Even buck-shot is going to lose a lot of it's energy once hitting a target. Part of my reasons for choosing a shotgun for home defense. Over-penetrations isn't as big a concern when using shotgun rounds, than most pistol or rifle rounds.Is anyone concerned with overpenetration with an AR or shotgun with buckshot in a home defense situation? I have tended towards a shotgun with birdshot (#4 or #7, depending on what is left from last hunting season) or a 9mm handgun for inside the house due to overpenetration concerns
Just put on your abestos drawers and you'll be just fine!Oh man. This question is going to start it all over again.
I understand this is the case with hitting the target, but would it penetrate multiple layers of drywall if you miss your intended target? I do not expect a shot gun to shoot through the exterior wall of a brick or stone house unless you were shooting delibrately at the wall with a very close distance.Even buck-shot is going to lose a lot of it's energy once hitting a target. Part of my reasons for choosing a shotgun for home defense. Over-penetrations isn't as big a concern when using shotgun rounds, than most pistol or rifle rounds.
Distance and pellet size would probably be the biggest factors in how much energy it lost before hitting the drywall. And drywall can be pretty dense as well.I understand this is the case with hitting the target, but would it penetrate multiple layers of drywall if you miss your intended target? I do not expect a shot gun to shoot through the exterior wall of a brick or stone house unless you were shooting delibrately at the wall with a very close distance.
Im sure someone has done some testing with different rounds shooting at a series of faux walls to test this, I wish I had the land to be able to configure and test this myself
I suspect those that do penetrate the second sheet, have lost most of their energy to kill or severely wound a person if they were on the other side. That is purely a best guess though.
I understand this is the case with hitting the target, but would it penetrate multiple layers of drywall if you miss your intended target? I do not expect a shot gun to shoot through the exterior wall of a brick or stone house unless you were shooting delibrately at the wall with a very close distance.
Im sure someone has done some testing with different rounds shooting at a series of faux walls to test this, I wish I had the land to be able to configure and test this myself
Thanks for the article. I will be looking into some frangible rounds for home defense or switch to 00 buck
Everything between birdshot and 00 is hard to find anyway...Thanks for the article. I will be looking into some frangible rounds for home defense or switch to 00 buck
There's an FBI study about this that found that 5.56 is actually less likely to overpenetrate than 9mm due mostly, if I remember correctly, to the tendency of the higher velocity rounds to tumble as soon as they hit anything.Is anyone concerned with overpenetration with an AR or shotgun with buckshot in a home defense situation? I have tended towards a shotgun with birdshot (#4 or #7, depending on what is left from last hunting season) or a 9mm handgun for inside the house due to overpenetration concerns
There's an FBI study about this that found that 5.56 is actually less likely to overpenetrate than 9mm due mostly, if I remember correctly, to the tendency of the higher velocity rounds to tumble as soon as they hit anything.
Here's an older article that discusses this with respect to pistol, rifle, and shotgun rounds and links to more info about the FBI study:
Why 5.56 is safer for home defense
Can’t give ‘em lead poisoning if you’re shooting steel.I have had some luck finding steel shot in #4 while preparing for duck season. It is a dollar a round or more though
Last year?Is that available in your area?
So how do those Black Aces shoot? I've only seen the Firearm version of them and have shot none of them. My Ishmash Saiga 12 sports a 20 round mag and its fun as hell to shoot and utterly reliable (after some mag and gun tweeks). What's the brand of the mag?I like my odds using this, with the 20 round drums and loaded with #4 Buck. I can fix drywall, but can’t fix dead