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To: gonzo
Bird shot! If you ever have to use it, afterwords, you only have to spaakle and paint.

Urban Myth. Birdshot at close range is like a slug. It will handily penetrate sheetrock like it isn't there.

6 posted on 11/05/2001 5:17:51 PM PST by Nov3
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To: Nov3
Yup. Seen it done in a demo. Not pretty. Buck shot is worse. Birdshot loses a lot of momentum in a collision where buck shot's weight will carry it farther.
17 posted on 11/05/2001 5:26:49 PM PST by AppyPappy
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To: Nov3
"...Birdshot at close range is like a slug. It will handily penetrate sheetrock like it isn't there..."

Of course it will, pal, but I don't intend to be 'at close range'! If anyone gets to the bedroom door, I'll be unloading six rounds at 30 feet, and I'll probably kill the TV, but nobody's getting in that room, Nov3!

When I drop the Mossberg, I'll pick-up the M-9 Barretta, and check for survivors, when the smoke clears. Stay well and vigilant, pal...FRegards

125 posted on 11/05/2001 10:30:33 PM PST by gonzo
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To: Nov3
Urban Myth. Birdshot at close range is like a slug. It will handily penetrate sheetrock like it isn't there.

I knew a guy who took a good half of a guy's face off with birdshot and left part of it on the wall. The slimey creep still managed to get outside and collapse in a neighbors front yard. He died later. This guy was a real piece of work. He would sneak into a house, sometimes repeatedly, and open up a bunch of escape routes. He would then molest females of any age in the house. After his third or fourth visit my acquaintance waited up for him. Anyone from Bucks County PA might remember this creep. He was active in the very early 70s.

179 posted on 11/30/2005 4:34:46 PM PST by Stentor
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To: Nov3

Mossberg posted an article in their magazine about the diff. shells for home defense. They did differant tests with each shell, and at 10 feet away, bird shot will NOT penetrate 2” of flesh. This means bird shot does not pack enough punch to hit the vital organs to shut down the body. The preffered shell is buck shot.


202 posted on 09/28/2008 5:42:10 PM PDT by xxFISHxx
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