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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'm not sure. I never shot a person before (and hope I don't ever have to).
And yeah, I'm guessing that if I shot a guy right in the heart standing right in front of me it will kill him.
The scenario I was speaking of was more of one where I wake up and hear someone downstairs breaking into my house.
I grab my shotgun and fill him full of birdshot from about 30 feet away.
If the guy is right on top of me, my shotgun isn't gonna do me any good...I would have to fight him off at that point.
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The slug like effect is depending on the cartridge from 10 meters (32 feet) to 25 meters or even more.
Normal birdshot for ducks would probably stop to chestplate at 30 feet (corrected below), but will continue to vital organs in areas where it doesn't hit to bone. You know, the idea is to penetrate the duck's chestplate and penetrate 5-10 cm more, aka about 2 to 4 inches at the distances up to 40-50 yards (on some cartridges even more).
EDIT: Sorry, it was feet, not yards. At 30 feet the birshot is still slug like and will most likely penetrate chestplate.