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What do you guys use in your home defense shotguns?
Best ammo for home defense shotgun?
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Critical defense buck shot
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What can be better than this? A slug + 3 x 00 buck coming at ya!
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=43474/Product/WINCHESTER-PDX1-SHOTGUN-AMMUNITION
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=43474/Product/WINCHESTER-PDX1-SHOTGUN-AMMUNITION
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Overrun military winchester 00 buck-12ga. I have Winchester PDX1 on the saddle, but it would take a special reason to load it. (I live in an urban area, scared of over penetration with the slug).
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Remington #1, or sometimes #0, most people don't abide the recoil from #1, but my old Winchester 12's are heavy, and I don't regard it as excessive, or distracting. I've been shooting it in them for years though, so it just feels normal. Might not feel to okay in a lighter shotgun though.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/home_defense_shotgun_ammo.htm
http://www.chuckhawks.com/home_defense_shotgun_ammo.htm
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Very informative read, thank you for sharing.SeventiesWreckers said:
i liked this... "In all shotshell loads, number 1 buckshot produces more potentially effective wound trauma than either #00 or #000 buck. In addition, number 1 buck is less likely to over-penetrate and exit an attacker's body."
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#0 has a pretty good following among professional hunters in Africa that have to pursue wounded leopards into thick cover. Cats are thin skinned & the 12 ga is the weapon of choice. #0 being the preferred round. The reduction of shot diameter from #00 to #0 is enough to give you substantially more shot for your pattern, and an addition of total grain wt for the load, without much loss to the diameter of the individual shot pellets.
#1 does have a hefty kick to it in a lighter wt shotgun, puts people off sometimes.
#1 does have a hefty kick to it in a lighter wt shotgun, puts people off sometimes.
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Those Hexolit32's look awesome!!
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I keep the same military winchester 00 buckshot in mine. Good load, not a bad price either. I also keep 6 more in the sidesaddle as well.
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Winchester in the old shotty...
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Fair enough! Haha
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I saw these a couple of months ago and I want some! Right now I have more 12ga on hand than I'll possibly need any time soon, unless the Zombies come...![]()
Bird shot doesn't penetrate sufficiently into the human body. People have been shot with various bird shot loads and it only barely passed through the skin. If the round won't get to the organs, it's not going to do anything. I'm not sure what game loads you're talking about, but you have to consider what they're made for and how deeply they would need to penetrate the body for a kill shot, then consider that same depth on a human, through clothing.
From recent reading, the only shotgun recommendation I've seen from Dr. Roberts is #1 Buckshot. He said that's the ideal self defense round in a 12ga.
At the moment, I have some low recoil Royal #00, some #4 law enforcement ammo, slugs, though I forget what brand aside from my Aguila mini-slugs that I bought for range use. I have some birdshot tucked away in the back too.
I have the Royal loaded with slugs on the side saddle. I'm in an apartment, but there are three directions I can shoot without having to worry about overpenetration. In the 4th direction, unless we're in the kitchen or bathroom, I don't have to worry about it and between those rooms, there's only one place I could stand and shoot directly at that apartment; any other shots in those rooms would be in a safe direction or, at worst, an oblique angle. If the bad guy's gotten into my kitchen before I have a gun on him, something's very wrong.
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For some reason I can't find these locally gonna have to order some.AF1Sgt said:
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