Why choose 8 pellet 00Buck over 9 or 12 pellet???

[ltetmhs]

Use what you feel comfortable with. If you and your gun shoot 8 balls better than 12, then just shoot again and your already ahead 4 balls.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Wombat,the 6 pellet stuff were some reloads I worked up and not commercial. Still has more ME than 44 mag loads and patterned nicely.

 

[KenW.]

When asked about why we use 000, the armorer said it's because the pattern is better. 00 usually had at least one "flyer" well outside the main pattern; whereas 000 did not.

 

[Youngster]

000 buck is not necessarily better than 00 buck. The larger the pellet the further it penetrates. The smaller the pellet the more tissue is impacted by the payload, and more lead can be fit in the shell.
The ideal size pellet is the smallest one that can penetrate deep enough for a given target.
Even 00 buck is considered larger than needed for humans, and as a result has less stopping power than a couple of the smaller buckshot loads at close range. The reason it was chosen by police over the years is that it is more versatile.
Larger pellets retain energy better at range. They can also penetrate some light cover and still provide some stopping power or wounding that a pellet optimized for direct impact would not.

000 pellets smash through bone and barriers that much more impressively and also seem less prone to deflection, I believe they are a worthy tradeoff versus 8 or 9 pellet 00.

 

[sinistr]

+1 000,do not have follow up problems with 2/34 magnum in a semi at interior ranges.

 

[jad0110]

I keep Federal R/R 9-pellet 00B in my Benelli mainly because of the super-tight patterns-- +/- 4.5'' at 15 yards. Quick follow-up shots are very important, so that's--as previously mentioned--a big reason to go with these R/R loads.

I've got the same load in my Mossie 590A (Federal Tacticle with FliteControl) and get the same 4.5" groups at 15 yards (by comparison, I was getting 14" groups with standard PMC 00). And I could even use the word "pleasant" to desribe the felt recoil in my heavy 590. Pretty impressive stuff.

 

[Chilean]

well, not long ago, a guy here in the forum, wrote about how he could not stop a pitbull with 3 rounds of R/R 00. After that, I'm in the full power loads camp

Before all of you jump on me , I know that a Pitbull is a tougher than a tipical goblin.

the thread is here
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=280172&highlight=pitbull