Edwardian, I have to agree with Stan and Dave in Maine on this one. For quite a few years, I kept my .357 Magnum charged with 148 gr. Speer hollow base wadcutters loaded backwards. It was a devastating defensive load with enormous expansion, even with mild powder charges that were very easy to control and get back on target. Most important to me was that my wife could easily manage the recoil, and the limited penetration gave me some assurance that if she ever needed to shoot an intruder, she had a better chance of stopping them without a miss going through walls to hit an unintended target.
Then I read several accounts of what people had to go through after they used handloads to shoot, and either wound or kill a bad guy. As stated, they were charged by ambitious and often anti-gun prosecutors, and they were made out to be the villain for having the brains to use an effective handload. They may have been right. In fact, I'm certain they were right. But they still had to endure arrest, trials, and enormous legal costs... and sometimes they would lose the case.
So, I went out and bought a box of Winchester 158gr. hollow points that had a good reputation for effectiveness, and spent some time with the wife teaching her how to first, use a Remington 870 pump shotgun, and second, how to handle the significantly greater recoil of the .357 Magnum with factory loads.
None of this is meant to help Jagermeister, who proudly voted for Obama twice, and who comes here to do anti-gun trolling and doesn't even own a double gun. He actually rents guns, so his choices here are presumably dictated by which handguns are available for rental. He should go with his vice-president Joe Biden's advice, and simply shoot his short barreled Ithaca model 37 out of his window to frighten away any intruders. In fact, I think he ought to do that right now... just in case any may be lurking outside.
