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Best Non Buckshot Self Defense Load?
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:23 am
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:23 am
I am modifying my 20 gauge that I made into a legal sawed off mod many years ago. I want to put a tactical stock on it to begin with. It shoots 3" magnum loads and finding buckshot is impossible. I can find some 2 3/4" buckshot, but it is expensive.
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Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:47 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
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Federal flight control seems to be a fave
I’ve heard 4 is good. But I bought rio Low recoil on the cheep and I’m rolling with it on all my shotguns.
But the videos covering the subject are all over the place. No one can really settle on the load. They seems to suggest buck.
and I suppose issue number one is that you are head and shoulders above the populace by having a gun. That’s really it.
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Federal flight control seems to be a fave
I’ve heard 4 is good. But I bought rio Low recoil on the cheep and I’m rolling with it on all my shotguns.
But the videos covering the subject are all over the place. No one can really settle on the load. They seems to suggest buck.
and I suppose issue number one is that you are head and shoulders above the populace by having a gun. That’s really it.
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 8:08 am
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:56 am to dstone12
TSS, killed a hog at crazy distance during Turkey season, and thought I missed, cause it was in heavy brush and tall grass, and didn’t see it run off, didn’t hear a thing, no grass around it moving…. Went over there and it was stone cold dead. Don’t know about home defense, or damage of the collateral things, etc, but was impressed.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:16 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Federal tactical flite control low recoil buckshot is the tits. It's incredible. Keep shopping and find some. Totally worth it.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:42 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Get the 2 3/4 buckshot. Make sure it patterns and functions well.
Load your gun with that for self defense.
If you don’t want to spend the money for practice or target blasting, get some cheaper shite for that.
Load your gun with that for self defense.
If you don’t want to spend the money for practice or target blasting, get some cheaper shite for that.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:45 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Flechette rounds
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:11 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
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can find some 2 3/4" buckshot, but it is expensive.
Before I spent money on a tacticool stock I would spend it on some buckshot.
High brass number 6 shot will be pretty devastating at most distances in a home.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:38 am to Ol boy
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High brass number 6 shot will be pretty devastating at most distances in a home
I would imagine just about any 12 gauge load would be pretty devastating in a house. If you hit an intruder at that close range, they’re getting the full load, wad included.
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 10:46 am
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:49 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Longbeards turkey shot
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:54 am to Ol boy
quote:anything out of a shotgun is going to be devastating inside a house. I just load whatever I have been using to hunt, usually steel BB or BBB
High brass number 6 shot will be pretty devastating at most distances in a home.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 10:34 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
What are you talking about? There’s plenty of buckshot available for 20 gauge for very reasonable prices. You’re not shooting a round of skeet with it. You also don’t need 3” but if you do, academy has 3” 3 buck available.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 10:41 am to Theduckhunter
My local Academy only has 2.75" buckshot at $2.00 a round.
I do have a box or two of bird and squirrel shot. What I have loaded now is a combination of buckshot and birdshot.
I do have a box or two of bird and squirrel shot. What I have loaded now is a combination of buckshot and birdshot.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 10:56 am to Ol boy
Bird shot is for birds. Use buckshot for self defense.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 11:34 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
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My local Academy only has 2.75" buckshot at $2.00 a round
That’s perfectly adequate. Buy a couple of boxes and call it a day.
$2.00 a shell is expensive if you’re duck hunting. It’s not expensive when you only need a handful of shells. Also, the best non buckshot load is going to be TSS and it’s a heck of a lot more expensive than $2 a shell.
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 11:36 am
Posted on 3/9/24 at 12:38 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Bird shot is for birds. Use buckshot for self defense.
I agree and my 12ga sits with a buckshot-slug-buckshot combo.
I wouldn’t feel undergunned shooting a crack head at 15ft with high brass number 6 though
Posted on 3/9/24 at 3:45 pm to Ol boy
#4 buck used to be the accepted "in the house" load. But everyone is right that it won't matter at close range. I have photos on my phone of a dude that took a load of birdshot in his side at 10 ft from a sawed off shotgun in a bar parking lot. It made one big hole in his chest wall. Kilt him right there. Cop friend shared the photo with me. Probably should delete come to think of it.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 4:06 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Do not use tss for self defense unless you have to. It can have total pass throughs at crazy range.
It can go through every wall in your house.
It can go through every wall in your house.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 4:44 pm to jbgleason
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#4 buck used to be the accepted "in the house" load. But everyone is right that it won't matter at close range. I have photos on my phone of a dude that took a load of birdshot in his side at 10 ft from a sawed off shotgun in a bar parking lot. It made one big hole in his chest wall. Kilt him right there. Cop friend shared the photo with me. Probably should delete come to think of it.
I had a classmate that was killed by his Dad while hunting dove's with birdshot.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 3:34 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
#2 steel shot magnums. Not cheap, but available and will get the job done.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 3:42 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
#4 (or #1 if you can find it) 2¾ Buck, out of a 20 ga, is fine for home defense.
A 20 ga slug will do it as well.
Birdshot/squirrel shot .... no. Turkey shot, I dunno, maybe if you can find lead Turkey shot in 20 ga 3" mags ... maybe.
A 20 ga slug will do it as well.
Birdshot/squirrel shot .... no. Turkey shot, I dunno, maybe if you can find lead Turkey shot in 20 ga 3" mags ... maybe.
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