Odd, I only remember 00 buck in our armory. Got a cite on that?doc2rn said:if you reload might I recommend the military's answer? Broken glass
The same is true with buckshot. At the ranges you might find within a normal home, buck won't spread much. For example, figure a 20-foot hallway (pretty long for the average home.) Subtract a few feet since the shooter won't be pressed flat against one wall and the intruder against the other. At the resulting range, you won't get a foot-wide pattern, even with a cylinder bore.Still I prefer slugs, you just have to hit what you aim at.
In the house, #4.
Outside the house, #00.
So there would be no noticeable difference in recoil?
Not usually. Typically there's the same amount of lead (just different shot diameter) at the same velocity.