Clearly these are all matters of opinion and no one is going to change their minds based on shit someone else writes on the internet. I got it. An AR is an intrinsically very accurate platform, so IMO it doesn't make sense to get the shortest possible barrel and stock and all that to make it into some sort of CQB weapon...However, if that fits your mold of what you want out of your AR, go nuts. Enjoy.
To address the other points: 00 buck w/ an open choke I figure it will spread about an inch a yard or so. Not exactly firing from the hip and killing everything around you, but depending on the distance, maybe a little more forgiving than the fixed ~6.8mm spread of the 6.8mm AR.
Clearly people here aren't big fans of the sound of the shotgun being racked as a means of defense - that's fine. When I thought it over I decided that the drawbacks don't outweigh the benefits. "Giving away my position?" It's 3 o'clock in the morning...your average MENSA candidate will probably conclude that I am in the bedroom. And as for not having one in the tube, again, all matters of opinion, but I keep my weapons condition 3 in my house anyway.
Okey Dokey...
Not that it matters, but in my 2 years on embassy duty when we did exclusively nothing but train for CQB we had access to M4s, Colt SMGs (basically an even smaller M4 chambered in 9mm), M870Ps , M9 pistols, and riot shields...and our stacks were almost always shotties and pistols/SMGs.
Edit: I've shot table 3 w/ an M16 and I am not saying that it isn't a good weapon short range...I just think a shotgun is better for in the house.
To address the other points: 00 buck w/ an open choke I figure it will spread about an inch a yard or so. Not exactly firing from the hip and killing everything around you, but depending on the distance, maybe a little more forgiving than the fixed ~6.8mm spread of the 6.8mm AR.
Clearly people here aren't big fans of the sound of the shotgun being racked as a means of defense - that's fine. When I thought it over I decided that the drawbacks don't outweigh the benefits. "Giving away my position?" It's 3 o'clock in the morning...your average MENSA candidate will probably conclude that I am in the bedroom. And as for not having one in the tube, again, all matters of opinion, but I keep my weapons condition 3 in my house anyway.
and the sound of the weapon loading could not matter less to a doped up gang banger looking for your wife's jewelry box.
Yeah, when you give away your position and intent and the BG closes the gap and knifes your ass
Okey Dokey...
Not that it matters, but in my 2 years on embassy duty when we did exclusively nothing but train for CQB we had access to M4s, Colt SMGs (basically an even smaller M4 chambered in 9mm), M870Ps , M9 pistols, and riot shields...and our stacks were almost always shotties and pistols/SMGs.
Edit: I've shot table 3 w/ an M16 and I am not saying that it isn't a good weapon short range...I just think a shotgun is better for in the house.