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Home defense shotgun loads.
Kendahl:
--- Quote from: Mntnman on September 19, 2014, 09:22:05 PM ---7 1/2 steel shot would be the least likely to over penetrate
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Unfortunately, we can't have it both ways. Anything that will penetrate deeply enough to reliably stop a bad guy will also penetrate house walls. Bird shot will leave an ugly, but shallow wound that won't stop someone who is impervious to pain or just very determined.
Chris C:
--- Quote from: DenmanShooter on September 19, 2014, 09:14:07 PM ---No matter what round you use, if you miss your target, it's going through the wall unless you hit something substantial.
And depending on the load it's going to go through even if you hit your target.
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To a point I agree. Even then something like 00 Buck as well as it works it's just going to keep going while a pistol or AR-15 with the correct round will penetrate less. Some AR-15 rounds do more damage penetrating less than some pistol rounds because the second they hit something they start to tumble and loose energy quickly. I can speak from personal experience shooting in an abandon house on private property that a .40S&W Golden Saber will go through a one wall a hollow door and stop in the second wall. Speaking with a SWAT team member their AR-15 rounds don't have a problem over penetrating in structures.
Here's another link with better spacing and different calibers. http://how-i-did-it.org/drywall/index.html
farmerbob:
--- Quote from: Kendahl on September 20, 2014, 06:37:40 PM ---Unfortunately, we can't have it both ways. Anything that will penetrate deeply enough to reliably stop a bad guy will also penetrate house walls. Bird shot will leave an ugly, but shallow wound that won't stop someone who is impervious to pain or just very determined.
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Over the years I've listened to a fair amount of talk about how effective bird shot is for self defense.
Up close and personal it can be very lethal, but it gets less effective rapidly with distance. Tom Gresham said at point blank range it can act much like a slug.
One Gun Talk show comes to mind, they were talking to a taxidermist from Alaska who had a bear brought into him that was shot and killed with one shot from bird shot, it was a self defense shooting at point blank range, and the bear had much of it's skull missing.
Mntnman:
--- Quote from: Kendahl on September 20, 2014, 06:37:40 PM --- Bird shot will leave an ugly, but shallow wound that won't stop someone who is impervious to pain or just very determined.
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Not at inside your house distances. There will be no putting Humpty back together again.
jonm:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Tacoma-man-shoots-would-be-burglar-in-the-face-159670015.html
"The man said he was inside his home, located in the area of South 14th Street and South Madison Street, at about 6 p.m. when he saw a burglar climbing in through a window, according to Mark Fulghum of the Tacoma Police Department.
The man called 911 to report the break in before grabbing a shotgun and shooting the man in the face.
The alleged burglar ran away, but didn't get far before collapsing. He was taken to St. Joseph Hospital to be treated for life-threatening injuries.
"He's got some very significant injuries, but he's expected to make a recovery," Fulghum said."
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