Realistically can you use a bolt action rifle for home defense?

Realistically can you use an bolt action rifle for home defense?

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  1. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yeah, pretty much

  2. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yeah

  3. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    no. home intruders are notoriously resistant the bullets fired from bolt action rifles

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      Oh, I was not aware of this. Thanks for lletting me know.

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        np anon :^)

  4. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Let Paul educate you:

    %3D

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      God I can't wait for the shit to die in pain.

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        Very weak bait

  5. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    sure if a deer breaks into your house.

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      What if the deer is wearing a kevlar vest? Then would I need a weapon of war?

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        Neckshot

  6. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    I've always wondered what piss-hot 35 whelen hunting ammo would do to a home intruder within 10 yards.

    Probably something liveleak main page worthy.

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      Eh probably not the Tarantino-style body ripping you're imagining. I deer hunt in really dense woods where a lot of our shots do happen at 10yds. Sometimes I use a 12g slug and sometimes a 30-06. The slug puts a pretty big hole in 'em but not liveleak type shit

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        I do wonder, what combination of round, load, and shot placement would result in the messiest aftermath for a home defense shooting

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          Probably any high powered rifle using soft lead tipped hunting bullets or ballistic tipped hunting bullets to the head. Judging from ISIS videos, heads can produce quite the splatter

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          .50 BMG Raufoss to a Black person’s steel plates would be lulz worthy

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          30-06 handloads with flat nose soft point 30-30 bullets.

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          > 10mm Auto Masterrace

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          >Because they don't make a .46

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          Cannon loaded with canister shot

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          https://seismicammo.com/product/2-5-oz-12-gauge-slug-full-case/

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        >Eh probably not the Tarantino-style body ripping you're imagining
        With the right bullet construction and lead soft enough, the memes could stop being dreams.

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      Depends entirely on what bullet you use. An FMJ or a solid is going to poke a clean through hole. A V-Max is going to to make a horrific wound that looks like someone took a roto-tiller to the target but no more than 3 inches deep. Various other rounds are going to be somewhere in the middle.

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        >FMJ or a solid is going to poke a clean through hole
        I'm sure an FMJ from a .308 at home defense distance will be horrific.

  7. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    In earlier versions, yes but in patch 1.9.48 the devs accidentally fricked the damage falloff on bolt actions, inverting it. Now you have to be at least 9600 hammer units in order to deal full damage

  8. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Don't miss anon

  9. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    it would be very painful

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      for you

  10. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yes. Something with like a short, smooth action would be best.
    The issue tends to be with using a higher powered scope, which sucks to use close, but honestly just either use one with a lower magnification range, or with look through irons under the mount and you’re gtg.
    Is it optimal? No. Does it suck compared to most other options? Yes. But you can definitely make it workable.
    I think a straight pull could actually make a sweet little setup if you live in a van state.

  11. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Home defense
    Is this really a thing ever in America or are you guys just overexaggerating? Why would someone invade your home? How many enemies do you guys have?

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Is this really a thing ever in America
      It it is because they cannot use the nails at head level traps and stabbing alcoves inside like in France and Italy because it is illegal to make traps there and they have jo tradition of burying the gypsies alive for child theft.

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        Then OP should just get a handgun. Wouldn't it be cheaper and more reliable as a defense?

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          No way. You can get a good bolt gun for less than $300 on sale. A pistol might give you a rate of fire advantage, but pistol cartridges can't compete. The ballistics difference is immense. Getting hit with a rifle cartridge at home defense range is getting your tissue permanently liquified. Not only that, but an invader has no cover from you. With the right cartridge you can shoot through nearly any barrier on your property and home advantage gives you a boost here too. A pump action shotty is tough to beat for HD, but a rifle is better than a handgun in most situations.

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      You asinine little homosexual. Home invasion happens in every country, including mine (New Zealand)
      It's usually motivated by a desire to commit theft or rape
      Typically perpetrated by brown people
      Now have a nice day

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        Not if you live in an area where its majority white and not full of Maoris

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          Luckily for me I do in fact live in such an area. That answer is still a cope nonetheless because murries have the ability to drive to White areas

          • 3 months ago
            Anonymous

            I wouldn't know, I live at Nelson

            • 3 months ago
              Anonymous

              I live in South Canterbury
              My point still stands

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      Yes it is. You see, Anon. There's a direct correlation to the number of theft and home break ins in a given area as the amount of melanin increases in the population of said area. Quite harrowing.

  12. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Realistically can you use an bolt action rifle for home defense?
    yes,but only if the person shot THINKS it was a glawk or AR

  13. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yeah, especially if it's a carbine like Mosin M44, Mauser M18 Trail, or short barrel Ruger Gunsite Scout, you use SP or HP ammo and know how to reload quickly.

  14. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    (You) can't

  15. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    i guess in theory its possible. in an urban setting, probably not. id rather have a hipoint with a spare mag than a bolt rifle. if i was on a large property and the intruders werent yet in my home, dont see why not though still probably out classes by any ar platform.

  16. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    yeah.

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      >FR-8 Spanish Mauser
      Beat me to it; it even has a clip-loading slot.
      This, or maybe a Howa mini-action with a 10-rd box magazine if you were restricted to bolt guns.
      A short lever gun would be preferable.

  17. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    >you're sleeping
    >hear intruder downstairs
    >oh shit its time
    >grab trusty rifle
    >oh shit the harness is stuck
    >pull it with force, making noise and alerting intruder
    >rush downstairs
    >loud clink before you can fire alerting intruder again
    >oh there he is
    >fire
    >shit missed
    >try to chaotically chamber the next round
    >get sprayed by a glock
    You'd be safer hiding under the bed

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      >harness
      >not having a round chambered to start with

  18. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Of course, but something more ergonomic would make more sense(, since you will be shooting from a small room and corredors.

  19. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Realistically can you use an bolt action rifle for home defense?

    I defend my home from an overwatch of the interstate exit,, so yes.

  20. 3 months ago
    Anonymous
  21. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Short Answer: Yes, in a pinch, if that's all you had, and you were just adamant about not getting a second gun.

    Long Answer: it has the stopping power, but I reckon the sights aren't sighted for down the hall. and the bolt isn't known for its rate of fire maybe a British Enfield SMLE could compete with a pump shotgun in rate of fire, but nothing else, and its long barrel would be an awkward disadvantage while searching your own home for intruders. So id still lean towards anything else.

    home defense can be cheap.

    A cheap $100 yeet cannon, also know as the Model C-9 high point.

    or a cheap $250 pump shotgun would probably both be better than a bolt action rifle.

    I would even consider a double barrel shotgun before a bolt action rifle if it was cheap enough.

    and that's not counting all the really expensive good options. in short yeah, but there are so many better options.

  22. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Just train with it.

  23. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    It's not the ideal weapons platform but theoretically it could work in this use case scenario.

  24. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    You sure can. Tactitards felate themselves over the idea of cqb but realistically breakins end when they know they're up against someone armed with any gun. This assumes you're a normal person and not a drug dealer or come into regular contact with those types in your social circle.

  25. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    yes
    most intruder should shit themselves when looking down a barrel
    its all that matters
    if you need to fire, you're in deep shit, regardless of the weapon you are slinging

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