12ga 00 vs Slugs vs .650

[Espartis]

Was looking at some self defense rounds to load up into my drum and have 3 options I'm considering. I was curious as to what others here use and have fired sucessfully. 00 Buck I know will cycle fine but I've actually not ran slugs and recently came across some .650 round ball shells. What would be the underlining difference between a slug and a .650 in performance?

I used to run all 00 buck in my benelli supernova but since I have the semi auto power of the saiga and a detachable mag I want to make sure I utilize to it's fullest.

Thanks all!

 

[Laxguy59]

the round ball is terrible for accuracy, short distances is alright, but you might as well go slug, the ball is smaller than the barrel by some measurement.

 

[Chuckdog]

I use #4 buckshot and slugs in rotation for HD. I'm not up on the ball stuff?

 

[timbgtm]

Buck shot home defence.wide pattern=better chance of hitting moving target. My .02

 

[Espartis]

I use #4 buckshot and slugs in rotation for HD. I'm not up on the ball stuff?

similar to a slug but a ball:



supposed to penetrate more than a slug though.

 

[jsquared]

Im paranoid about shooting slugs in a choked barrel but these might be just the ticket for that. A lot of turkey chokes and "extra extra full" chokes are .650-.680, probably wouldnt work out too bad. Will have to give this a shot see how it works.

 

[jbw8372]

I have a Winchester 12-GA with a 10-shot tube loaded half with
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.a...a+Multi+Defense+Buckshot+10rd+Box&groupid=195
and half with
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.a...+Enforcement+00+Buck+Shot+10rd+box&groupid=17
Don't know if this will be effective enough, but for a welcoming volley, it should suffice...

 

[Espartis]

I have a Winchester 12-GA with a 10-shot tube loaded half with
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.a...a+Multi+Defense+Buckshot+10rd+Box&groupid=195
and half with
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.a...+Enforcement+00+Buck+Shot+10rd+box&groupid=17
Don't know if this will be effective enough, but for a welcoming volley, it should suffice...

I like this combo. Looks like that multi buck is a .650 ball with 00s behind it. Might do 10 of each in the 20rnd drum.

 

[Living2hunt]

I use #1 buckshot,16 pellets in a 2.75'' and 24 in a 3'',#1 buck is 30 cal in diameter.

 

[blazedawg87]

3.5in #5 shot turkey load. putting 250 pellets down at 1300 fps. with a pattern the size of a softball at 20 yards.