A shotgun is NOT “worthless” at 100 yards, or even 200! It’s a death machine at 100, and will sure make somebody decide on another plan at 200.
At 100 yards, you’re going to put several out of nine 00 buck into a bad guy. Two or three .33 caliber balls at about 800FPS is no joke. One or two at 200 yards at 500FPS will ruin their day too. So keep shooting them! But heck, at 100 yards, a shotgun is deadly, and you WILL get the hits.
Yeah, but the 18” barrel reduces effective range quite a bit.
A shotgun is NOT “worthless” at 100 yards, or even 200! It’s a death machine at 100, and will sure make somebody decide on another plan at 200.
I'll second that. If you need to engage jackboots at that range, I recommend these:
Special Forces Maximum Barrier Penetration Magnum (Click on the "Ballistic Data" and "Penetration testing" links on that page). The ammo is available here.
Also recommended: a Mesa Tactical recoil stock.
On the subject of shotties at tthe 100 yard line, consider the 12 gauge “Tir-Ball” load. It consists of 3 .600 diameter lead balls (hardened, too!).
Recoil is ‘memoraable, of course. So is the pattern, as 2 or 3 in a man size target is quite doable.
Triple O buckshot is also good for longer ranges, and for close range, #1 buck provides more wound channel area than Double O buckshot.