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Thread: Best shotgun ammo
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July 26th, 2024, 11:11 PM #21
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July 27th, 2024, 07:21 AM #22
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July 27th, 2024, 07:30 AM #23
Re: Best shotgun ammo
The 1201p is a reliable shotgun. I don't have much time behind one, but one thing I do remember is the recoil is stout. It's a light gun that uses Beretta's inertial system. Recoil is just a thing. If it will cycle low recoil #4 buck or 00 buck reliably, you should be good to go. If it doesn't like the low recoil stuff, try standard #4 buck or 00 buck.
Do not use turkey loads for HD. Birdshot causes shallow wounds, is less likely to stop a threat, and may not deter a determined attacker. Also turkey loads have very high recoil, which means slower follow-up shots, and your shoulder will pay for each round when testing/training. In a HD situation you won't notice it, though.
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July 27th, 2024, 07:37 AM #24
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There's a 12qa adapter that lets you shoot a variety of rounds, though I've never seen one for 5.56. They're mostly for low pressure rounds. It's meant for a single shot shotguns, however. Good to have if you're in a survival pinch and only have a single shot shotgun and several types of ammo, but no matching rifle or firearm.
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July 27th, 2024, 11:09 AM #25
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July 28th, 2024, 10:37 AM #26
Re: Best shotgun ammo
Okay so first of all you need to pick your hide position and make that your go to spot for defense if you hear an intruder. You do not "go hunting" for the intruder.
Going hunting for the inteuder so takes away your advantage and puts you against an unknown adversary with unknown weapons in an unknown position, and he probably hears you coming.
Pick a spot where you can be in the dark looking into the light. For example a dark bedroom where you have full view of a hallway with a night light. This keeps you hidden with no way for the intruder to sneak up behind you. If he comes into your field of vision, you got him.
This also lets you choose what is behind the intruder. If your hide spot has you aiming at a wall where your kids are sleeping on the other side of it, or a shared wall with a neighbor, or a steel security door where the shot is going to bounce right back at you.... find a better hide spot.
If you find a spot where you can aim at a cinder block wall, an outer wall (where you know nothing is behind it outside) etc .. now you can effectively choose any ammo you want and not worry about where it goes if you miss. If you are on the 4th floor and the outer wall backs up to the woods... who cares if a stray penetrates the wall and hits a tree 40 feet off the ground?
Now that you can choose any ammo, the answer is Hornady Critical Defense 00 buck or Federal 00 buck with the flight control wad
Both have a wadding that keeps the groupings for 00 buck to a hockey puck size at 15 yards. If you aim center mass, you are going to put 8 pellets in the intruder's chest, not 5 in his chest with 3 hitting the wall you share with your neighbor.
That round WILL stop the intruder no matter how big he is, how jacked up on PCP he is, how thick his jacket is, etc.
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July 28th, 2024, 10:47 AM #27
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I have a 1301 and it feeds the Rio low recoil 00 buckshot. That's what I keep loaded and in the side saddle. Then again it's a 1301.
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August 3rd, 2024, 10:50 PM #28
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Re: Best shotgun ammo
I guess that I'm the one who came along. The 5.56 was a suggestion to skip the shotty and get an AR15. I'm not suggesting anything, just explaining. To my mind, a Mossberg 500 and adapter for shorty shells may solve the over penetration problem. Whatever you do, get thee to a range and practice. You are what you train.
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August 4th, 2024, 11:25 AM #29
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Not going to be able to help you with a semi auto, I have the same setup as in work. Mossberg 590A1 loaded with Federal (LE12700) 12 Gauge * 00 Buck * 9 Pellets * 2 3/4.
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August 4th, 2024, 02:46 PM #30
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