HALLAUSTIN
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I have #4buck in at the moment but is there a truly better option or is it a personal preference?
Rifleman1776 said:The shot column, regardless of shot size or choke, is still very small at 10 or 20 feet. Your assailant will be blown in half and you will have a messy clean up job ahead of you.
"Number 1 buck is the smallest diameter shot that reliably and consistently penetrates more than 12 inches of standard ordnance gelatin when fired at typical shotgun engagement distances. A standard 2 ¾-inch 12 gauge shotshell contains 16 pellets of #1 buck. The total combined cross sectional area of the 16 pellets is 1.13 square inches. Compared to the total combined cross sectional area of the nine pellets in a standard #00 (double-aught) buck shotshell (0.77 square inches), the # 1 buck shotshell has the capacity to produce over 30 percent more potentially effective wound trauma. In all shotshell loads, number 1 buckshot produces more potentially effective wound trauma than either #00 or #000 buck. In addition, number 1 buck is less likely to over-penetrate and exit an attacker's body."
I have #4buck in at the moment but is there a truly better option or is it a personal preference?