Mom wants a home defense shotgun

I know I'm not adhering to the criteria, but there are simply better choices these days for HD, especially for recoil shy, elderly, handicapped and/or inexperienced users.

A plain simple PCC can be fired 30 times with little recoil and blast and is way easier to hit what you are aiming at than a pistol (or a shotgun after that first trigger pull). Just load her up a mag, insert it, rack it and put the safety on. All she has to worry about is one control, the safety. And oh yeah, the trigger. ;)

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Millie said:
I know very little about rifles, and nothing at all about shotguns, and a little about handguns.

But my advice is: take her to the range, let her try many types/styles of guns, and let her make the call. It might be an expensive day or two, but in the end, she can choose what works for her at the moment.

Later on, she can revise her gun choice if necessary, as her hand and/or arm strength either improves or lessens.

I learned the very hard and painful way not to have anyone tell me what I "needed," and to try before buying ANY gun!
Just 2 cents' worth from an old-ish lady shooter.
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The best advice I can offer is to never pick a gun for someone else. It's a very personal choice. My wife buys her own pistols with zero input from me.
I echo the sentiment from the folks suggesting a pistol caliber carbine. Less recoil, blast, flash.
My personal suggestion is a .30 carbine. It's essentially the equivalent of .357 magnum coming from a lady sized rifle. Swap out the handguard for a railed cover and mount a red dot.
Simple intuitive operation, non-polarizing appearance, and ample power in a right sized package.
 
My grandmother's small rural community was having trouble with a peeping tom several yrs ago and she called me asking for a gun to keep in the house. Her hand strength had diminished to the point that a pistol was no longer an option and the recoil of a shotgun was gonna be too much.
I presented her with a couple options and we settled on a Nylon 66 stuffed full of CCI Stingers. It was light, easy to handle, and has always been dead nuts reliable with everything but Winchester Wildcat ammo.
It wasn't the perfect home defense weapon but it was the best option I had readily available that SHE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH. I don't know of a soul alive that would want to stand in front of her when she started putting Stingers down range.
 
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