Duvalls character, Boss Spearman, fires at a bad guy outside a shack wall from inside a small room. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Tighter chokes will allow for greater hit probability at distance but will likely increase drag by deforming the pellets - reducing penetration of target. This shotgun includes a SureFire forearm, a BlackHawk Knoxx Stock and a three-point sling. You can always shoot a larger shell if your gun holds them, they are just more expensive and have a serious amount of recoil. Out of my M2 w/ light mod. Phil Bourjaily The 00 buckshot (plated, pattern-controlled) load maintains a hit probability of 50+% out to 52 yards, which is the limiting factor in maximum effective range because the individual pellets are sufficiently massive and have a high enough velocity to retain terminal effectiveness to a distance of 104 yards. 00 Wolf 12 Gauge Ammo 2 3/4" 00 Power Buckshot 9 Pellets Our Price: $6 (WYMT) - Pikeville Medical Center's Leonard Lawson Cancer Center is expanding after an announcement by Congressman Hal Rogers and Gov The shotgun barrel patterned very well using buckshot , birdshot, and the Winchester PDX1 ammunition 12 Gauge Remington Magnum Buckshot . All that John Shaft, shoot-from-the-hip, Hollywood crap is just thatcrap. Its an extended Full choke, and inside you can see five rings indicating steps down from bore diameter to Full. Deformed #4 buckshot was excluded from the testing due to its inability to meet the gelatin penetration criteria at muzzle velocity. Can 00 buckshot kill a human? Attached File Attached File Attached File. What load? A 20 gauge . This is generally loaded with nine of the 33 caliber lead balls to go about 1,250 feet per second. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. CHRIS: Right, and thats with your gun. Mind you, the targets were narrow as you can see ( about 10.5"), and I don't think the fliers went far off at all. If you dont have a clear shot, dont take it. The full pattern guys like smaller buckshot so they have more pellets in the target. Comparing the results between the Mossberg 500 and 590A1 is pretty interesting, as 4 inches less barrel did not make that much of a difference in the spread pattern. DaveC wrote:With a typical cylinder bore the buckshot pattern is going to be too wide at 30 yards, let alone 50 yards, no? . Some brands and lines of ammo are significantly better than others and that affects the pattern a lot as well.Aiming for the front corner ofthe shoulder gives a good spread and limits skull damage. Past that, then I dont know. Not many years ago, 50 yards was considered a long . Jordan enjoys giving his time and resources to help others and has spent 15 years volunteering in a boy's mentoring program He is and will always be an American Patriot. Specs: Gauge 12 Gauge. This shotgun is a version of what the NYPD highway officers carry. Here is what I have observed: Admittedly, there is a lot more to say about buck shot, but I will leave it to the voices of experience to chime in and agree with me or set me straight. It was about 14-ish inches on the #1 and around 18 on the #00. Hornady has several 00 buckshot that uses their flitecontrol shot-cup wad. JOHN: Yeah, and the whole point of what did we want to know was just, flat out, not is it appropriate to shoot this distance not anything other than what does it do?. We reserve the right to edit as appropriate, delete profane, harassing, abusive and spam comments or posts, and block repeat offenders. Heres some news: It just doesnt work like that. The vast majority of police shootings are close-in affairs. If you are the intended victim, you will not have the element of surprise nor the initiative in the opening moments of the conflict two elements critical to the survival of such an event. It does not store any personal data. There is a very simple reason here. Witness Protection 870: The 12.5-Inch Short-Barreled US Marshals Shotgun. We loaded up with Federal 12-gauge 2 3/4-inch magnum 00 Buck with a muzzle velocity of 1,290 feet-per-second and Winchester 2 3/4-inch high-velocity steel BB shot with a muzzle velocity of 1,550. Click on the picture to be taken to the Rifleshooter article. Too bad we purchased all the 870's with IC barrels before we started issuing 8 pellet. By Only the back-bored barrel was close to the 1 claim, coming in at .96 per yard. Buckshot traveling fast enough to make incapacitating hit at this range (12.0 or deeper penetration in nominal 10% ballistic gelatin). The brain of a deer is about the size of one of those little half-sized oranges. BrianEnos.com All comments are held for moderation and will appear after approval. I tried a Carlson's Full, and it was very poor performing with 00 buck. They're fun, handy, and can be very practical. probably about 10% so a 25 yard pattern would be about 27.5". JOHN: So, still potentially lethal absolutely. If a shotgun is used for clearing rooms by patrol or SWAT personnel, it is fully capable of making a precise shot. Since there is no difference in the long range performance of the two shells, we recommend the Federal LE132 1B load to maximize range and minimize recoil for the defensive shotgun. I have tried extended chokes, and found them to be little better, if any. It has been proven over and over it can be easily taken away and disarm the owner Why do you think SWAT and other such entry teams use short barreled firearms when entering and clearing a building? Hit probability was determined by shooting a Mossberg 590 from a shooting bench at various distances from a FLETC Transitional Target II with the (5) different cartridge types. Of course, do you want to use a shotgun beyond 25 yards? If you can guarantee ranges shorter than this for your situation, the shotgun should be the first choice. Shotshells contain lead spheres of different diameter and these different diameters are optimal for different usages. As a matter of fact, all of the shotguns easily kept all nine pellets within a standard 19-inch-wide target at 75 feet. If you need proof, Brass Fetcher tested buckshot against ballistic gelatin at 50 yards and then managed to chronograph it at 50 yards (no small feat). Because they have a poor sectional density, they shed their energy fast, both in the air and in the target.For close shots, aim for the shoulder, straight up the leg to hit the heart and lungs. Most buckshot loads vary in velocity between 1,100 and 1,600 fps. Your previous content has been restored. What's the Maximum Effective Range of Buckshot? This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Yeah. Its not very big. Type: Lead. Learn its limitations so that you can operate more effectively in an actual shooting. -CB]. Penetration is key. just fewer pellets. There isnt much out there in 000 buckshot, its never really been popular. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'guntradition_com-leader-1','ezslot_10',113,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-guntradition_com-leader-1-0');Buckshot is a close-range option. As you can see, it made a 27 inch spread. Thornton takes Mississippi to The Swede, where he buys a sawed-off, double-barreled shotgun as a holstered sidearm. A good experiement I guess. The more sectional density, the better it will retain energy and the deeper it will penetrate. He grew up hunting, fishing, and trapping. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'guntradition_com-leader-2','ezslot_6',119,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-guntradition_com-leader-2-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'guntradition_com-leader-2','ezslot_7',119,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-guntradition_com-leader-2-0_1');.leader-2-multi-119{border:none!important;display:block!important;float:none!important;line-height:0;margin-bottom:7px!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-top:7px!important;max-width:100%!important;min-height:250px;padding:0;text-align:center!important}Buckshot hunters come in two primary categories. Very interesting thanks. Ive got a Beretta 1301 that actually patterns with #1 at 25 about like what your barrel was doing, so probably about the same thing for that particular gun, but Ive got other shotguns that dont pattern like that. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Here are five of the craziest-looking "antlered does" we've seen in recent years. Federal Flite-Control 00 Buck-though that's designed as an anti-personnel load for out to 50 yards through riot guns. Anything under a 20 gauge should not be considered. you have more of gradual taper on the inside of the choke, also known as the "skirt", because the taper looks like a skirt. Some folks call them hermaphrodites while others swear that they're antlered does. Any choke will easily launch #4 buck out to 50 yards. Shot recovered from 50 yard penetration test. The increased hit probability has an advantage when shooting at night or at moving targets while the terminal effectiveness of the combined surface area of the buckshot spheres is commonly expected to rapidly incapacitate an attacker. I stopped using the stuff when I found cheaper shells did much better. All Rights Reserved. Winchester 2 is equal to the 2 Remington loads. Velocity drops rapidly, energy of course sky dives, and the pellet will soon be eating dirt, or failing to penetrate much of anything. The Carlson's Remington Buckshot Choke Tube produces dense patterns downrange with 00 BuckShot. The 00 buckshot he used was not standard velocity, but actually reduced velocity. Figure 50% hit at 25 yards, but now the pellets have slowed WAY down to around 900 fps or about 110 lb-ft of energy PER PELLET! I actually killed all of my deer this way. And its nasty at close range. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service. Loaded with our Power-Piston one-piece wad for consistent patterns. The #1 was starting to fail the FBI test it was starting to be underneath the 12-inch penetration. Brass Fetcher 28.3K subscribers 141K views 9 years ago Ballistic gelatin test results of Buckshot at 50 yards distance. Except at under 30 yards, it doesnt have the power to bust through the hide and penetrate both lungs. Distances between muzzle and target for the #4 buckshot and unplated #1 buckshot correspond to the maximum distance at which a single shot pellet is expected to be traveling fast enough to score an incapacitating hit. All ballistic gelatin blocks (Figure 7) used in this evaluation were nominal 10% ballistic gelatin blocks calibrated in accordance with FBI RFP-OSCU-DSU1401 as follows (FBI RFP-OSCU-DSU1401, page 95, 2014): "Prior to the utilization of any block of gelatin, validation of the block will be tested to assure consistency of the gelatin mixture. Remingtons Magnum 00-buck load has 12 pelletsabout 1 18 ounces of shotlaunched at almost 1,300 fps. One of my favorite buckshot loads, Remingtons 3-inch Premier 00 with 15 pellets is, of course, no longer made. Even law enforcement officers typically choose 0 or 00 buckshot for close encounters with dangerous human beings. Buckshot is designed to take deer at moderate range, an animal about the size and weight of an average human male. But the range to shoot patterns is the range you shoot your birds. Generally 00 buck will open up about 1 per yard traveled with a cylinder bore 12 gauge. [Federals advertised velocity is 1100 for the #1 versus 1145 for the #00. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. It is perfect for hunting birds and clay targets. Absolutely, and Id expect to hit it, at least with enough to probably put it down. The idea you need to have a short barrel is foolish, you gain a slight amount of maneuverability for a great sacrifice in accuracy and effectiveness. So how are buckshot patterns affected by distance and barrel length? Readily-found shotgun shells tend to fall into the performance category of deformed buckshot due to a lack of plating or an effective wadding system. Kinda irritating because that limits me to just that load, though. FULL is even worse. You will have the entire neck in your pattern, twice the lethal coverage. Using a modified choke, . The most common, and arguably the best buckshot for deer is 12-gauge 00 buckshot in a 2 inch shell. Safe to say I wouldn't be afraid to try to kill a deer with these loads at that range (40 yards). Posted September 15, 2013 in Ammunition by Steve Johnson with 19 CommentsTags: shotgun. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. Within reasonable distance, the pattern will be tight enough to put several pellets in the pine and the deer will drop right there, you will have some shot in the lungs to finish things off too.Aiming at the center of the neck gives a good spread, but may damage the skull. The Shooter's Log, is to provide informationnot opinionsto our customers and the shooting community. I agree,that's the gun I use and it's a killer. I expected this kind of pattern at 25 or 35 yards. Reply. All shots where taken at 40 yards and with 2 3/4 # 3 buckshot all 20 pellet loads The pictures as follows Winchester brand (unplated shot) Remington brand ( unplated shot) and Federal (copper plated). They want to take your guns because they plan to do something to you that might cause you to shoot them. In my Remington's, I shoot a Carlson's turkey choke, and 100% of the pattern is in a 20" circle at 40 yards, with 00 and 000 all going in a 15" circle. ATK was kind enough to supply 12-gauge fodder for the test. Is the slight gain worth the loss of that extra, potentially lethal pellet? Ergo why smaller shot needs to be harder to perform equally to larger shot. If you aim at the lungs, you stand a chance of taking out the spine with the top of your pattern, which would be nice. Law enforcement officers today have a wide selection of incredibly powerful tactical flashlights. However, nothing has outperformed Remington 000 2.75" from an IC flush-mount thus-far. The rule for shotgun patterning has been that you usually get about 1 inch of spread for every yard from the target. At 10 feet distance it is routine for not all of the buckshot pellets to spread out enough to cut independent paths through the gelatin and this skews the penetration depth figure in the direction of deeper penetration. The stuff is a poor performer past about 20-25 yards. My buddy runs a Benelli M4 with the MOD choke and gets consistent 7" patterns with it. You have more pellets, but less energy per pellet. For self-defense indoors or in environments that physically cannot exceed 10 yards distance, we recommend #4 plated buckshot at 1250 ft/sec or higher muzzle velocity. Two boards totaling . A small increase in effective range will occur in hot climates and a moderate decrease in range will occur in extreme cold climates. Thank for the info in advance. however, I do not recommend firing a load of buckshot at a deers head. But TSS has also given some hunters a false sense of how far they can kill a longbeard. Well compare the smallest shot size with the largest. To many pellets can ruin the effectiveness of the ones you hit with. The "rule" for a pattern is 1 inch per yard for a full choke. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. 50 feet-- penetration: same lack of penetration. The tested Mossberg 590 had a cylinder bore which was boresighted with a Site Lite SL-500 Ultra Mag Green Laser Boresighter to coincide with a SIG ROMEO4 red dot sight at 25 yards distance. 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Showing the difference in patterns between 00 and #4 shots at 45/ 50 yards. Heres why. What does all this show us? http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86292. With my Rem 11/87 with a Hastings Turkey choke, I print 15" patterns . My friend dropped a buck at 80 yards two years ago the deer never moved. JOHN: Right. Shooting again at 25 yards, the 18-inch-barreled 500 created a 6.5-inch pattern while the 14-inch-barreled 590A1 produced a 14-inch pattern. Wow! I have never seen an 8 pellet load in 00 buck for 12 gauge. Even at 30 feet, the maximum spread with this load was 2.5 inches. Federal Premium Vital-Shok Buckshot A true magnum load, the Vital-Shok Buckshot offering from Federal Premium features 12, copper-plated pellets of 00 Buckor 1 ouncespushed to 1290 fps. Then at 50, the #00 was penetrating about where the #1 was at 25. I aimed at the lungs, just behind the shoulder. But lets look into it further yet. You can post now and register later. For home defense #00 buckshot seems the best choice. That is not hard to do since I have patterned my factory choke at 60 yards with 000b 3.5 with 75% in a 3ft circle. I didn't buy a cylinder choke, but I might well try it. Ask for advice on chokes for buckshot and youll get every answer from IC to Turkey Full. Follow Lucky Gunner Lounge from your Inbox! This 2023 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme. At 50 yards they lose a tremendous amount of velocity and energy no matter how fast you start them. 10" @ 10 yards, 25" @ 25 yards, 50" @ 50 yards. For really long range shooting, Federals 00 buck loaded in its Flitecontrol wad is hard to beat for tight patterns. Ballistic gelatin test results of Buckshot at 50 yards distance.Tested ammunition was:12 Gauge Federal #4 Buckshot 27 pellet (F127 4B) 2 3/4\"12 Gauge Federal Tactical 00 Buckshot 9 pellet (LE132 00) 2 3/4\"12 Gauge Hevi-Shot 00 Buckshot Dead Coyote 9 pellet (42209) 2 3/4\"12 Gauge Hornady Critical Defense 00 Buckshot 8 pellet (86240) 2 3/4\"12 Gauge Remington Express 000 Buckshot 8 pellet (12B000) 2 3/4\"Shot from a Mossberg 500 12 gauge shotgun with 20\" barrel length and full choke.Very special thanks to RW for facilitating this test. Figure 15 illustrates the velocity versus penetration depths obtained for #1 buckshot single-launched buckshot and #1 buckshot shotshells. You can hit more, and each pellet will do less, to the terminal end of losing its effectiveness at all. Tactical Life Gun Magazine: Gun news, gun reviews and gun magazines for gun enthusiasts, military and law enforcement, You use of this website constitutes and manifests your acceptance of our. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,600],'guntradition_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_3',115,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-guntradition_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0');You really want most of your pattern to be on the deer. If you need proof, Brass Fetcher tested buckshot against ballistic gelatin at 50 yards and then managed to chronograph it at 50 yards (no small feat). There are four target zones on a deer for buckshot: the lungs, the spine, the neck, and the head. As such, the maximum effective range of this load was determined to be 51 yards. Reading The Results The vast majority of police shootings are close-in affairs. Overall, it looks fairly tight but you obviously have some fliers that didn't strike the target. One time only I tried fifteen .310 roundballs in my Bess, and banged away at 50 yards. Another common type of buckshot is #0 buck. Coming from a slugs only state I have shot plenty of deer with shotguns but none with buckshot. 90 percent of my deer were killed with buckshot. The most commonly produced buckshot shell is a 12-gauge, 00 buck shell that holds 8 pellets. I think if I had used a more open choke, the 00 would have shot better. This gave the reasonable expectation that all shots taken during the dispersion testing were aimed at the center-of-mass of the FLETC Transitional Target II. Regular reader Jim in NC recently suggested I write more about buckshot, adding that I should not dismiss buckshot deer hunters as a bunch of knuckle dragging rednecks who should be shooting driven pheasants with Holland and Hollands. Hardly. Then we took it out to 25 [yards], and then 50, and then 100 yards. Posted December 6, 2008. Buckshot pellets are significantly larger than birdshot. I'm not exactly a diehard with pistol-caliber carbines but I definitely enjoy them. Believe me, it works. From a distance of about 8 feet, the double-barreled shotgun blows pie-pan-sized holes through the wall, cutting down his adversary. Paste as plain text instead, #1 buck usually has 12 to 16 pellets. Going to order some Federal 2.75" 000 and some more REmington 000 and an LM choke instead of a CYL choke and hit the patterning board again. At about 20 yards it will put them all in about 6", at 25 yards, 6-10", and past that the Remington 000 outperforms it. WS6 Additionally, shotgun slugs retain their energy better and typically penetrate much deeper than buckshot. Premium, buffered loads of hard pellets are worth the price you pay for them for shooting at longer ranges (40 yards). The #4 would be something for walking in the dark using it as a defensive shell i. The maximum effective range of buckshot is 50 yards. Buckshot is not manufactured by a company that consistently shoots a pattern as tight as Hornady's. Your link has been automatically embedded. All shots from 7y/21f 'cept one zombie load at 75ft. There will be about a 3-inch circle in the front of the shoulder that is non-lethal, the shoulder ball joint. Deformed #4 buckshot is not acceptable for self-defense at any range, Penetration differences between shot sizes begins to become less significant with spherical #1 buckshot, Heavier buckshot has an increased ability to penetrate because of a large increase in mass with an accompanying small increase in surface area. 3) 3" Federal Vital Shok #4 buckshot - 41 pellets sight: Truglow red dot sight mounted on the vent rib of the barrel. Dont do that its dangerous and unethical to shoot something you dont clearly see. Impact velocities used in this report were obtained from an Oehler System 85 (Figure 6) using no velocity corrections. Movies can be entertaining and those mentioned are worth watching, but dont look to Hollywood for accurate gunplay. hembree1 Predator Master Registered: 02/08/11 Posts: 88 . That leaves Federals Vital-Shok buck, which uses Federals FliteControl wad, as the tightest-patterning buckshot load Im aware of, and it performs in almost any choke so long as its not of the ported or wad-stripping variety. CHRIS: I dont know if you guys know about the #1 FliteControl, but its a difficult load to get ahold of, so we didnt have a whole lot of it on hand. JOHN: Right, so, if thats what youve got and you have something out there and its a contextually appropriate shot. CHRIS: If its the only we could come up with some scenario where it makes sense but its going to be pretty rare. It does work within its practical limits. I am sure many dead deer would argue that yes buckshot is lethal at 50 yards. The single buckshot pellets were acquired from shotshells shot from a SAAMI 12 gauge test barrel (24 length, cylinder bore) into a cotton soft-catch box (Figure 1) and were then handloaded and shot into gelatin from low-pressure handgun cartridges (Figures 2, 3, and 4) at a wide range of velocities. In an 870 Police Magnum shotgun with a 18" IC choke barrel, it will consistently give a 14"-15" pattern at 25 yards. Shotshell Length: 2-3/4in. Buckshot is generally used for two purposes: Self-defense and hunting medium to large game. This variant is very popular and an outstanding home defense and tactical load. I have and do use 3" magnum 00 buck but have no brand preference. You can get more. *I have found the *rougher* the choke, the tighter the pattern, all things being equal. This test consists of firing a .177 caliber steel sphere (BB) into the gelatin block at 590 feet per second (fps) +/- 15 fps. Required fields are marked *. 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