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To: Squantos
At ten feet against a soft target #6 shot is incredibly devastating. It only spreads to about an inch and a half.

That's a column of lead in inch and a half diameter and almost an inch deep moving at 900 fps.

That'll wreck just about anyones day...

34 posted on 02/07/2009 7:21:24 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Lurker
At ten feet against a soft target #6 shot is incredibly devastating. It only spreads to about an inch and a half.
That's a column of lead in inch and a half diameter and almost an inch deep moving at 900 fps.

Some years ago, at one of those informal rural "shooting spots" that used to be more common, I tried various 12-gauge loads on practically everything I could find. The two most memorable were the rifled slug vs. watermelon (all that was let was a pink mist hanging in the air and a wet spot on the ground - couldn't even find an intact seed) and the birdshot vs. 4" diameter pine tree. From near muzzle-contact range backing out to a foot or two, low-brass #6 shot would blast the tree cleanly in two.

If #6 shot can fell a small tree from up close, you know it would tear the innards out of a bad guy from 10-12 feet. Google "shotgun wounds" and you'll quickly see forensic reports about massive lung damage and shredded aortas.

38 posted on 02/08/2009 8:37:43 AM PST by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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