Small pellets will also move through the viens and arteries in your body atleast before you die. Theres bird shoot and bird shoot. No 71/2 low brass at some distance my or my not kill . but if a person is a hunter or takes time to understand the ballistics of a shell ,different loads and chocks. You would amazed at what number 4 or 2 or bb in a high brass max powder load will do in a room size area or even 40 yards out with the right chock tube. Research turkey hunters pet loads at 40 yards. Bad,bad news. There was at least one man killed in my home town out right when he ran from a home where he was try'n to steal outboard motors . Home owner shot him in the back with a light coat over tshirt at 40 yards with his pet duck load ,number 4 3" mag max load. He was died.The pattern stay in his back, not in his arms or legs. The average joe with his cyclinder bore shot gun has to shot something heavy to get results but at a loss of distance and control of load. Some one with a adjustable chock and some range time just to educate your self could come up with a new understanding of what a heavy bird shot load can do. If you have to shoot a shotgun you also need two hands on the gun to control your patern right?? And if loaded with buck shot you have a round that can and will go through several walls. Might as well use a pistol with many times the shots that can be placed with better control and can be done with one hand . There are control wade hunting loads out for ducks and turkey that will place an entire load in a pie plate at 40 yards with the right chock so control is there for the shotgunners that wish to use something that will still stay in side of a more confined area ,like walls if time is just taken to understand. I hunted with buck shot for around 15 years and have killed deer out to a 100 yards with well patterned shootguns and pet loads. But in my house in will be a handgun with powerball and dpx loads. My wife can not shot my shot gun well enought to leave it out and she can flat shoot several handguns i have with one hand. Not many woman will shoot buckshot well enought to be comfortable doing so. Those that still say but what if the bad guy dressed heavy!!! You still have to aim that shotgun inside your house right, shot his leg OFF or put that round in what use to be his head. If you do shot and he's wearing a vest then before he can breath or wake up from the blast shoot him with it matter most. Buck will not go through a vest ether so don't use clothing type as a excuss for shooting a heavy bird load.
