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>> I disagree with the advice to use such small shot.
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>Has anyone seen any real research on this subject?

The "real research" that I've seen is in

	The Shotgun in Combat
	Tony Lesce
	Desert Publications
	Cornville, AZ  86325
	ISBN 0-87947-430-0
	(usually also available from Paladin Press)

and in some forsaken U.S. Government publication.  Trouble is, the
scientists aren't shotgunners, and the shotgunners aren't scientists.

The advantage of the above book is that it has 40 pages of BEEG
PITCHURES.  The arguments will still rage over how these photographs
and drawings should be interpreted, but it's nice to have a small
library of mantargets, wallboards, and cinderblocks that have been
shot at with known loads at known ranges.

Having just loaded up my derringer with 2 1/2" .410 shotshells using
#9 shot, I found, much to my disconsternation, that a waterfilled
plastic bottle will pick up only dings and some minor leaks at anything
beyond a couple of feet.  All that stuff that I've been reading about
how quickly small shot disappates energy is even more true than I
understood.....  (Although we can argue that a plastic bottle has a
tougher hide than anything that wants to bite me.)

					Eric (the DBA) Lund