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Our nearest neighbor is a football field away and the Kerr County SO is about 20 minutes away.

pbwalker wrote:...Have you looked at the Keltec KSG? Bullpup shotty? A dozen shells in a bullpup capacity. It'll get you the smaller form factor with the 12ga stopping power. I know you mentioned bullpup being tough, but this might work?

If nothing else, that Keltec gets my heart thumping and my credit card wiggling . I do have a lightweight AR in 5.56 I built with a red dot sight that might be a perfect companion.

Wow, those are some aspects I had not thought about. Our house is only 1200 sq ft but we're getting ready to add on about 500 sq ft. No kids and we just had to put down our corgi yesterday :-( Maybe the best of both worlds would be a short barrel rifle in a pistol caliber?

I tried to search to see if there was a previous thread about this topic but I got over 13,000 hits. Anyway I was thinking about getting a Remington 870 Tactical shotgun to keep handy by the bed (we're rural on a smallish ranch) but I started thinking about what would I reach for first, my Sig P226 with Streamlight/laser on the nightstand or a shotgun. Our house is fairly small and even a bullpup shotgun might be a bit long to use in a crisis situation, but the idea of a pump shotgun with the racking sound must project a fear factor unless the perps are high on drugs.

Dear wife couldn't handle a 12 gauge but she's a pretty good shot with handguns. Maybe let her keep the P226 on her nightstand and I have the shotgun by my side of the bed? What do you guys think?

(Shotgun might be a better choice for feral cats, skunks, etc. than my 10/22.)