I have considered it. I just use #4 Buck.Curious if you use or have considered using frangible ammo for home defense.
Why / why not?
I considered it, but it turns out on flesh, it behaves just like FMJ. Years ago, I read that it only breaks up on steel or hard surfaces.
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Curious if you use or have considered using frangible ammo for home defense.
Why / why not?
I have considered it. I just use #4 Buck.
I have considered it. I just use #4 Buck.
That is exactly what I did when I lived in a condo complex...I did not want anything to go through walls and hurt anything else but the hypothetical intended target.
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I have considered it. I just use #4 Buck.
That is exactly what I did when I lived in a condo complex...I did not want anything to go through walls and hurt anything else but the hypothetical intended target.
And...what makes you think a wall will stop #4 Buck?
ANYTHING that will have sufficient penetration on a person, will go through standard constructed walls. Sheetrock isnt stopping ANY buckshot load.
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But that's not what the story you linked to says (from Pew Pew Tactical). They gave #4 Buckshot a passing grade and explained:Actually civilian #4 buck can be pretty lame stuff:
The article actually recommends #4 Buckshot for home defense and then discusses different brands of #4 Buck.With most of the 29 pellets either lodging themselves within the 12” gel block or being stuck within the interior wall, this type of load is in the “goldilocks zone” of terminal ballistics and lacks severe over-penetration like 00-Buck.
Actually civilian #4 buck can be pretty lame stuff:
But that's not what the story you linked to says (from Pew Pew Tactical). They gave #4 Buckshot a passing grade and explained:
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With most of the 29 pellets either lodging themselves within the 12” gel block or being stuck within the interior wall, this type of load is in the “goldilocks zone” of terminal ballistics and lacks severe over-penetration like 00-Buck.
The article actually recommends #4 Buckshot for home defense and then discusses different brands of #4 Buck.
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/home-...etration/#toc2