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Bartholomew Roberts · May 19, 2019, 06:40 PM

Is that such a difficult task? An IPSC silhouette is 19” x 40” or thereabouts? Hold at the IPSC “shoulder” with a 4” barrel and you’ll drop them right in the thoracic cavity at 100m.

FWIW, you can hit stationary targets at 300yds with shotgun slugs.

May 19, 2019, 06:40 PM	#3
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Is that such a difficult task? An IPSC silhouette is 19” x 40” or thereabouts? Hold at the IPSC “shoulder” with a 4” barrel and you’ll drop them right in the thoracic cavity at 100m. FWIW, you can hit stationary targets at 300yds with shotgun slugs.