home defense ammo (bird shot)

Having once discharged a 12ga shotgun, loaded with #6 birdshot, inside my house - I can give direct observation that it worked perfectly.

While most of the errant pellets did penetrate two interior plaster/wood lath partition walls, they ended up lodged inside an exterior wall w/o exiting my house.

You have no evidence that it worked perfectly. What you have is evidence is that it will fail perfectly, i.e. a miss will not overpenetrate walls.
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Tell all that to the guy tried to get into my Grandmas house, oh you cant he died, he was shot with bird shot across a kitchen room was like 12 feet or so.

Any load can kill at any time. Out of any gun. If someone is after you in your house do not feel undergunned, just shoot the bad guy.
 
Long before I was born, my grandfather used a 12 ga. w/birdshot to stop an intruder. Killed him from about 15'. This doesn't prove anything, but I suppose due to availability of shotguns loaded with common birdshot, it has killed more BG's than any other loading. Not a perfect load, but maybe the one that's always available in rural areas.
 
i bet bird shot would probably do the trick... but, would i put my life on that bet? No. i would say put a light on that end of that shotgun to reduce a chance of a miss if there are little ones in the house.
 
I would steer clear of any custom ammunition, reloads, etc for home defense purposes. Use Made in the USA premium shells from a known and respected manufacturer. Test hundreds of your HD rounds through your shotgun in varying weather conditions and gun temperature conditions. IF you do ever have to use the rounds, you don't want some lawyer out to get you cause you were shooting roofing nails or something crazy out of your shotgun. :p
 
I do keep deer slugsin mine, but I wont ever say birdshot isnt lethal, if all you have is birdshot, use it dont lay it down thinking it wont work. Then go get some good 00 buck or some good deer slugs. I have loaded up with number 2 copper plated, it will put a hurtin on anything I shoot I am sure of that.
 
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