I'm with you 100%, Colonel. (0-5 or 0-6?) I carried and used the 1911-A-1 .45 ACP in Vietnam, a life saver many times, so I tend to think that what saved my USMC ass back then, more than once, is still the best tool for the job today. I shoot handguns (the Colt Combat Commander and the Para-Carry Kimber with the same loads at the indoor range club that I would use if the SHTF in self-defense on the street, or in my home. But in the dead dark of Zero-dark-thirty hours, first choice will always be my M25 Winchester in guard-riot configuration, 20" cyl, barrel (no turkey hunting sights to get hung up on God knows what) and stuffed to the innards with 2&3/4" 00 buckshot- Guaran=damn-tee you, anything gets in front of that muzzle in a CQC scenario in my house will be blown to pieces, and lose their intent to do me and my family harm in a New York Minute.
