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    Default #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    I accidentally picked up #4 shot instead of #4 buck for my home defense shotgun. How will #4 shot do against a home intruder?
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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    Yeah..... I should be good

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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    If you spend any time reading any of Capstick's books about when he was a game warden in Africa, you'll realize that #4 is all he used. He wrote about it in one of his books. His rationale was that you only get 8 or 9 .33 caliber pellets in 00 buck, but you get 21 pellets that are still .24 caliber in #4 buck. More pellets, bigger pattern, and still large enough projectiles to be effective. He trusted it enough that it's what he used when he went into dense brush after injured animals like leopards. That's enough to convince me that it would be good enough for home defense.
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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    unless its some doped up zombie the pain of even 8 or 9 shot at 15ft will stop 90% of attacks, most likely wont be lethal though.

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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sandcut View Post
    If you spend any time reading any of Capstick's books about when he was a game warden in Africa, you'll realize that #4 is all he used. He wrote about it in one of his books. His rationale was that you only get 8 or 9 .33 caliber pellets in 00 buck, but you get 21 pellets that are still .24 caliber in #4 buck. More pellets, bigger pattern, and still large enough projectiles to be effective. He trusted it enough that it's what he used when he went into dense brush after injured animals like leopards. That's enough to convince me that it would be good enough for home defense.
    I was asking about #4 shot (bird shot), not #4 buck. If you watch that video I posted, the testing Paul does actually makes me very confident to carry #4 shot (bird shot) in my home defense shotgun. It's a little long, but definitely worth watching.
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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    You just never know when a bird is going to get in and attack.

    Be prepared.
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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    Well it will certainly drop a bird and drop an assailant but the clean up afterwards and the sheetrock indoors will be extensive !

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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    Bird shot for birds. Buck shot for home and defense purposes. I like #2 Buck for home defense in a city environment and #2 or 00 Buck shot for the rural environment. Since I live in a rural area and my nearest neighbor is 1/2 mile away I use the 00 most of the time
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    Corruption is the default behavior of government officials. JPC

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    Default Re: #4 Shot for Home Defense?

    Quote Originally Posted by Emptymag View Post
    You just never know when a bird is going to get in and attack.

    Be prepared.
    A coworker had a Turkey fly through his front window. He said his house looked like it was burglarized when he got home.
    It was standing on his kitchen table when he spotted it, then it freaked out again and trashed the kitchen.
    He hid in his bedroom and called police.

    Yes, I still laugh at him.

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