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Originally Posted by Robbie
Isn't it "strange" that cops suggested to me to use a shotgun with birdshot for home defense.
They flat told me (and they are right), that the birdshot (which is basically a thousand small pellets hitting you at once) wouldn't kill an intruder...but would damn sure make them WISH they were dead from the pain.
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In home defence situation that birdshot will be one large lump when it hits to target, similar to slug. Will surely kill if just hits fatal areas.
And even further away birdshot would penetrate seriously (depending on the pellet size), maybe even through. And there is not thousands pellets in birdshot; it is usually about 320-420 pellets, unless it is for clay shooting.