On Friday, February 14, 2014 2:18:10 PM UTC-6, wrote:
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Mr%20Ed%20scientist.jpgOn Fri, 14 Feb 2014

10:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:



On Friday, February 14, 2014 12:10:11 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote:

In a shooting forum discussion on pellet size for home defense with a shotgun:







"I figure that one shot with #4 three inch turkey shot will make 2 people out of one and 2 shots at



the same person with the same load will make a crowd out of him."







Good enough for me.



John. a 12 ga. loaded with about anything would be good.



That is true. Even shooting #9s will be hitting just about as hard as

00B at typical "house" ranges, given the same weight of load.

It will just be a little messier in the autopsy trying to recover all

of that shot.

Autopsy from a shotgun blast, Greg?

I'd say the coroner would just look up the phrase "shotgun" and make a check mark. End of autopsy.



When larger shot sizes start to make a difference is out around 8-10

yards and beyond when the pattern is dinner plate size and larger. If

you only hit with 20% of your pattern, you want those pellets to each

have some punch.



You certainly have some serious "use of force" questions if you are

shooting at someone 40 feet away. They better be shooting back.

Make sure he's not a black kid wearing a hoodie and eating a bag of skittles too!