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Old 12-05-2008, 12:41 AM
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Yeah, but the shotgun will often also get anyone else nearby - and the people in the next two rooms... Oops!

In a situation where you can be sure that no one else will be hit by your shot, a shotgun is excellent (I lean toward a Mossberg pump in stainless - that marine model they make, can't remember the model.)

In situations where there may be others injured/killed by your sloppily aimed shot, not as good.

Personally I have found that in threatening situations I actually wake up fully rather quickly - it may be from the sudden dumping of a whole s___load of adrenaline into my system. Anyway, I know I've been able to go from sound asleep to hitting an approaching moving target with an M-16 in a pretty short time. :D

Anyway, using a shotgun for defense in any situation where you are NOT the only good-guy in range is akin to putting out a single birthday candle with a garden hose. There is a good chance of hosing down the cake, too.
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its just collateral damage...j/k
I get what your saying Tomas but yeah i used to live in Cleveland Tx way back in the boonies so not many people around....

my 410 is a mossberg model 500 i think not sure tho
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Originally Posted by Tomas
Yeah, but the shotgun will often also get anyone else nearby - and the people in the next two rooms... Oops!

In a situation where you can be sure that no one else will be hit by your shot, a shotgun is excellent (I lean toward a Mossberg pump in stainless - that marine model they make, can't remember the model.)

In situations where there may be others injured/killed by your sloppily aimed shot, not as good.

Personally I have found that in threatening situations I actually wake up fully rather quickly - it may be from the sudden dumping of a whole s___load of adrenaline into my system. Anyway, I know I've been able to go from sound asleep to hitting an approaching moving target with an M-16 in a pretty short time. :D

Anyway, using a shotgun for defense in any situation where you are NOT the only good-guy in range is akin to putting out a single birthday candle with a garden hose. There is a good chance of hosing down the cake, too.
LOL I call them bullet sponges.....I know what you mean by alert...but still...
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hey...i just saw ta2dart today and she said something happend and Todd said he was finished with the business...is that right? what did I miss?
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no everythings cool now phil
thankfully hes doing good right now
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awesome!
Hey, what's this website she was telling me about that you started...?
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is that it matty? haha
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Lvscions.com I think, yea I told Jen that's what it Spunded like but never update her
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

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Merry Christmas Phil and all the rest of the TT thread jackers.........and mods too....lol
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Old 03-05-2009, 03:17 AM
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so...thinking of selling and getting a used evo...what do y'all think?
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back from the dead.....man i missed this thread......wtf evo????
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Originally Posted by Mr_Meaty
so...thinking of selling and getting a used evo...what do y'all think?
Hey, that's what I'm doing!
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yeah...noticed I hadn't posted in here all year!
I was actually considering an 03 or a new lancer ralliart
wouldn't do much but coilovers and my sound sytem.

i've alwasy wanted an evo...getting tired of fwd.

well...i'd probably do something to the exhaust and try to get it up to 300whp...can't have less then what I alredy have, right!
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