what shot to use?

[squirrelbaster]

ok wht do you guys think that the best shot gun load for home defence is? do you tink that #4 is good? i want somthing that will not go threw walls or anything like that. thanks for the input guys

[Windwalker]

Personally, I use a 20 ga. with #3bukshot.

[squirrelbaster]

oh yeah i forgot to say that ill be useing my police trade in 870 12ga.

[EHCRain10]

#4 buck is usually recommended when pass-through is a concern
just make sure to hit what your aiming at and it wont matter

[ArkansasHunter]

Will home owners insurence cover or pay, to clean up the bloody mess the buckshot will cause ?
I'm haveing 2nd. thoughts about useing a shotgun for home protection, geeez you'll
have human meat stuck to the walls and maybe internell body parts floopp'in around on your carpet !!!! Brain splatt on the curtains !!! I don't want to see that Chit !!!~!
I'm gonna use my handgun ! ...A.H

[ClayMan]

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

Will home owners insurence cover or pay, to clean up the bloody mess the buckshot will cause ?
I'm haveing 2nd. thoughts about useing a shotgun for home protection, geeez you'll
have human meat stuck to the walls and maybe internell body parts floopp'in around on your carpet !!!! Brain splatt on the curtains !!! I don't want to see that Chit !!!~!
I'm gonna use my handgun ! ...A.H

To each his own, but in a life or death situation, I'm not even going to be concerned about the mess. I'd rather my family and myself are all alive, then we'll worry about the mess!

Also consider that its completely possible that a home invader could be wearing body armor or a bullet proof vest that will defeat a handgun bullet. But, a face full of buckshot and he's going down...

Just my opinion.

ClayMan

[Seven©]

My second line of HD is a sawed off SxS hanging over my bedroom door. Loaded with 23⁄4" #1B.

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

Brain splatt on the curtains !!!

#1B is the preferred shotgun Zombie round.

[nathangdad]

. . . stack the first shot triple-ought buckshot followed by a slug
the keep up the progression. If a double barrel load one slug and
one buckshot. If a single shot use buckshot.

[elmer fudd]

have a shotgun and a .22 with bird shot in it on hand so if they are not armed shoot them with the birdshot but if they are use the shotgun (that is of course if you can see them but you usualy can't)

[squirrelbaster]

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

Will home owners insurence cover or pay, to clean up the bloody mess the buckshot will cause ?
I'm haveing 2nd. thoughts about useing a shotgun for home protection, geeez you'll
have human meat stuck to the walls and maybe internell body parts floopp'in around on your carpet !!!! Brain splatt on the curtains !!! I don't want to see that Chit !!!~!
I'm gonna use my handgun ! ...A.H

this is a good point. i keep the shotty in the bedroom so will only have to deal with the guts and stuff if that where i am when it happens.rest of the house.... cz75 in the front room, and bersa thunder in the bathroom, only place i dont have a gun near me is my kitchen....maybe ill keep one of my mosins in the fridge!!

[elmer fudd]

LOL i could see it now...... make sure you have one in your LazyBoy!

[AKHunter]

I would #2 or #4 shot personaly.

If you have a pump or auto shotgun . . .
. . . stack the first shot triple-ought buckshot followed by a slug
the keep up the progression. If a double barrel load one slug and
one buckshot. If a single shot use buckshot.

I hope your neighbors are far enough away that you dont shoot one of them when those loads pass through the wall.

[madcratebuilder]

Originally Posted by AKHunter

I would #2 or #4 shot personaly.



I hope your neighbors are far enough away that you dont shoot one of them when those loads pass through the wall.

I agree. My tube is loaded with #4, with 00 and slugs in the side saddle. The tests I have read about show #4 penetrating 7 layers of 1/2 Sheetrock, and 00 12 layers. I have a brick house, so I feel relatively safe about a stray round hitting my neighbors.

[Joe Brainard]

My 870 has got #4 buck in it. I figure that is large enough shot he's going down and enough in there I'm a lot more likely to hit compared with double aught.

[ClayMan]

I nearly forgot about this, but the boys at Box o' Truth did some penetration testing of various shotgun loads. This is a great site:

The Box O' Truth #3 - The Shotgun Meets the Box O' Truth - Page 1

ClayMan

[Earl Easter]

Thanks for the Video backup ClayMan. I use my Mossberg 500 for home defense,the plug is out and the first round in is 00, the second round in is 00 and the third round is a slug along with the forth one in as a slug with a repeat in order of slugs to fill her up. That is for more than one attempting to enter my home. I don't know if thats the best order but it made sense to me.

[andrew cochran]

I keep a shotgun in my bedroom but like AH said I don't want guts all over my house!lol

[lefty o]

i dont care about a mess, i am only concerned with being alive afterwards. 3" 00buck.

[andrew cochran]

I use the same thing but if I have a chance it will be with a handgun.