I've seen few targets with it..
I think I'd stick with just a slug or some Federal 00 with the flite control.
I think I'd stick with just a slug or some Federal 00 with the flite control.
Good advice. The slugs and buck had different poi from my 590A1.I've seen few targets with it..
I think I'd stick with just a slug or some Federal 00 with the flite control.
Birdshot is ideal for anything with wings, or small mammals.To me slugs and buckshot serve very different purposes, so combining them in one shot doesn't help me any.
I keep buckshot loaded for in my house (up to 10 yards) without too much over-penetration. It would likely stop at my siding, if not at the siding of another house (and that's if I miss my target).
Slugs are around for longer range shots and will defiantely overpenetrate a two-legged predator, and probably other houses in my area. I would keep slugs loaded if there were no other houses around or I was defending against large four-legged predators (in which case I wouldn't want to waste space with buckshot, I would want the biggest hunk of lead I could fit).
Birdshot seems ideal for houses with people in other rooms on the same level as you (an apartment complex, or adjacent rooms with kids in them).
Keep it simple. Personally it frustrates me when ammunition companies (and certain gun companies) take something like self-defense with deadly force and try and market "gimmicks" based on no ballistic or factual data. It is irresponsible and misleading.
See the thread where the badguy took four hits of birdshot at close range and is just fine.I guess thinking that birdshot seems like it fits the bill for tight quarters where over penetration CANNOT happen. When you're shooting 5 yards and closer away, the grouping of lead is so tight, it performs pretty well in flesh, and then will stop in a wall.
Either way, we're in agreement on the thread topic. We've got that going for us....
I think if your planning on shooting slugs anyway for home defense then it's an excellent ammo, if you happen to miss the bad guy by a couple inch's with the slug then 1 or 2 buckshot will hit and slow him a little until you can fire again, and if you do hit center mass with the slug then the fight is over with anyway and the extra buckshot sure won't hurt anything. I bought a couple boxes to try out with my new 590A1.Just seems like a compromise that does not really achieve anything.
I will stick with OO Buck.
If I may sir, and this is only a question for information purposes for me. Why #2 shot?I'll stick with my #2 shot, thank you.
So will any round that will do enough damage to get a rapid stop on a goblin.i did pattern it on some butcher paper and liked it if i was on the trail for bears and outside critters but would not use any slug it for hd. a slug may have some pass-through or a miss could penetrate a wall with great force