Would a Mosin be too much for home defense?

Yes.

Yeah, for home defense it would be. Too much penetration, that round will keep going and going. Plus, the noise indoors will be huge.

For defense outside the home, they are very good. With stripper clips, they can be reloaded quickly. While not as high firepower as an AR or AK, the Mosin Nagant is still nothing to sneeze at if one is pointed in your direction.

I would fear where the bullet would end up even if I hit what I was aiming at.

It's a little much - loud, bulky, and slow.

Over-penetration is something of a concern, but would not be the first thing I'd worry about.

Good Lord, yes! Would you take an M1 Garand or M1A for home defense? Probably not. This is a poor choice, as either a 20 or 12 gauge shotgun loaded with 00 Buckshot or an M1 Carbine would be a far better selection.

If it is all you have, learn to use it well. If you can afford a slide action shotgun, as I had stated earlier, the 20 or 12 gauge would be far more beneficial.

Too long and bulky to maneuver indoors, or frequently outdoors.
Slow to cycle the action.
Slow to reload, even with strippers.
Rimlock freezes the action, even though it has the thingy that 'makes rimlock impossible'.
Limited capacity.

There are better choices, much better choices.

BSW

Yes but before we can help you are you thinking the mosin due to that is all you have. It would be served more as a club than a firearm due to its extreme over penetration and noise.

Depends. As a spear/halberd I think it would work awesome. As a gun not so much.

Money-wise, you would do better by buying a Hi Point 9mm pistol and enough ammo to run it through it's paces to assure it functions well.

Too much and not enough in one gun.

A 12 gauge pump is only $200.

That is crazy talk.

You would be better off with a youth .410 single shot shotgun.

yup
some say carbine.........maybe okay, especially if it's a one gun thing
+1 on the SG, which is my choice

If its all you have then its great. If you can choose there are better options. BUT any gun is better than no gun.

Too much?

Maybe not enough if you happen to live in the country...or Stalingrad.

M

ontarget said:

If you can choose there are better options. BUT any gun is better than no gun.

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That's definitely true. I would never choose a Mosin to defend my home if I could choose any arbitrary gun. But I wouldn't despair if I had to use one. They still put very lethal holes in people and are repeaters. That's not a bad start.

The trick to using a Mosin for home defense, is to unload it, affix bayonet and stand in a hallway/doorway. Pretend you're a Spartan.

Get them with the bayonet, get off a shot and set their clothes on fire, too!
There are better options out there, obviously.

But still, I gave a mosin to a friend, when he was down on his luck and had nothing else.
So yeah, there are worse options out there, obviously.

They make great bayonet handles, and compared to a pump gun they are slow and awkward, but the flashbang effect and the fireball you get from one would be why CHOOSING one wouldn't be great. But remember the firs rule in any gunfight: have a gun. I wouldn't hesitate to use it if it was all i had.

I'd hate to be one of your neighbors.

You could kill several people in several rooms with one shot!!

rc

Let's say your at home, watching wrestling on the TV and suddenly, you realize some bad hombre has snuck past Ol' Blue, broken into your mobile home and is coming after you with a Taser, intent on finding out where you keep your prize collectible Cheetos.

Now, he's got that Taser so that means you can't close with him and give him a good Judy-chop. All you got left between you and the horror of losing your prize Cheetos (the crown jewel of the collection being the one that looks like General Lee) is the Mosin leaning against the wall near your lounge chair.

Only thing to do is grab your faithful Karate Rifle deploy the bayonet and use it to keep the Cheeto Burglar away until you can wrestle the bolt open, chamber a round and shoot. If you miss, continue stabbing at that Bad Hombre until you can fumble another round into the chamber or Ol' Blue magnets in to see what the ruckus is about and if your lucky, bites that Bad Hombre on the tucass

Go to a pawn shop and pick up and old beater 12 ga pump. You can find them for $125-150 and it'll serve in that role much better.

I'll second the suggestions to find a nice used shotgun.

It would work great if he was hiding in an old cast iron bath tub, that was behind a wall, which was next to the fridge, which sat next to the stove.