tubeshooter
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I think the "dying quality in the world today" might just be the concept of simply agreeing to disagree.
Is there a way to make birdshot useful for defense?
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I'm sure your squirrel killing experience is completely valid and applicable to self defense against humans.
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chopinbloc
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Your hypothesis was demonstrated to be incorrect. Now move on.
Jason_W
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Interesting DIY project. I'd be kind of interested to see at what distance the makeshift slugs are no longer accurate enough to predictably hit a BG sized target. With the hollow base, I'd think they're fly more or less front forward for a while.
As for birdshot for home defense. It seems to me like it's just too unpredictable to rely upon. Sure, at 6 feet it might turn a chest cavity into burger, but what if the fight occurs at a "down the hall" distance instead of an across the room distance?
I do think exploring the capabilities of intermediate sized shot (Size BB through F) would be interesting, but even if such loads prove adequate, typical buckshot loads are way cheaper and have proven effective. Still, there's no harm in seeing what a thing can do.
As for birdshot for home defense. It seems to me like it's just too unpredictable to rely upon. Sure, at 6 feet it might turn a chest cavity into burger, but what if the fight occurs at a "down the hall" distance instead of an across the room distance?
I do think exploring the capabilities of intermediate sized shot (Size BB through F) would be interesting, but even if such loads prove adequate, typical buckshot loads are way cheaper and have proven effective. Still, there's no harm in seeing what a thing can do.
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chopinbloc
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I want to fine tune the design and get a deeper cavity in the base. Maybe a marble in the bottom of the mold? Once I get a design that's repeatable, I'd like to pattern them at 25 yards. I've got some ideas for buckshot, too.
You have not demonstrated anything to be false. Unless you can fire a shotgun at close range and have every single shot spread out evenly and enter in its own hole with none following behind it then you have done nothing but prove me right. Are hung up on buckshot or some larger load? We are talking about shot shells that contain lots of shot impacting at different times while flowing preceding shot into already compromised tissue. I'm not claiming lots of penetration, just assisted penetration. You can see this anytime you shoot something with a shotgun. Granted the farther out go go, the less likely it will happen. Doesn't change the fact that at close range it does happen. It's no theory, it's a fact. Maybe if you knew what you were looking at when you perform these "test" you would think differently.
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7 pages and personal attacks. Yeah we are done here. Some of y'all need to go back and read over the rules you agreed to abide by when you signed up.
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