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TimW77 · August 11, 2012, 04:53 PM

Since you "own" each and every pellet, over penetration and what happens to any pellets that miss is especially critical in an apartment.

You should easily be able to justify shooting an intruder in your residence but you can never justify hitting a bystander an apartment or two from you.

Under penetration is also a concern any time bird shot is used.

Many years ago a friend and I did our own testing... Various sizes of pellets and buckshot and slugs into 4'X4' sheets of thin wallboard on a 2"x4" frame. From that testing we both went to #4 Buckshot instead of "0", "00" or "000" buckshot or slugs of "combo" loads.

T.

August 11, 2012, 04:53 PM	#2
TimW77 Senior Member Join Date: September 21, 2008 Posts: 485	#4 Buck... Since you "own" each and every pellet, over penetration and what happens to any pellets that miss is especially critical in an apartment. You should easily be able to justify shooting an intruder in your residence but you can never justify hitting a bystander an apartment or two from you. Under penetration is also a concern any time bird shot is used. Many years ago a friend and I did our own testing... Various sizes of pellets and buckshot and slugs into 4'X4' sheets of thin wallboard on a 2"x4" frame. From that testing we both went to #4 Buckshot instead of "0", "00" or "000" buckshot or slugs of "combo" loads. T. Last edited by TimW77; August 12, 2012 at 07:51 PM.