Defensive Rounds for Shotgun

[Acmemfg]

Spending a few days in my old hometown down in Florida.
Visiting with my Sheriff's detective pal he introduced me to what the current department issue shotgun load is....

1 oz. partitioned slug followed up with a few 00 buckshot pellets.
Thinking this may be the hot setup for home defense. Guess I know what'll be in the 870 when I get back home.

 

[Ad Astra]

Spending a few days in my old hometown down in Florida.
Visiting with my Sheriff's detective pal he introduced me to what the current department issue shotgun load is....
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1 oz. partitioned slug followed up with a few 00 buckshot pellets.
Thinking this may be the hot setup for home defense. Guess I know what'll be in the 870 when I get back home.

What's best for LEO may/may not be best for your house ... and neighbors. Penetration, that.

I've heard No.4 bird - not No.4 buck - will do a number in the house. Dunno. It's a personal decision; if you have no neighbors ...


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[BigFoot]

#8 1oz Dove and Quail load will work well in the house, They won't penetrate heavy coats but they sure will scare the **** out of someone. I live in an apartment so I need to be careful.

 

[Acmemfg]

Neighbors or wall penetration are not issues for me. We pretty much live in the sticks with anywhere from .75 to 2.5+ acres between dwellings.
The partitioned slug is designed to correct for over penetration and create additional wound channels. Works for me....

 

[dojpros]

It will be interesting to see how that patterns out of your gun(s). I have seen and had great success with Federal Flight Control Buck. Both the 8 and 9 pellet 00 offerings can stay on a 12 inch plate out to 15 yrds in my rattle can grey painted open choked Mossberg 500.

I am not confident that any birdshot would deter a motivated and/or mood altered aggressor.
FWIW/YMMV greatly

 

[Bhugo]

I use #4 buck in 20 gauge and #2 steel shot in my 12.

 

[stone and strop]

I would have thought slug is the way to go but slug and shot?
Ya baby

 

[jkingrph]

Even wearing a very heavy coat, I would not want to take a load of #8 or 9 at most indoor ranges. I suspect a
body shot would be fatal very quickly.

 

[Bubblehead]

So Dragon's Breath could work for outdoors (if you're not concerned about starting a forest fire), but for a log cabin? Not so much.

 

[Earcutter]

I think if I lived out there, I’d load it with buck for in the house, but keep slugs in the saddle in case things went outside.

 

[Ad Astra]

So Dragon's Breath could work for outdoors (if you're not concerned about starting a forest fire), but for a log cabin? Not so much.

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Holy, holy, holy ... Cannot believe blowing magnesium shavings out of a bore is *good* ...


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[Wishoot]

000 Buck in my 12 ga. Patterns pretty well in my 870.

 

[nikonNUT]

00 Buck (The Remington reduced recoil stuff) in the Mossy 930. Shoots soft and absolutely shreds a 1"x 4" pallet!!!

 

[Acmemfg]

Sabes 'que?
In the real world, not much is needed to properly facilitate a good home defense set up.
Bought this Remington 870 3 1/2" .12 gauge Super Magnum new at a Wal Mart that was getting out of the firearms business. If I recall...$150.00 with a rebate of somewhere around $75.00-$100.00 from Remington.
Found the barrel (perfect shape) in a pawn shop. Guy had no idea what it was.
The furniture was hardly Grade AAA (or Grade A for that matter). Found a good deal on a Hogue overmolded set up. Like a brick. Sling-Wal Mart I think. About $10.00
Loaded up with the aforementioned slug/buckshot rounds...4 more side-saddle.
Along for the ride:
Couple more slug/buckshot rounds, three Remington 3" magnum rifled slugs, four rounds Federal 00 Buckshot, two rounds Mil-Spec 00 Buckshot.
Everything one needs to face Armageddon for around $200.00-$250.00. Maybe even less.

 

[ksblazer]

When I bought my Mossberg 500 the guy behind the counter said he did some tests, and all you need is a good 2 3\4 #7 shot. He said it would blow a hole in a 2×4.

I've always kept mine loaded with 2 3/4 00 buck. But I hear that it may over penatrate. Luckily I've never had to test it out. But thinking I should consider a different load. Since I have houses all around me.

 

[ksblazer]

Not to get off topic

But that's a nice house and property you got there. It's going to be a while before I retire. But when I do, I want to have a place like that.

Probably don't have to worry about over penatration.

 

[OkieStubble]

Not to get off topic

But that's a nice house and property you got there. It's going to be a while before I retire. But when I do, I want to have a place like that.

Probably don't have to worry about over penatration.

Only if you don't want to accidentally kill a bear.

 

[novitiate]

#8 1oz Dove and Quail load will work well in the house, They won't penetrate heavy coats but they sure will scare the **** out of someone. I live in an apartment so I need to be careful.

Paul Harrell on birdshot for inside house use (TL;DR, yes sir but w/ minor caveat)

 

[shave/brush]

I use #4 buck in 20 gauge and #2 steel shot in my 12.

I use this for home defense. Seems like a good choice after much careful thought.

 

[BigFoot]

Paul Harrell on birdshot for inside house use (TL;DR, yes sir but w/ minor caveat)

It was actually a pretty good video.