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my load in my mossberg is 3 inch 00 Remington Magnum shells. its prolly overkill but i'd rather it be them an not me layin on the floor. what do you guys think?
 
i used to shoot the 3 1/2 mags at my aunts house but i havent for a while an at $1.10 a shot i dont wanna have to use em if i dont have to
 
My primary defense shotgun will hold either 7 rounds of 3 inch or 8 rounds of 2 & 3/4. I personally decided to go with the additional round vs. the heavier load.

In my State they generally do not ask why you shot 'em eight times.
 
no lol why would i shoot at the house? an ya but live in illinois with are retarded laws as: "a gun is legal to carry in the gun rack in the back glass of a truck as long as it is in a case"
 
The magnums have more pellets, but they don't have any more velocity. The 3" shoots 15 00 pellets at 1225 fps, and the 2-3/4" shoots 9 00 pellets at 1325 fps. With a bit more kick.
 
customaquatics said:
my load in my mossberg is 3 inch 00 Remington Magnum shells. its prolly overkill but i'd rather it be them an not me layin on the floor. what do you guys think?
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Why not use 000 buck if you're going to go big?

I prefer faster follow-up shots (if necessary) with reduced recoil 00 buckshot..




customaquatics said:
i used to shoot the 3 1/2 mags at my aunts house but i havent for a while an at $1.10 a shot i dont wanna have to use em if i dont have to
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shootniron said:
Did they damage her house?
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LoL
 
If it doesn't make you flinch so bad you can't hit what you shoot at with it, it should work. It could slow you down some on your followup shots if you need to shoot again though.

All in all I've never really seen anything a 3" magnum load of 00 would do that a 2 3/4" load of 00 wouldn't do just as well, and most of the time the standard load will pattern better into the bargain too.

fwiw,

lpl
 
00 penetration

If anyone else lives in your house or you live in an apartment/condo setting you might want to research the penetration of those 00 loads.

I haven't tested it but have read that 00 will penetrate up to 5 sheets of 5/8 in. drywall. So in addition to your bad guy, you may wind up hitting loved ones or close neighbors.
 
the way the house is my bedroom is the first room towards the door. an they said they would have to order 000 buck :( they said its kinda like a specitally load or something like that.
 
Do yourself a favor and read up on the reduced recoil 00 Buck ammo that's available these days. Less recoil, less noise, less flash, faster followup shots.
 
The tactical 00 will work just fine.
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I wouldn't use anything more than regular 00 Buck intentionally.

No idea what a 3 inch kicks like... never needed them and since they are high dollar, they wouldn't get justified...

Brent
 
Definitely overkill. Even a 2 3/4 inch 00 buckshot load is going to kill someone almost instantly. You can't kill anyone deader than dead. By using the 3" magnums, you're getting less capacity and more recoil and getting nothing in return for it.
 
No idea what a 3 inch kicks like
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It feels like getting punched both in the shoulder and the jaw at the same time--and that's in my front-heavy 590A1 that has milder recoil than most other fixed-breech shotguns.
 
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