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What size shot for home defense?
Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:12 pm
I've always had shotguns and loaded them up with whatever I had hunted lately but I picked up a shotgun the other day for home defense and was going to put some specific shells in it for its intended purpose.
I live in an apartment and I'm sure these walls are paper thin so I currently have some highbrass 7.5s.
What do you have in your shotgun(s) at home?
What would you suggest for my scenario?
I live in an apartment and I'm sure these walls are paper thin so I currently have some highbrass 7.5s.
What do you have in your shotgun(s) at home?
What would you suggest for my scenario?
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Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:14 pm to LouisianaChessie
Paging bapple.
Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:14 pm to LouisianaChessie
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Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:22 pm to LouisianaChessie
I have 7.5 in my 12 ga pump with the plug removed right next to my bed along with my.45 for back up.
The way our home is set up a fire fight would hit my kids rooms if i were to fire just out our bedroom door. I have tested my shells at our camp with 2 sheets of sheetrock and at 20ft it did not go through the second sheet, but did the first pretty much.
The way our home is set up a fire fight would hit my kids rooms if i were to fire just out our bedroom door. I have tested my shells at our camp with 2 sheets of sheetrock and at 20ft it did not go through the second sheet, but did the first pretty much.
This post was edited on 6/20/13 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:23 pm to LouisianaChessie
I use 00 buck but anything lead is gonna ruin someone's day.
Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:27 pm to LouisianaChessie
At close range (10' or so) bird shot will no spread very far and will be like a slug. Course this also means it will penetrate wall. So just soon go with buckshot of your choosing.
Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:47 pm to LouisianaChessie
#4 Buckshot
Posted on 6/20/13 at 7:48 pm to LouisianaChessie
00 buck 
Posted on 6/20/13 at 8:12 pm to LouisianaChessie
Posted on 6/20/13 at 8:46 pm to LouisianaChessie
1 buck
Posted on 6/20/13 at 9:09 pm to LouisianaChessie
I live in an apartment as well. I said to hell with it and got slugs.
Posted on 6/20/13 at 10:47 pm to LouisianaChessie
Best article I've seen on HD shotgun ammo selection
AR15.com
AR15.com
quote:
The only shotgun ammunition that will consistently reach the FBI minimum of 12 inches penetration is buckshot or slugs.
quote:
No birdshot load will reach the required penetration to reach vital organs or the central nervous system. Birdshot makes shallow and gruesome wounds, but it has been shown to be a very poor Stopper.
This post was edited on 6/20/13 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 6/20/13 at 11:25 pm to LouisianaChessie
Posted on 6/21/13 at 7:34 am to LouisianaChessie
When I travel, I leave Mrs Cove the BPS, loaded with whatever I have left over from duck/goose season. I think I've got her fixed up with some 3" Hevi Shot in BBB right now. If she stays calm and hits like she usually does, I figure it will make him hold still. Fnny, because she is 4'12" tall and 100lbs soaking wet, but she can shoot that BPS as well as I can when she wants to.
If I had an HD shotgun, I would likely alternate 00 Buckshot and slugs.
If I had an HD shotgun, I would likely alternate 00 Buckshot and slugs.
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