Fred Fuller
Moderator Emeritus
1-3/4" long
Make sure they will function reliably in your shotgun before you use them 'for serious'...
Make sure they will function reliably in your shotgun before you use them 'for serious'...
Where shotguns are concerned, there are no stone tablets writ by the finger of God and brought down from the mountain by Moses.
I don't care who told you what, where, how many times.
What I do care about is how much YOU have experimented/demonstrated/proven/patterned/experienced/trained/practiced with YOUR shotgun and YOUR finger on the trigger.
THAT is worth talking about. Everything else is pretty much hearsay.
A pile of hulls that you have fired is not hearsay...
Yep, good old BA/UU/RFred Fuller said:Pretty much the sort of thing Dave McC said for years here... it isn't just me
Same, loaded up with #4 buck, it'll do the job, especially at the distances involved inside the house, average distance would be 5-7 yards, with a maximum of 20. On the shell carrier on the buttstock I have 3 00 buck and 2 slugs, mostly for wildlife since I live in the country, though that shotgun wouldn't be my first choice for outdoors work. I'd be far more likely to have my .357 on me, or be grabbing the rifle. http://www.brassfetcher.com/12 gauge number four buckshot.pdfThe instructor who sold me the shotgun advised #4 buck. When I went to favorite local gun store, they advised #4 buck. CCW instructor advised #4 buck.
Is anyone surprised that my Mossberg 500 has 6 rounds #4 buck?
Yes, me. #4 is "marginal" http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs10.htmThe instructor who sold me the shotgun advised #4 buck. When I went to favorite local gun store, they advised #4 buck. CCW instructor advised #4 buck.
Is anyone surprised that my Mossberg 500 has 6 rounds #4 buck?