Pistol Caliber Carbine for HD

[TAB]

I think a tommy gun would make a great bed room gun... lots of power, but less chance of over penatration compared to a small rifle cal.

[Walter45Auto]

The semi-auto Tommy guns are extremely accurate, even out to 300 yards, but they're not a gun you want to carry around too long. definitely a hunker down and wait gun.

[2HOW]

Hi-Point has a .45 in the works and the .40 can be bought now. All reviews of this carbine have been good.

[ericire12]

My "nightstand gun" is a Glock 17 (9mm) with a 33 rd mag. You can also get uber-high capacity mags for the Glock .40s and .45s

Throw in the attachable shoulder stock if you so desire, and you have yourself a nice little "Carbine".








Or you can go for this bad boy!

[Hazcat]

Doesn't the shoulder stock take a stamp to posses?

[Sponsor]

[mnshooter]

Never mind the tax, which I'm sure was paid... But where do you get the ambi slide release shown in reply #23?

[Ksail101]

From my experience with CQB, and a 9mm pistol round in an MP-5 or other sub machine style rifles, are very effective. The great use and the reason why they are so good in a close quaters situations is they are less penitrative than say the 5.56. You can hit your target get good expansion, kill your target, and hopefully not volley some copper into the next room or two rooms. Your nieghbors may thank you too.

So bad guy dead in hallway, hopefully family safe in room.

[Ron J]

Any good lever gun in 44mag loaded with 44SP.  Paint it black and call it tactical! 

[1776 Rebel]

My bedroom gun is a Marlin camp carbine in .45 with a jpoint red dot sight on top. Takes 1911 magazines. Cheap, not goofy looking at all and short and light.

There is a picture of the Marlin on Gunbroker


http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=105280002#PIC
 

[Big Frank]

I use a Para double-wide .45 pistol for my home defense gun. It's currently loaded with Pow'r Balls with a listed ME of 550 ft./lbs. https://dakotaammo.net/shop/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=194 That put's it firmly in .357 Magnum territory but with a much larger bullet. I also have a Mech-Tech Carbine Conversion Unit with the CAR-15 type stock. http://www.mechtechsys.com/1911.html They make them for M1911s and Glocks. You can buy five of them for what a 1927A1 Tommy Gun goes for. I have several mags of up to 15 and 20 round capacity. The power you get from +Ps in the 16" barrel is awesome. I shot a pop can full of water with a 185 grain flat-tip FMJ and blew it in half. Not a very scientific test, but it looked like it was hit by a high-power rifle bullet. I don't use it for HD, I just use the pistol, because the penetration is too much, and the pistol only weighs half as much and is easier to handle. The risk of over-penetration would be much higher with a 9mm because of the higher velocity and small diameter of the bullets. Any caliber of rifle would be too dangerous in the city IMO, unless you use frangible ammo.