On Oct 28, 6:45*pm, wrote:
On Oct 28, 2:28*pm, wrote:

I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
held flare gun:http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci...
This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
pirates. *Thoughts?

All I can say is if the gun is plastic (which some, are...) your in
for a big surprise...

They'd have to be rated for the plastic gun - which would be a lot
less charge than in your standard Remington 870 type hunting shotgun!

I'm with William Black on Pirate defense, if you want a weapon please
use a really effective one!