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#8 shot=1.06 grains per pellet
1.06 grains at 1350 fps=4.28 ft lbs
for comparison, a standard .22lr round is 140 ft lbs at the muzzle.
at close range, moving as a group, penetration would be ok, but would not go through bone or more than a few inches of tissue.
at close range, it would be close to 1000 ft lbs of energy delivered over a shallow wound. That might stop (not kill, because its a shallow wound) the average joe, but if your goon is on drugs or pumped full of adrenaline, he will probably not react, and the shallow wound wont cause him to bleed out quickly, if at all.
Buck shot, on the other hand, will penetrate all the way through a person with ease, most likely hitting vital organs and major blood vessels along the way, meaning that even if your attacker/invader is high, crazy, and adrenaline pumped, he will be rendered incapacitated from blood loss or organ damage very quickly. 000 Buck is at 294 ft lbs per pellet at the muzzle at 1350 fps. a regular 9mm round is about 350-400 ft lbs, and you only have one of those hitting the target.
if you are afraid of over-penetration, go with a compromise. get #3 shot. at 1350 fps, each #3 pellet is delivering 98 ft. lbs of energy, which would be like getting hit with a dozen or more .22lr rounds at 25 yards. good stopping power, not too much penetration.
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