Shotguns still suck for Self Defense.

[I-Tooth 4 I-Tooth]

@Lionheart "Those Wells Fargo dudes with a coach gun were not taken lightly."

Yessiree no doubt!

 

[Bear44]

I just want to see what 00buck will do to a mans face if the need ever arises.

How about what an expanding 5.56 doing about 3200fps would do to the back of a man's skull on the way out?

 

[Necrosis]

00 buck is like 9 shots of .38 with every trigger pull.

I remember watching a show about a trauma center a while back. Dr pops an X-ray film on the light board and sees a whole lot of projectiles all over the torso.... He literally said “damn. They said gunshot, they didn’t say shotgun. Call the morgue.”

I've read several accounts from ER docs/trauma surgeons to the effect that most people survive pistol wounds, some people survive being shot with a rifle, and nearly 100% shot by a shotgun with buckshot or a slug don't make it (birdshot is for birds...seriously people). The wound pattern is devastating.

 

[Necrosis]

A wet fart would have beaten that wrinkly ho.

But we did so much better! We sent a ripe shart on up to the swamp.

She was defeated by stairs how many times? ROFL.

 

[wsbrown]

So, good with a muzzle-loader then?

Never owned one, but if its all I had, then yes.

 

[paliknight]

Not much of a shotgun guy. What’s the best home defense round without much spread?

 

[MRH]

Shotguns have rained hell on many enemy combatants. I've known quite a few Army and Marines who served in Vietnam and many of them carried shotguns. Not to mention all the guys who utilized them in WW1, WW2 and Korea. They were awful in the trenches to whoever was on the receiving end.

There are plenty of examples where shotguns have been utilized with great effectiveness in combat. I would fairly confident with one in most situations, and given their effective range. But I have been using shotguns all my life.

 

[Bypass]

My home defense gun is a MP5 with silencer so yeah I'm not even in this argument.

 

[Twitch2120]

I keep a home defense flamethrower for emergencies.

 

[Kman]

3,200 20 caliber projectiles , weighs 7.5 lbs empty, doesn't have a massive drum or magazine hanging out of it, recoil is like an airsoft gun unless your a sissy, magazine fed.