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I swapped out the OO Buck for the Flechettes(beehive)

rounds the other day,,,

($3.50 each~$17.50 to load my ol’ M-11 Rem.”Trench-Broom”).

20” reverse-choke,25 “little arrows” per round,lite recoil

Key word “penetrate”,,,In the front,Out the back,,,

Straight into the dirt,,,Zero “bounce”,,,1300?fps,,,IIRC,,,

My 1911 SN is below 250,000,,,Hard-Ball only for me,,,

I was lucky to have a Dad that started me out at 4yo,,,

BB and .22s,,,Been a shooter for 56 years now,,,

I have to be dragged off the range/home from the hunt...;0)

"I swapped out the OO Buck for the Flechettes(beehive) rounds the other day,,,"

That's very interesting. I have no civilian experience with flechette loads and will have to do some tests on my range with them.

"($3.50 each~$17.50 to load my ol’ M-11 Rem.”Trench-Broom”)."

That's a great piece. Make sure that it cycles the flechette loads okay, if you haven't already. The old trench brooms have quite a history. ...interesting tactics with shotguns during WWI. I'm a history nut, too, ever since instructing at Reserve PLDC schools (leadership course for E-5s these days).

"20” reverse-choke,25 “little arrows” per round,lite recoil

Key word “penetrate”,,,In the front,Out the back,,,

Straight into the dirt,,,Zero “bounce”,,,1300?fps,,,IIRC,,,"

The part about not having ricochets off of the dirt is especially interesting. I'll check those out. Is the energy (ft.-lbs.) as good as low-recoil 9-shot 00? I'll look that up.

"I was lucky to have a Dad that started me out at 4yo,,,

BB and .22s,,,Been a shooter for 56 years now,,,"

You've been at it longer and have more experience than I have, then. ...and more tolerance for boring stuff. IIRC, it was demo ranges that really made me sleepy. ;-)

"I have to be dragged off the range/home from the hunt...;0)"

Hillbilly neighbors got me interested in the Ozarks during the '70s. ...saw some surprising abilities there and learned quite a bit. Scoring high with 5.56 rounds later on was pretty easy because of that (except in heavy rain, of course). ...then recent years of enjoying nerdly peace and quiet. Now some teens have me interested again, so they're having all of that noisy, kicking, powder-stinking fun. ;-) ...safety first and always, of course.