More so, the reduced recoil of the 8 pellet load make practice less painful and therefor more approachable if you're trying to get your spouse/sister/wimpy little brother whomever competent on an HD shotgun.
That being said, I had to buy a five round pack of the 3 1/2" Magnum buckshot (12 .32 cal pellets) load at the hardware store.
Because bigfoot.