3 Big-Bore Blasters you Need for Home Defense

It’s three in the morning and you hear the sound of breaking glass. For a split second you wonder if your ears woke before your brain. Did you simply catch the end of a dream? A nightmare, maybe? Muffled voices break the deafening silence. As your wife calls 911 your grip tightens, front sight lazily raising and falling, but otherwise fixed on your bedroom door. You try to stay calm, yet ready as you prepare to cross no-man’s land to secure your eight-year-old daughter, still sleeping soundly in her room across the hall. In these brief, endless moments, the last thing on your mind should be if your bedside gun will do the job.

Bed-side guns need to be powerful, idiot-proof and, above all, reliable. Adrenaline does bad things to motor-functions and so does grogginess. Combined, the average gun-owner will be in piss-poor condition for a gunfight. Want to hedge your bets with hard-hitting, reliable magnums and change the odds in your favor, but don’t want to sacrifice capacity? These three magnums are your best bet to defend against home-invaders, humans and boar alike.

1. Desert Eagle MB44 – .44 Magnum – $1,772

Desert Eagle MB44 .44 Magnum

The Desert Eagle’s muzzle brake truly tames the .44 mag (Photo by Jim Grant)

The Desert Eagle might not be the first pistol to come to mind when home-defense guns are mentioned, but it’s a viable option nonetheless. The Desert Eagle, in any of its powerful calibers, is more than a handful due to its all-[amazon asin=1936120437&template=*lrc ad (right)]steel construction and colossal grip-size. Nevertheless, the hefty weight coupled with an aggressive muzzle brake makes for a controllable, hard-hitting hand cannon. While it only holds 7+1 rounds of ammunition, you can easily insert fresh magazines to refresh its supply.

Youtube videos may characterize the pistol as an uncontrollable force of nature, but the reality of the gun is quite different. When chambered in .44 Mag and equipped with a muzzle brake, my hundred-pound wife can fire hammered-pairs with minimal muzzle-rise.

The same characteristics that make the gun unsuitable for carry, make it incredible for home defense: its size and weight. The Desert Eagle’s sight rail also allows shooters to mount a holo-sight on their pistol, so engaging moving targets is easier. If nothing else, you can reference this article to your wife or husband as justification for finally buying that gold, tiger-stripe model you’ve always dreamed of.

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