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hogdogs · February 7, 2013, 01:38 PM

The mini shells have never claimed to cycle reliably in any firearm without some modifications...

my understanding about these is that penetration or lack thereof was never a consideration... They were intended for riot control (I heard prison riot control was a main intention)... They only wanted more rounds in the mag... lethality of the round on the target or those around the target was not a worry...

So who here goes out and buys ammo of suspect reliability with the sole intention of loading them for home/self defense???

I would rather load high grade #9 birdshot in my gun then suspect 00 buck...

Brent

February 7, 2013, 01:38 PM	#31
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	The mini shells have never claimed to cycle reliably in any firearm without some modifications... my understanding about these is that penetration or lack thereof was never a consideration... They were intended for riot control (I heard prison riot control was a main intention)... They only wanted more rounds in the mag... lethality of the round on the target or those around the target was not a worry... So who here goes out and buys ammo of suspect reliability with the sole intention of loading them for home/self defense??? I would rather load high grade #9 birdshot in my gun then suspect 00 buck... Brent