.410 slugs, why only 1/5 oz?

[Feanaro]

I calculated the 1/5 oz at 611 ft/lbs and the 1/4 oz at 762 ft/lbs. That's a bit more than I was expecting, and it's enough to make any invader, canine or human, stop all agressive activities.

Don't let energy figures decide everything for you. All that velocity with a soft, hollow slug made from lead can lead to very poor penetration. Like, five inches.

 

[Sistema1927]

Who would have thought that something so little would become so big?

Shuttlecock.

IBTL.

 

[carebear]

I swear it wasn't my fault, I'm just the innocent OP, rcmodel and MCgunner, if you'd only said birdie instead of shuttlecock!

Birdie?

I'd say this thread hit a comedy hole-in-one.

 

[Red Tornado]

Don't let energy figures decide everything for you. All that velocity with a soft, hollow slug made from lead can lead to very poor penetration. Like, five inches.

See, as an incurable optimist, I'd say that sounds like a complete energy dump. Do you really want that much energy dumped 5" into your body?

Seriously, if I thought I'd ever really need this for home defense, I'd have an 18" 870 in 12ga on hooks over the door. This .410 was my FIL's, and he always kept it in the closet by the back door. I stuck it by the back door mostly because it seemed like the right place for it. At any rate, it's an upgrade over 1/2 oz of 6 shot that it always had in it.

BTW, I cross-posted a shuttlecock question at badminton.org, and it devolved into a discussion about .410 slugs. Who'da thunk it.
RT

P.S. Feanaro, thanks for that link.

 

[CZguy]

BTW, I cross-posted a shuttlecock question at badminton.org, and it devolved into a discussion about .410 slugs. Who'da thunk it.

Sometimes I just don't know about those guys over at badmiton.org.

 

[carebear]

 

[stan in sc]

Anyone have a good recipe for shuttlecocks?

 

[Okiecruffler]

Anyone have a good recipe for shuttlecocks?

Nah, once you get em cleaned there ain't enough meat to fool with.