On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:10:44 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Oct 15, 6:09*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:32:10 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:11:39 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

An argument here concerning someone shooting a 12 g shotgun at a
sailboat at various distances. *At close range, no argument, 00
buckshot would go right thru the fiberglass. *At what range would it
not penetrate?
What about slugs?

I wouldn't bet against a slug going through just about any boat. We
had a junk car we used to shoot at in the garbage dump/range where we
shot as a kid *If you didn't hit something solid a slug would go in
one door and out the other side of the car. The seat back did a fairly
good job of stopping the slug,after going through the door, until it
came apart.

Standard powder load or load yourself?

I found a website called "The box of truth " or the "Truthbox" or
something like that where they actually did tests like this by firing
into a box that had various stopping materials. At 30', the 00 shot
penetrated nearly everything. However, I am talking about 300' where
I assume the shot is going much slower.

100 yards shooting say six feet off the ground you are already losing
half your height due to gravity and that increases exponentially as
the shot loses momentum.

00 might not even make 100 yards unless it's some kind of power load.

Rifled slug the same issue assuming the same weight as the 00 buckshot
- which is why I asked about standard or custom load in the shell.
With less weight, you might get an impact point, but it won't have
much penetrating power.