[Victor]

If you are contemplating use for self defense, get some "low recoil" OO buckshot, or "low recoil" slug rounds, as is quite often issued to police officers....."

That is exactly what I bought; LE (law enforcement) low recoil 00 buckshot rounds. I intend to use it for home defense.

[Octar]

Our home defense shotguns are loaded with Winchester AA. Low recoil, faster recovery, and lessened effect on neighbors.

Very effective as long as you always shoot the dirtbag in the face.

[Raven6]

I think you'll be very pleased with your ammo, then... The low recoil stuff will do the job just fine. I test fired my loads (both Remington and Winchester Low Recoil) through 5 layers of denim at 10 yards, and sent them into 18 inches of ballistic gel. (This is the old FBI test.) They created a huge temporary wound cavity, and the permanent wound cavity would easily allow the insertion of my closed fist all the way through the block of gel... At that rate, you can go to center-mass shot and be assured that you will take him out of the fight... A word of advice, though, that I teach in all of my classes: when shooting at the bad guy don't "gut shoot" him. Aim halfway between the sternal notch (that little notch in your breastbone just below your throat) and the tip of the breast bone below it. That way, you are more likely to take out the atrium of the heart or the "greater vessels" above the heart... That shot is a fight stopper. A shot lower than the Atrium or the greater vessels would put you into the ventricals, which are tougher muscle and will allow him to stay in the fight longer. (We go into details even further in our "Tactical Anatomy" classes... It is all about ending the fight.)

Regards,
Raven6