Snowdog
Member
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2002
- Messages
- 4,608
On a lark, I purchased a Black Aces Pro Series S Mini as I've always wanted a short-barreled shotgun but disliked the additional hoops to jump through to own one.
Being the Pro Series Mini is considered a "firearm" rather than a "shotgun", I decided to give this particular one a shot.
My question now is what would be the most appropriate buckshot for home defense from such a barrel length.
I have quite a bit of 00 buck and #4 buck (and rifled slugs), but no 000 buck... yet.
With such a short barrel, I imagine buckshot would be leaving the muzzle at a much lower velocity. Keeping this in mind, I figured the mass of each individual buckshot might be somewhat more important to achieve adequate penetration.
I may be overthinking this, but does anyone have any experience with buckshot from shorter barrels?
Being the Pro Series Mini is considered a "firearm" rather than a "shotgun", I decided to give this particular one a shot.
![file.jpg file.jpg](https://www.thehighroad.org/data/attachments/804/804174-abab0d8d740de558ea9d809282ba5bc6.jpg)
My question now is what would be the most appropriate buckshot for home defense from such a barrel length.
I have quite a bit of 00 buck and #4 buck (and rifled slugs), but no 000 buck... yet.
With such a short barrel, I imagine buckshot would be leaving the muzzle at a much lower velocity. Keeping this in mind, I figured the mass of each individual buckshot might be somewhat more important to achieve adequate penetration.
I may be overthinking this, but does anyone have any experience with buckshot from shorter barrels?