..best 12 & 20 ga home defense shells..

[grasshopperglock]

#2 or #4 birdshot doesn’t go through multiple walls and more than effective on the target.

I spoke with a retired DEA agent. He recommend #4. His accounts was that it was alot more effective then 00.

I spoke with the man alot. He knew many things. And he had pulled alot of triggers.


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[Whisky]

#2 or #4 birdshot doesn’t go through multiple walls and more than effective on the target.

birdshot isn't a consideration

and

I'm really not concerned about "going thru walls"

 

[Andy]

I spoke with a retired DEA agent. He recommend #4. His accounts was that it was alot more effective then 00.

#4 birdshot or buckshot? There's a big difference. #4 buck has been a staple for decades and I have a hard time believing that any experienced agent would be recommending birdshot.

 

[breakingcontact]

That chart helps put a lot of the shotgun shell jargon into perspective.

 

[itchin]

I believe he was talking about #4 turkey.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Yes, #4 buck. Unless you hunting geese in your living room.


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[Andy]

Had to make sure, as you were quoting someone who mentioned #4 birdshot. Now it's clear

 

[grasshopperglock]

Had to make sure, as you were quoting someone who mentioned #4 birdshot. Now it's clear

Lol, oops. For #4 shot. Id wax the shell.


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[Whisky]

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if not said before....thanks for the replies/suggestions (- the bird shot comment)

 

[cajunautoxer]

5.56 someone had to say it


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[BRevell]

DIMES! "Best dollar eighty I ever spent" -Billy "Estevez" the Kid

 

[TheDan]

dragon's breath

 

[itchin]

Lol. That'll burn down the house.

 

[TheDan]

Back to being serious... I keep mine loaded with low recoil buck. Birdshot "should" be lethal at indoor distances, but I don't want to bet my life on it. The over penetration stuff is BS. Flesh and bone is actually harder to shoot through than your typical interior wall. If it's not going to go through a wall, then it's not going to go deep enough in a person. I would use cut shells or wax slugs before I'd use birdshot, and if you're going to use slugs then you should just get a carbine of some sort. About the only real advantage to shotguns for self defense is that they are affordable to everyone.

 

[AMERICANTARGETS741776]

A lot of people might disagree but I use #4 shot or 8 shot target loads for my 12 ga. big pattern,

 

[Younggun]

I have a small house. From my bedroom door to my recliner #8 shot would be extremely irritating at best.

Might as well use rock salt.

 

[txbikerman]

I have a small apartment with neighbors close by. I have # 4 in the first shot and triple ought buck shot after that


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[breakingcontact]

With the increasing girth of the folks i see walking around...the FBI may want to do a new minimim penetration assessment.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

 

[Whisky]

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now have both guns loaded with #3 and 00 buck, alternately

thanks for the recommendations

 

[TX69]

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now have both guns loaded with #3 and 00 buck, alternately

thanks for the recommendations

Will you make the perp(s) sit still if your shots get out of sequence?