Damn_Yankee
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2A Bourbon Hound 2024
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I was thinking of adding a shotgun to my small collection. Has there been the same run on shotgun ammo as there is with other calibers?
Yes, there has been a run on shotguns and shells!
Or you can make Gulf Whammy Slugs. Basically cut open a shotgun shell with say 7 1/2 or 8 shot and pour out the shot leaving the shot cup untouched. Then mix it with melted paraffin wax (remember good old Gulf Wax?) then pour it back in the shotgun shell to harden and you have a semi-slug. The shot cup will keep the ignited powder from melting the wax when the trigger is pulled. They are pretty much a fragmentation type impact slug ... hits, goes in 6” or so and frag.Or you could use a cut shell.
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I was thinking of adding a shotgun to my small collection. Has there been the same run on shotgun ammo as there is with other calibers?
HAHAHAH... My gun-control-democrat next door neighbor asked me this weekend if he could borrow a "double barrel shotgun"Shotguns are socially acceptable for the left leaning. You don't even have to shoot it. You just cock it and they run. -Joe Biden
If you cant find buckshot even the numerically lower bird shot will put a hurt on someone at close i.e. inside the house range. I'd have no qualms dispatching a uninvited guest with BB to #4 shot. Shot pattern with a modified choke at 5-10 yards is going to be less than 10 inches. Beyond 10 yards , house distance, I'd definitely be wanting at least #4 buck . I dont put a lot of credence in the "everyone knows birdshot isnt good for home defense" thing. Theres a huge difference between #2 or #4 bird shot and #8 bird shot as far as performance on objects close by. A load of 3 inch magnum #4 isnt going to bounce off of someone 25 feet in front of you.
And your response was....HAHAHAH... My gun-control-democrat next door neighbor asked me this weekend if he could borrow a "double barrel shotgun"
And your response was....
Yep, under 5 yards ... they might even have to remove the shot cup before picking out lead.Yup...despite the naysayers, birdshot at <5 yards is really just a frangible round...while not as good as buck or a slug, it would certainly remove a chunk of flesh at bad breath distance.
You should tell him that anything more than a single barrel is reserved for 2A supporters.HAHAHAH... My gun-control-democrat next door neighbor asked me this weekend if he could borrow a "double barrel shotgun"
"You sure about that? We both know your wife would shoot you with it"And your response was....
A crazy off beat hypothetical thought that wouldn’t happen ...
IF you wanted to sell at current market demand prices your AR’s, AK’s, HD shotguns, Sigs, Glocks and other tactical “panic driven” type high demand firearms and then sell your ammo stash off the same way ... how happy would your wife be with that windfall?
you would be insane to pay $35 a box for that stuff!!! Then again if you are just now shopping after years of cheap ammo then you deserve to pay crazy prices!If I couldnt find any buck shot this would be my go to load for home defense action. 3" BB shot tungsten which is smaller than #4 Buck shot at .180" pellet size but its really moving at 1450 FPS and theres a bunch of then going in the same direstion.
https://www.targetsportsusa.com/hev...ungsten-lead-free-bb-shot-50308-p-109869.aspx
you would be insane to pay $35 a box for that stuff!!! Then again if you are just now shopping after years of cheap ammo then you deserve to pay crazy prices!
the difference is that those are duck/watefoul loads and people blow through them blasting the sky. $35 is alot for sky blasting.I think people are insane to pay $20+ a box for a box of 20 "self defense" 9mm or 45 ammo. Its one of those things you load in a mag and never, ever use. Same with home defense shotgun loads.
Yep. Wouldn't do that but it would sub in for SD ammo in a pinch.the difference is that those are duck/watefoul loads and people blow through them blasting the sky. $35 is alot for sky blasting.
the difference is that those are duck/watefoul loads and people blow through them blasting the sky. $35 is alot for sky blasting.
Conversion therapy. Preach it, brother! Guide him to the light!I like the guy so I will loan him something...
My wife @RS doesn't have the slightest idea or curiosity about anything I do with money.. how happy would your wife be with that windfall?