Buckshot or slug for home defence?

Buckshot or slug for HD?

  • buckshot

    Votes: 96 97.0%

  • slug

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • Total voters
    99
What distanse do we have in our home... 10-20 yard maximum? Or if you meet the intruder in the door? 2-3 yard? I would´t like to be the one who stands in the other end of your barrel, even if you use US:nr 9!
 
Federal Flite Control 9 pellet 00 buckshot in the tube. Either 5, 6, or 7 rounds depending on which shotgun I happen to pick up.

Brenneke KO's in the sidesaddle.
 
Slugs = Massive overpenetration!!!

I know from experience that a 12-gauge slug will go right through cinder blocks and shatter them on the way. Brick external walls aren't going to stop slugs.

--Michael
 
While excessive pattern diameter is no substitute for a well placed shot... A load of buck shot that increases spread by only 2 inches once in a torso is more likely to hit a needed vital organ than a pass thru slug that misses them all. Heck even an increase of 1 inch is great once in the torso. Gotta cover all your bases. I only intend to be accurate enuff for a COM hit. I didn't say I could pick the organ in advance;)
Brent
 
I prefer Federal LE Tactical Low-Recoil 00 Buck for HD duty. If I'm feeling so inclined, I may keep a couple slug rounds in the Speedfeed stock. But, I generally only consider slugs if I anticipate the need to "reach out and touch" some BG from a good distance.

Of course, if "reaching out" was of major consideration (to me), I probably wouldnt have bothered spending money for a CQ weapon.
 
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