Birdshot is for birds.
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Birdshot is for birds.
FEderal FliteControl and Hornady TAP are designed around a cylinder bore barrel. Anything tighter than IC, and you will see diminishing results.
I have an 870 barrel that is threaded for tubes. I run MOD with conventional buck and IC for FFC.
A full choke doesn’t really help as much as one would think. I have a full choke on my S&W 3000 and while it works great with smaller shot, the pattern still tends to open up depending on the style and brand of buckshot used.
If I had the spare money laying around I’d send off some barrels to Vang Comp to have them counter bored and experiment with the various chokes just to see for myself and compile my own data.
Face and nutsack shots notwithstanding.To quote Tom Givens:
"Birdshot is for knocking 4oz birds out of the sky not for 200lb assholes.".
When the incident happened, I was told Federal FliteControl for the ammo. HAve you confirmed the Hornady TAP?
Yeah, that sounds really good until a bit of distance is added. The longest shot in my house is 18 yards. Birdshot is going to be a piss-poor deterrent at that range...or 15 yards...or 10 yards for that matter. Birdshot might be somewhat effective at boxing ring distances, if you can convince the bad guys to stay close enough...Face and nutsack shots notwithstanding.