SouthronBoy
Member
Everything I don't know about shotguns would fill several books. Everything I do know about shotguns, I learned on the internet.
I am ignorant. Much of what I know is incorrect.
I've read, here on THR and on other sites, that shooting buckshot (or any shot for that matter) out of a rifled barrel is a bad idea because the barrel's rifling will cause the buckshot to spread out into a donut shaped pattern, thereby missing your POA.
How am I doing so far?
I've also read that buckshot will only spread a couple of inches, if that, in normal HD distances.
Am I right?
If both of these statements are true, wouldn't buckshot through a rifled barrel be great for HD since you get the shot spread that the uninitiated (like me) expect from a short-barrelled shotgun? Wouldn't a center mass shot, buckshot through a rifled barrel, be more likely to hit a major organ and stop a zombie than shooting buckshot through a straight or choked tube?
I'm curious to see your responses. If my ignorance is showing, that's okay, that's why I come to sites like THR, to learn stuff.
Thanks.
I am ignorant. Much of what I know is incorrect.
I've read, here on THR and on other sites, that shooting buckshot (or any shot for that matter) out of a rifled barrel is a bad idea because the barrel's rifling will cause the buckshot to spread out into a donut shaped pattern, thereby missing your POA.
How am I doing so far?
I've also read that buckshot will only spread a couple of inches, if that, in normal HD distances.
Am I right?
If both of these statements are true, wouldn't buckshot through a rifled barrel be great for HD since you get the shot spread that the uninitiated (like me) expect from a short-barrelled shotgun? Wouldn't a center mass shot, buckshot through a rifled barrel, be more likely to hit a major organ and stop a zombie than shooting buckshot through a straight or choked tube?
I'm curious to see your responses. If my ignorance is showing, that's okay, that's why I come to sites like THR, to learn stuff.
Thanks.