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Lessons learned:
1. As we have shown time and time again,
birdshot is for little birds, not for bad
guys. It makes a nasty, shallow wound, but
is not a good "Stopper".
2. I was surprised by the penetration of
the #3 Buckshot in the 20 gauge. It performed
much better than I would have expected.
I would not be too quick to discount Buckshot
in a 20 Gauge for home defense.
3. 00 Buck in the 12 Gauge was excellent.
4. The Slug in the 20 did not perform very
well. For some reason, it broke up into
small pieces.
5. Once again, the 12 Gauge Slug amazes
us. It was devastating! Penetration was
5 jugs or almost 30 inches. That is equivalent
to almost 15 inches of penetration of flesh.
Lots of dead water jugs left. A fine day
of shooting.
And, shooting stuff is fun! 
(Thanks to Tman for the photo help)
Update:
I received a note from a police officer
that asked me not to mention names or locations
about this true event.
A police officer was involved in some shotgun
training, where they used #6 birdshot in
the training due to lower cost. After the
training session, he forgot to remove the
birdshot and replace it with 00 Buckshot,
the normal carry load.
That night, while on patrol, he confronted
a couple of burglars and was in a shootout
with them. He shot both of them with his
shotgun, but forgot that he had it loaded
with birdshot.
They killed the officer and escaped.
Never use birdshot against goblins. Use
plated 00 Buckshot. |
