Self Defense .410 shot vs .45 LC vs .410 slugs

[chas08]

Great post with the "Box of Truth" link. It answered every question and confirmed every suspicion I've ever had about a .410 as a self defense weapon.

 

[RyanM]

Ryan, I am calculating 204 grains for the 3 pellets of 000 buck (68 grains each).

Do you have any links to those calculations? Do you have equations for terminal ballistics?

Whoops! I was thinking 00 buckshot for some reason. You're right, 000 should be about 68 gr per pellet.

Anyway, calculations were done in a spreadsheet, so there's no real link to them or anything. Terminal ballistics, I've got a ton of stuff in the same spreadsheet, mostly based on MacPherson's equations.