Buckshot penetration test

To do this, you must have a load that will reach the vitals of the bad guy. I'm not taking a chance when my loved ones are in danger. Personally I would choose 4's, but either would work well. It was an ugly, shallow wound, but did not STOP the guy. Lott, the animal will run just about the same distance. As you can see, this man was making this ammunition in his home to cause the most possible damage he could to any man he could get his hands on.

Handgun Rounds Every time there's a debate about the best firearm for home defense, someone inevitably chimes up to say that among his reasons for keeping a handgun for this purpose is the fact that handgun bullets won't go through as many walls as rifle rounds. As rather than a spread the size of our PC screen! Deformed 4 buckshot was excluded from the testing due to its inability to meet the gelatin penetration criteria at muzzle velocity. What makes the results surprising is when they are compared with those of the reduced recoil loads; the higher velocity of the regular loads such as this one by Winchester produce less penetration as far more energy is invested in deformation and deflection of the slug. November 3rd, ,

For an excellent article which explains it better than I could, please read "Shotgun Home Defense Ammunition on firearmstactical. These two criteria required three points of analysis: From five feet, the damage wasn't too bad. Tweet this thread Share on Facebook Reddit! This assumption turned out to be completely correct.

Nope, I'd bust out the buck and put five rounds into that giant druggy. Make them incapable of continuing the attack or 2. Larger spheres travel further and penetrate further into soft tissue than smaller spheres at any given velocity. You shoot to stop the threat. There is NO reason to use birdshot except on birds, clays, and small game. I'm sure there's quite a few who would disagree, but if penatration is equal, then the two loads will kill equally well.