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Let the ear wax build up. Helps glue them in a bit.my take away... that dude had some seriously nice ear buds, they stayed in his ear the whole time. i walk upstairs and my cheapies fall out.
Yeah I would hate to get hit by a 1 1/2 oz field load of any type of shot. It would be a different story if the cop caught that in the face.The Harrell-enator has a series on birdshot for home defense. There's a vast difference between trap and skeet low velocity loads and magnum turkey loads.
Yeah I would hate to get hit by a 1 1/2 oz field load of any type of shot. It would be a different story if the cop caught that in the face.
I’m with you. I wouldn’t want anything smaller than #4 or better yet #1 buck.I've read a case where a delivery truck driver got shot in the face by a 12 gauge at a distance of three feet. Truck driver lived. Mitchell v. Archibald & Kendall, Inc., 573 F.2d 429, 431 (7th Cir. 1978). Had to have been light loads.
I, personally, would not want anything less than 2.75" 00 buck for home defense.
Forgetting to drop a mag in that situation is somewhat excusable. Still slightly better than the cop who rolled his firearm on its side as if he was going to throw another 6 shots in his revolver before realizing it was a semi auto last year........Perhaps more important than the fact that birdshot sucks as an anti-personnel option; did anyone else catch the bungled reload?
+1 I'll give him the pass on the reload. He was hit, not sure how bad it was, and the BG was still in the fight as far as he knew. He identified the problem instantly and he got the blaster back in action in a couple of secondsForgetting to drop a mag in that situation is somewhat excusable. Still slightly better than the cop who rolled his firearm on its side as if he was going to throw another 6 shots in his revolver before realizing it was a semi auto last year........
Forgetting to drop a mag in that situation is somewhat excusable. Still slightly better than the cop who rolled his firearm on its side as if he was going to throw another 6 shots in his revolver before realizing it was a semi auto last year........
+1 I'll give him the pass on the reload. He was hit, not sure how bad it was, and the BG was still in the fight as far as he knew. He identified the problem instantly and he got the blaster back in action in a couple of seconds
I learned to love the Federal Tactical w/ Flight-Control Wad 00 Buck 8 or 9 pellet. Sooo more accurate, and with tighter groups than anything I've ever shot.
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And for slightly further away...
Federal Hydra-Shok 1 oz rifled slug.
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Both performed exceptionally well in a Defensive Shotgun Class in:
Mossberg 590A1
Rem 870 Tac
IAC HAWK 982
My wife did a funeral for a kid was killed in a drive by with birdshot. All depends on where you get him.
Location, location, location.
Also going to get a little morbid here..... My best friend killed himself with a .38 special and it never left his skull. Bullets doe strange things when they hit flesh.
Damn...
I've been hit with bird shot but it was at a decent distance and didn't pierce skin. Didn't really hurt either but I was in motorcycle gear and a full face helmet. Getting hit point blank with a Daisy pump pellet rifle that did break skin hurt a lot more.