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Saltydog235 · June 9, 2011, 02:05 PM

Ya'll must have some long hallways. The biggest room in my house is 24'X18', take into account the furniture at walls or furthest shot I could concievably make and its going to come out at about 4-6 yards at most. Now taken into account that I routinely kill most birds at 40 yards the pattern on my shotgun with say a #5 High brass at those distances in my home is pretty tight to the point all shot from the pattern is usually concentrated into an 8" or less circle.

I have plenty of buckshot in all sizes from 000 to #4 from 2 3/4" to 3 1/2" but for HD, I'm grabbing my SXS or OU and the #5's or if I don't want to take the chance of lead shot on future lawsuit should the individual live maybe some heavy shot. I'll let the surgeons figure out how to deal with the hamburger it makes and how to get all the lead out.

Or one could go with the old cut shell instead.

June 9, 2011, 02:05 PM	#42
Saltydog235 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2010 Location: Pawleys Island Posts: 1,563	Ya'll must have some long hallways. The biggest room in my house is 24'X18', take into account the furniture at walls or furthest shot I could concievably make and its going to come out at about 4-6 yards at most. Now taken into account that I routinely kill most birds at 40 yards the pattern on my shotgun with say a #5 High brass at those distances in my home is pretty tight to the point all shot from the pattern is usually concentrated into an 8" or less circle. I have plenty of buckshot in all sizes from 000 to #4 from 2 3/4" to 3 1/2" but for HD, I'm grabbing my SXS or OU and the #5's or if I don't want to take the chance of lead shot on future lawsuit should the individual live maybe some heavy shot. I'll let the surgeons figure out how to deal with the hamburger it makes and how to get all the lead out. Or one could go with the old cut shell instead.