.45 vaquero 250 gr gold dots
Keep it loaded and on hand always around the house. My boys can both handle it and shoot it well. They both started shooting it when they were 4, and are comfortable with it. I carry an XDm 40 for two legged antagonists, but would not hesitate to carry the SA. Pistols are NOT my first home defense choice. I keep a benelli M4 stocked with 9 slugs as my number one. But seeing how a good percentage of home invasions are not discovered until someone is already in your bedroom, my .40 is CLOSE, because I might not have time to grab the shotgun. My oldest can handle the shotgun, even with slugs, but is not comfortable with the .40, same with the wife. Everyone can handle the vaquero. If I am concerned with punks, and something that has teeth and claws, the SA, is what I will carry.