My wife has watched me go through the whole drill while waiting for our average three-minute police response; draw my carry revolver, clear to the location of the 1911, transition to the 1911 (more ammo and faster reloads if needed) and holster the .357, clear to the bedroom closet, open the code lock, transition to the duck gun (Mossberg 835 with 28" barrel) leaving the 1911 on the top shelf, clear back through the house to the preferred HD shotgun, (Norinco Ithaca copy with 18.5" barrel, buttcuff of extra buckshot and slugs) transition to it leaving the Mossberg in its place, clear back to the bedrooms accounting for everyone who belongs there on the way, and get into a position in the side hall to cover the entryway, front windows, and the outside of the master bedroom door that she should be covering from inside with her 20ga. We still had time to chat for a bit before they showed up.steveincowtown wrote:Steveincowtown: Well that seems like a long time to watch a bad guy attack your wife and daughter before the cops get there.
Later, out at our land, I prepped all of those guns and the ready reloads for them, then proved that I could have used up all the ammo readily available for all four guns in aimed fire in well under three minutes. 80 rounds sounds like a lot of ammo, and should certainly be enough for home defense against anything short of a zombie invasion, but if anything came down to a fight, that pretty much guarantees that it would be over - one way or another - before help arrived. (Assuming there aren't any pauses long enough to open boxes and re-stuff mags or speedloaders. Frankly, I'd probably transition to one of the bolt action rifles, fix the bayonet and grab a couple of stripper clips before trying to refill speedloaders knowing a threat is still around.)