition is inferior to 77-grain Black Hills ammunition for knockdown power, calling green tip 'fucking bullshit'
- The instructor advocates for using suppressors on home defense weapons because reducing noise helps keep family members calmer during extremely stressful situations
- He argues that shotguns are problematic for home defense because you cannot accurately target a threat when family members are standing close to the attacker
- Testing reveals that 9mm hollow points from the MPX penetrate interior walls but stop at exterior wall drywall, providing the ideal balance of stopping power without over-penetration
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Transcript
[0:00] so one of the most common questions I get is what gun to use for home defense to take care of people like this, let's find out let's talk about home defense [0:36] guns however before we talk about homes defense guns I just want to say a couple of things so this thing right here is your friend all right so if something is to happen in your house you don't need to be a hero you don't need to hunt anybody down or do anything like that what you need to do is call 911 with your cell phone and what that's gonna do is a couple of things for us so call 9-1-1 put it on…
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