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Seriosly get your mom out of there
Allow me to qualify my previous comment. 00 buckshot is excellent... assuming that there's nobody on the other side of the doors/walls behind your target. I agree with Mr. Dcruthis, my Remington 870 is always loaded with 7 shot low base shells.00Buckshot is NOT appropriate for home defense!
It shoots through your walls...and then through your neighbors walls, and then into your neighbor.
Worst. Advice. Ever.
Go shoot an old leather jacket and see if you still use 7 1/2 shot. Unless it's still basically one mass at the distance you shoot it, you might start using buckshot.7 1/2 shot...with Cyl bore choke.....as suggested to me by a badged friend...."isn't a doctor around that can patch up that many holes in time"
+1 for 7 1/2 within 20 feet. It even goes through dry wall. SLUGS are over kill for home defense IMHO. Unless you live in a gymnasium sized home with no neighbors or other family in the house. Shotgun balistics Test 01.wmv - YouTube BUT back on topic. any decently priced shotgun works. Cheap is a relative word. How much do yo have to spend?Go shoot an old leather jacket and see if you still use 7 1/2 shot. Unless it's still basically one mass at the distance you shoot it, you might start using buckshot.
People overestimate birdshot. Those small pellets have very little inertia to penetrate. It's all a matter of circumstance like how far away, what the target has for clothing, etc... but when you need it to stop someone you want your best chances.
Now that you mention that,did you know for turkey hunting smaller BB's will penetrate there feathers better.Not sure what that means but its true!Go shoot an old leather jacket and see if you still use 7 1/2 shot. Unless it's still basically one mass at the distance you shoot it, you might start using buckshot.
People overestimate birdshot. Those small pellets have very little inertia to penetrate. It's all a matter of circumstance like how far away, what the target has for clothing, etc... but when you need it to stop someone you want your best chances.
Ditto. I once emptied two magazine tubes of birdshot into a printer from a relatively close distance, with no effect. I thought I had missed, but the surface of the printer was dimpled all over. If you have something that's not going to penetrate drywall, it's not going to penetrate bad guy, either. Look at Cheney, shot his hunting partner in the face and neck, and they didn't even bother pulling the pellets out.Go shoot an old leather jacket and see if you still use 7 1/2 shot. Unless it's still basically one mass at the distance you shoot it, you might start using buckshot.
People overestimate birdshot. Those small pellets have very little inertia to penetrate. It's all a matter of circumstance like how far away, what the target has for clothing, etc... but when you need it to stop someone you want your best chances.
Didn't dick cheany (sp?) shoot someone in the FACE with bird shot and the gun is doing fine?Go shoot an old leather jacket and see if you still use 7 1/2 shot. Unless it's still basically one mass at the distance you shoot it, you might start using buckshot.
People overestimate birdshot. Those small pellets have very little inertia to penetrate. It's all a matter of circumstance like how far away, what the target has for clothing, etc... but when you need it to stop someone you want your best chances.
That is correct...no problems with the GUN whatsoeverDidn't dick cheany (sp?) shoot someone in the FACE with bird shot and the gun is doing fine?
It was a 28 gauge. An aristocrat shotgun.Didn't dick cheany (sp?) shoot someone in the FACE with bird shot and the gun is doing fine?