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Started by jkh
Sat, 21 Mar 1987 01:53
Re: handgun advice solicited
Author: jkh
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1987 01:53
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1987 01:53
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In-Reply-To: <2597@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> I disagree with the advice to use such small shot. Even at close ranges #8 would most likely produce mayhem but not lethal force. #4 buck is as large as I would go but I would think very hard before using anything smaller than BB. A 12 gauge generally has muzzle energy comparable to a 30-06 but you can spread it too fine. Very small shot dissipates all of its energy in barely 2-3 inches of penetration -- fine for birds, and less than half of what is needed, according to study, for a stopping-grade hit. It is definitely not enough for someone high enough on drugs or adrenalin or psychosis to attack a man holding a shotgun. The truth probably lies somewhere between #4 buck and BBs.
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