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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Birdshot For Home Defense?

Posted by FerFAL at 2:45 PM
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

At 12 feet ANY shot coming out of the tube on a 12ga. is effectively a solid object, and UTTERLY devastating. At six feet it will punch through the chest cavity of a 150lb animal leaving a hole you can see through. At "inside the house" range it is far and away the deadliest CQB weapon you can carry, with ANY shot size.

May 13, 2013 at 2:12 AM
Anonymous said...

I've done some testing on various birdshot loads with water bottles, phone books, wood, etc. My opinion is that low number birdshot BB, #2, #4 etc. is just fine for any inside the home defense. BB, for instance, is almost as big as the smallest buckshot. The cheap #8 birdshot mainly used for trap was less impressive at anything over 8 yds.

May 13, 2013 at 7:42 AM
science, bitches said...

Birdshot acts exactly like what it is - a collection of small, low mass objects which have very little ability to penetrate, producing wide, shallow wounds far less likely to incapacitate a bad guy. It's exactly the same as the difference between as being hit with a cup of water vs. a block of ice.

Hopefully the misconceptions about birdshot will disappear as people become more educated.

For self defense, stick to 00 buck, or at least #3 buck, which is the smallest shot shown by testing to penetrate the minimum 12" by the FBI testing protocol.

May 14, 2013 at 4:48 AM
Anonymous said...

In this eternal debate about the effectiveness of birdshot, don't forget that not all shots hit center of mass. If the home invader is moving and firing from 6-7 paces away, it's easy to miss. Would #8 birdshot be effective enough if only 1/5 of it peppers the bad guy's arm? I know that a few pellets of buckshot or BB birdshot in the arm will slow his attack.

May 14, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Don Williams said...

Dick Cheney has a better understanding of tactics than you guys: shoot the attacker in the face.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney_hunting_incident#Whittington_injury

If it works for lawyers , it should work for lesser forms of vermin. : )

May 15, 2013 at 8:00 AM
Lance said...

I think Cheney proved the point. Laudable the effort to off a lawyer may be, birdshot did not work. Stick with #2 or larger.

May 16, 2013 at 4:09 PM

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