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mongo523 · December 15, 2009, 12:48 PM

OK, now things are muddled up for me because of this thread! My layout is similar to the OP's, all three bedrooms are in the upstairs of a split level. Therefor, shooting in the direction of my bedroom's doorway puts one of my kid's rooms in the line of fire. Up until reading the boxoftruth site, I felt confident in my choice of a Mossy 20ga loaded with number 6 or 7 shot. I had thought I read somewhere that this wouldn't penetrate two layers of drywall in significant amounts, yet should be bad enough medicine to the bad guy in need of a lead injection. I think that no.4 Buck shot is the biggest size in 20ga., but I could be wrong. So... should I at least swap out the birdshot for 4 buck, or start researching into Glazers for my .45acp?

edited to add: OK, did some research into Glasers... guess I'll stick with JHP's for the .45acp and hyperawareness of the backstop. Still interested in all y'all's opinions on 20ga. though...

December 15, 2009, 12:48 PM	#25
mongo523 Junior Member Join Date: May 17, 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 8	OK, now things are muddled up for me because of this thread! My layout is similar to the OP's, all three bedrooms are in the upstairs of a split level. Therefor, shooting in the direction of my bedroom's doorway puts one of my kid's rooms in the line of fire. Up until reading the boxoftruth site, I felt confident in my choice of a Mossy 20ga loaded with number 6 or 7 shot. I had thought I read somewhere that this wouldn't penetrate two layers of drywall in significant amounts, yet should be bad enough medicine to the bad guy in need of a lead injection. I think that no.4 Buck shot is the biggest size in 20ga., but I could be wrong. So... should I at least swap out the birdshot for 4 buck, or start researching into Glazers for my .45acp? edited to add: OK, did some research into Glasers... guess I'll stick with JHP's for the .45acp and hyperawareness of the backstop. Still interested in all y'all's opinions on 20ga. though... Last edited by mongo523; December 15, 2009 at 01:26 PM.