[TigersEye]

Maybe. Most shot loads, regardless of choke, don’t spread much bigger than a tennis ball under 20 ft. or more.

[Blue Jays]

"...don’t spread much bigger than a tennis ball..."

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Understood and agree!

Let’s say the homeowner shot four shells out of his/her shotgun and all the pellets hit their intended target.
That is a potential scenario where a very limited number of trigger pulls could result in a positive outcome.

[Equine1952]

I haven’t patterned #4 buck at in the house distances but it’s an interesting way to spend some time on it at the range. Down a dark hallway it’s a pretty nasty load though. I like the idea I’m not leaving my house and getting to the neighbors house. Hot pistol loads and 223 are more likely to do that. The 9mm is back up to the buckshot for me. Each to his own. You ain’t armed you lose period.

[Darteaus94025]

“...tennis ball”

Which is why I favor the blunderbuss with revolving cylinder for home defense.

[Stanwood_Dave]

That's why all the shotguns that I lost on a boating accident were loaded with double-odd buck shot.

I miss my Model 1897 WINCHESTER Pump 12 Gauge Shotgun.

The Winchester Model 1897 was designed by American firearms inventor John Moses Browning. The Model 1897 was first listed for sale in the November 1897 Winchester catalog as a 12 gauge solid frame.

The tubular magazine under the barrel has a five-round capacity, and there is no disconnector in the fire-control system, allowing the shotgun to be slam-fired. “Holding the trigger down and pumping the slide will fire the gun as the bolt locks into the breech. This feature has been discontinued in modern shotguns, but it ensured the ’97’s popularity as a military trench gun. Not to mention the movie The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film.

The following is said with tongue in cheek:
This shot gun, like all of John Moses Browning designs, suffered from the one fault that Browning could not fix,----It seemed to ALWAY'S run out of ammo. ;-)