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May 29, 2012, 06:39 PM | #1 |
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not a good hd shell choice?
I was talkin about gettin more lil buckshot today and my wife asked why I needed more shells sense I just bought some bulk game shells. that got me thinkin why wouldnt that work? might be dumb but just a thought for the day.
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May 29, 2012, 07:13 PM | #2 |
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You say more buckshot. Do you mean you already have some?
Game shells or bird shot don't penetrate as well as buckshot and are not reliable defensive loads because of that.
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May 29, 2012, 07:14 PM | #3 |
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I never tire of this subject
This has been hashed out before, but here is my spin on it, again. First I believe the standard full throttle load of 00 buck (9 .33 pellets @ 1325 FPS) to be plenty of medicine at home defense ranges.
However, I being a perfectionist and a gun nerd, good enough is not the same as better or best. My choice for close range HD loadings in a 12 gauge shot gun is Winchester #1 buck. #1 Buck at .30 diameter is about as small as you can go and still get reliably deep penetration to ensure that vital, blood bearing organs are reached. The cumulative pay load of a 16 pellet #1 buck load is 648 grains vs. 484.2 grains of 9 pellets 00. The combined muzzle energy of #1 buck (16/ 40.5 gr. pellets at 1250fps) is 2260 ft lbs. VS 1898 ft lbs for 00 buck (9/ 54 gr. pellets at 1325 fps). The cumulative surface area (Potential wound channel) for #1 buck (16/ .30 pellets) is 1.133 sq inches vs. .771 sq inches for 00 buck. Recoil between the two different loadings is comparable. My choice is #1 buck because it will create more deep wounds and produce a larger overall wound channel, increasing the potential incapacitation ability of this loading over the standard 00 loading. http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs10.htm http://www.firearmstactical.com/pdf/fbi-hwfe.pdf
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I keep my 870 loaded with the dixie tri-ball 3 inch rounds. 3 60caliber balls are very impressive on black bear, I am sure they would work fine on a BG... over penetration may be an issue
I tried the Winchester PDX1-12 but the buck shot did not pattern well in my gun. I think any thing from #1buck through 000 buck would work well.
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May 29, 2012, 07:31 PM | #5 |
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Have you seen what bird shot will do up close to anything. It want start speading till about 25-30 feet. It will work for home defence. You shoot a person inside your house with it wadding and all will go through them. I my self have double 00 buck shot in my shot gun. thats cause Im a red neck
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May 29, 2012, 08:15 PM | #6 |
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I hunt coyotes qith a full choke and #4buck. So I load for HD with #4 in an IC barrel.
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May 30, 2012, 09:17 AM | #10 |
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TNOutdoors9 from Youtube just did a video on using game loads for home defense. Here are the results:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIfil...eature=g-all-u Personally, I'd rather load-up with something like these Winchester PDX-1 Personal Defense shot shells. |
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Pretty hard to argue that good buckshot isn't more deadly than birdshot but very few people are going to take a chest full of a turkey or goose load at 20-30 feet and keep fighting.
Some? Yes, some will. How many? Who knows? Somebody, somewhere took a load of #1 at 20 feet and kept fighting. Might your odds be better with #1? Yeah, they might, but your odds with a 12ga loaded with just about anything are pretty darn good.
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From my readings and experiences, bird shot will not reliably penetrate the ribcage nor the skull of most folk.
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40.41 Ft. Lbs of recoil force from #1 buck (in an 8 pound gun) 28 Ft. Lbs in a 9 pellet 00 load. Yes, recoil increases when you switch to #1 over 00. However the recoil is still comparable in the sense that there is not a major increase in recoil. In contrast recoil goes up to 58+ ft. lbs in a 3 inch 00 load. Subjective I know but in my thinking an increase of of around 12 ft lbs (00 to #1) is comparable. An increase of 30 ft. lbs (2 3/4 to 3in ) and now we are talking two very different categories of recoil.
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Not to quibble, but I consider an approximate thirty percent increase in recoil to be outside the realm of comparable.
All told, I'm more partial to the low-recoil 8 pellet 00 loads than anything else - they provide better second-shot performance, are generally designed to provide lower muzzle flash, and (especially the Federal loadings) provide excellent patterns in all shotguns that I own.
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May 30, 2012, 05:24 PM | #16 |
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I really did not figure on the detailed responses. I will just stick with my 2" buckshot then. The wife will just have to understand that HD shells are not cheap.
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Bird shot can deliver the energy but also make a shallow wound that will not necessarily incapacitate /netralize the threat of a determined / drugged attacker. The light/small bird shot loads can do the job but they can also fail. Buck shot can get deep enough that it hits the vitals and renders even a drugged up attacker out of service.
If you hit someone wrong, the adrenaline hits their system. Adrenaline can and does make people a damage sponge. Shot placement and penetration can take this out of the equation. Add your choice of drugs to this equation (meth., heroine, coke, salts.) before the adrenaline and it gets more interesting. A big pipe beats nothing (intimidation). Bird shot beats no shot, buck shot beats bird. Over two hundred years of experience backs this up; there is a reason for the legendary status of the shotgun. |
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Any evaluation of home defense rounds and pentration has to consider collateral damage.
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At close range, birdshot might work in many cases. Might could be an awfully important word though.
Consider cases like the one documented in the article at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2000/...ide-difference (it appears the text is no longer available online for non-subscribers). The medical examiner in this case initially thought they were dealing with a homicide, because the deceased had been shot THREE TIMES with a 12 ga. shotgun at contact distance. Turns out to have been a suicide. One particular case has been documented from Australia. In February 1995, a man committed suicide on parkland in Canberra, Australia. He took a pump action shotgun and shot himself in the chest. The load passed through the chest without hitting a rib, and went out the other side. He then walked fifteen meters, reloaded, leaned the shotgun against his throat, and shot his throat and part of his jaw. He then reloaded, walked 136 meters to a hill slope, lay down on the slope, held the gun against his chest with his hands and operated the trigger with his toes. This shot entered the thoracic cavity and demolished the heart, killing him.[4] -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_gunshot_suicide The loads used in this case were #2 shot IIRC. Keep in mind there are no guarantees your gunfight will go according to your plan. Chances are it will not, in fact. Consider your situation, what innocents nearby could be in danger from your projectiles if they miss or overpenetrate, and choose your defensive load or loads accordingly. Most of all, train and practice so you can hit under pressure and run the gun reflexively.
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A buddy of mine took a load of #6 shot in the belly from across a small bedroom. It messed him up real bad and he spent some time in the hospital having his stomach patched up but he took the gun away from the guy that shot him and beat him to death with it.
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" but he took the gun away from the guy that shot him and beat him to death with it. "
So #6 loaded in a s/g will kill the bad guy... |
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Damn Hawg, That is a beatch of a way to learn about wound channels and stopping power. He is lucky that it was not only bird shot but pretty small bird shot.
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We're lousy with 00B around here though, just wish there were a few places that stocked #1B without having to order.
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