Home Defense - Bird Shot

[Mergie Master]

Most rooms in a home are 15' or less. This confirms what I've always said.

[Bownut]

Here come the haters....

[Bad Habit]

anything is better than nothing-but a 3' deep flesh wound wouldn't even slow down some people- and wouldn't even penetrate the fat on some folks.
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[SCSportsman]

Go with #4 buck shot

[SOUTHERN WOODS]

Just shoot em' with the bird shot. I can promise you that if you start firing rounds in the dark at close range that you're more than likely going to hit your target somewhere and cause him to rethink his actions.

[nitro5x6's]

00 or #1 Buck in my defense SGNs..

Personal preference..

[adamb61085]

Youth model 870 with kicks .570 turkey choke with 3" #6 turkey loads for the wife and a 12 guage with 00 buckshot.

[marsh chicken]

I prefer rock salt and a Hattori Hanzo sword

[BigBrother]

anything is better than nothing-but a 3' deep flesh wound wouldn't even slow down some people- and wouldn't even penetrate the fat on some folks.
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I hear what you are saying, but are you shooting solids, or something with a little more expansion tendancies? If you are shooting something other than solids....why are you shooting them?

[santeerangerman]

Years ago, back before steel shot was even thought of, I watched my dad nearly decapate a small buck with a load of Super-X #6's out of a 16ga at about 10 steps.
That was all the proof I ever needed...

[Saltydog235]

I killed a big sow with a load of #4 Heavishot at about 10-15', dropped her like she'd been pole axed.

[PBiz]

anything is better than nothing-but a 3' deep flesh wound wouldn't even slow down some people- and wouldn't even penetrate the fat on some folks.
check out the box of truth website

Who are those people?

[santee11]

Number 2 steel if you want to shoot someone in half.

[Bad Habit]

6's and 4's ain't 8's

[Bad Habit]

Who are those people?

look up the FBI shooting reports. it will open your eyes about gunshots and stopping power.

did you read Lone Survivor?
do you think a load of 8's at 10 yards would have stopped those guys?

[Mergie Master]

did you read Lone Survivor?
do you think a load of 8's at 10 yards would have stopped those guys?

I read it. And yes I do think 8's would have stopped them at 30 feet a lot quicker than FMJs would even in a 30 caliber. They may not stop someone with body armor and a wide open choke. But with a tight choke and no body armor they would. Especially shots to the face or legs then the face would make them dead.

I've cut several turkey's head's off with #7 shot back when I reloaded and they made #7's. They were farther than 30' too. I also killed a fat doe once with one shot of #6 lead shot while duck hunting in GA. She was around the same distance away, bout 30'.

When I was about 12 yrs old a friend of mine's estranged dad got drunk and tried to break into their house with a gun after first cutting the phone lines. He was trying to get to his ex-wife, my friend's mom. My friend handed his mom his single shot .410 with a load of 6's in the pipe. She shot the guy in the shoulder through the screen door and the blast knocked him back onto the carport floor. The #6 almost cut his arm off. The docs couldn't save it and had to amputate at the shoulder.

Jimmy (quackhead11) knows my friend really well.

[PBiz]

I have Hevi - Shot T's in a 870 with with short barrel..

[Griffin]

#4 buck is the most lethal load that will not penetrate modern walls. I'm not shooting anyone with 8s unless that's all I have

[PBiz]

What do folks in the armed forces use in their shotguns?

[FLS]

They leave them in the vehicle unless they are breaching a door. Carbines have replaced shotguns in almost every application.