Posted on 06/19/2017 11:02:37 AM PDT by w1n1
Shotguns have been used for home defense for centuries in one form or another. But the real question is, whats the best home defense load for your shotgun? Lets figure it out.
For a thug, nothing can be more terrifying than the sound of a pump action shotgun racking a shell into the chamber for sound deterrent? This will make even the most hardened criminals think twice. Obviously, sheer intimidation will not always solve your big problem. Well what do you feed your shotgun against your home invading foes? Well below are Remington 12 gauge shotgun shells opened up for you to see the actual payload. Impressive, isn't it? Well, each load from size 7.5 on the left to even the mighty shotgun slug on the right has a purpose in home defense.
Birdshot is a favorite of many home defenders. At close range, the blast of these lightweight small pellets hit like a solid fist. The thug in the picture on the right caught a blast at close range. Certainly, this is a postmortem image. Now, a shotgun is called a scattergun by many for a reason. The shot fans out quickly. Read the rest of the home defense shotgun loads story here.
A couple of other scary noises come to mind, one being an ear-shattering ker-boom! followed shortly by the wet kerplopping noise your crime partner makes as his body drops to the floor. Then the remaining bad guy gets to hear the sound of the next shotgun round being chambered. Yep, THAT would be scary.
Personally, I reckon that the sound of a shotgun being charged, especially at night, isn't nearly as impressive as that little *pop! sound made by the igniter cartridge of a flamethrower just before the operator opens up the fuel release valve *trigger*. Also especially at night.
And without any consideration of muzzle flash at night as being something to consider. American Shooting Journal is getting more and more of a reputation for some of the worst half-considered, ill-opinionated and flat-out inaccurate articles in the gun magazine industry.
And without any consideration of muzzle flash at night as being something to consider.
American Shooting Journal is getting more and more of a reputation for some of the worst half-considered, ill-opinionated and flat-out inaccurate articles in the gun magazine industry.
That looks like burning magnesium.
And it smells like burning magnesium. Unless a bear gets in the way.
I am not going to try to find out for you if it tastes like burning magnesium, however.
I have used burning magnesium to ignite a mixture of iron oxide powder and aluminum powder. I’m not about to try tasting it either ...
As a side note, the serial number is L 170645
Might be hard to explain that to the insurance company.
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The easiest way is to look at the gun auction sites on the Internet and see what similar models are going for.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Shotguns/BI.aspx
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/657222934
Rough guess for a run of the mill 100 in like new condition? About a thousand bucks from the above sources.
There were some special models made, but you would need to research that. Much depends if it is an early Ithaca or the more common version made in Japan, later on.
Thanks for the sources, I’ll check them out.......
I buy a lot of my ammo from Aim Surplus.
For smooth bore shotguns Remington Sluggers are pretty good.
Perfect home defense round!
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