What shot for home protection? - The Firearms Forum

bizy · 07-17-2009, 05:46 AM

Using a pump 20ga shotgun, what load do you use? Myself I use the #2 shot. I think most people use the #00 buck. I think most people knows what a pump sounds like when racking in the first round.

Gabob · 07-17-2009, 08:10 AM

Several years ago the NRA did an article about this and reccommended #4 buckshot. That is what I keep loaded in mine

carver · 07-17-2009, 08:21 AM

If you're racking that shotgun, then you have already fired that first shot, I hope!

Alpo · 07-17-2009, 08:49 AM

They don't make 00 in 20 gauge. I think the biggest they sell is either #2 or #3.

cycloneman · 07-17-2009, 09:14 AM

I don't know that it really matters. What ever you put in a shotgun inside a house is going to be terrible on the intruder.

USMC-03 · 07-17-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Alpo

They don't make 00 in 20 gauge. I think the biggest they sell is either #2 or #3.

I think you're right Alpo.

The way I work it with my model 12 riot in 12 gage is to keep it unloaded and but with six rounds in a shell holder on the stock. Two are light game loads with 7 1/2 shot and the other four are OO buck. This way I can load for the situation.

In the next few months I'm going to pick up a 20 gage double barrel coach gun, simpler and less recoil for my wife who isn't a shooter. It will be the go to gun in the closet and I'll use the same sort of shell holder for ready ammo.

Big ugly · 07-17-2009, 10:19 AM

Me personally I prefer #9. I like the fact that unless they are made out of old shoe leather then their gonna be spending a lot of time at the hospital gettin all that out of the hide. whey settle for 20 pellets when you can have 100.

358 winchester · 07-17-2009, 11:04 AM

I am with GaBob in Carla's 20 gauge riot gun it is #4 buck shot then a another followed by four 20 gauge home defense loads from Federal. Them is some nasty critters with mixed size shot and lower recoil then reguler buck shot I shot one load into a four ft. square cardboard box at about seventeen steps I am dang sure glad I was on the correct end of that round. Big hole small holes medium size holes.
I am not sure what all is in that round but it will take care of business.

jacksonco · 07-17-2009, 04:40 PM

I just received two 25 count boxes of estate 00 buck. It is what I will use once my shotgun gets to my ffl. I used c
Cabelas bucks and did not have to pay for the shells.
The sg I am waiting on is a 12 gauge NEF pardner protector w/ 18" barrel. It is an 870 knock off.

FTK87 · 07-17-2009, 05:46 PM

This reminds me I need a new home security scatter gun, right now I'm giving my Win. 1200 bird gun double duty. I have it loader with 00 buck

jacksonco · 07-17-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by FTK87

This reminds me I need a new home security scatter gun, right now I'm giving my Win. 1200 bird gun double duty. I have it loader with 00 buck

I got my NEF Protector for $168 delivered. I thought that to be a good price.

kutaho · 07-17-2009, 10:57 PM

Don't have a shotgun, just the .455 in the night stand, and a peevee handle next to the door.

FTK87 · 07-17-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jacksonco

I got my NEF Protector for $168 delivered. I thought that to be a good price.

Are the parts interchangable with the 870? That would def. be a plus. either way thanks for the info I might have to check them out.

CampingJosh · 07-17-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jacksonco

The sg I am waiting on is a 12 gauge NEF pardner protector w/ 18" barrel. It is an 870 knock off.

It's hardly a knock-off; NEF, H&R and Marlin are all Remington-owned brands. It may look like a knock-off, but it's just the real thing in disguise.

CampingJosh · 07-17-2009, 11:35 PM

Oh, and on the topic:
I use #6 for nearly every application, including home defense. I do have some 00 and a couple slugs on one of those sleeve things on the stock, but I'm really pretty confident that #6 will do the trick for anything under 15 yards (and every shot in my home is under 10 yards).

jacksonco · 07-18-2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by FTK87

Are the parts interchangeable with the 870? That would def. be a plus. either way thanks for the info I might have to check them out.

I have read that the barrels are not compatible but most everything else will cross over.

The gun is produced by Norinco, at least that is what I have heard. It is a relatively heavy gun probably do in part to the all steel receiver.

FTK87 · 07-18-2009, 09:23 AM

I'm more concerend with stocks/forearms/pistolgrips, I'm really not sure which way I want to go with it. if it has an 18 inch barrel, that is about perfect for home security so I wouldn't need to change that. and that about rules out putting a longer tube on it.

Mouton · 07-18-2009, 05:55 PM

I have a Ithica 20 ga with 3 buck. After the smoke clears, if needed, I go with the Glock 23 with 155JHPs.

I do not want to use bird shot because if I need to shoot, I want them immediately out of action, hopefully for good.

I have never seen 00 in 20 ga FWIW.

I am a peaceful person up till when you mess with my family, me or my home.

Vince

questor · 07-20-2009, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by bizy

Using a pump 20ga shotgun, what load do you use? Myself I use the #2 shot. I think most people use the #00 buck. I think most people knows what a pump sounds like when racking in the first round.

Check out this guide/article, very long but also very interesting in helping one selecting the best ammunition for defensive firearms.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/ammo_by_anonymous.htm

mrkirker · 07-20-2009, 02:51 PM

#4 in 12-gauge.

1 CAV · 07-22-2009, 05:46 PM

3 inch .00 for me. I want to make sure the guy is going down.

redhart · 07-22-2009, 07:23 PM

Number 1 or 2 Buck.I worry about overpenetration,not on the BG,but giong thru the walls and hurting a neighbor etc.My 2 cents are in.

Trouble 45-70 · 08-02-2009, 06:22 PM

#4 in 12 Ga. .45s are next up if needed. If that's not enough I'm dead.

Trouble 45-70 · 08-02-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Big ugly

Me personally I prefer #9. I like the fact that unless they are made out of old shoe leather then their gonna be spending a lot of time at the hospital gettin all that out of the hide. whey settle for 20 pellets when you can have 100.

Any they miss will fester. Pain on pain. My Mom related visiting a friend in the hospital before WWII. In the next bed was an oyster poacher who had numerous angry festering red whelps on his back. Each with a black spot in the center. The owner of the oyster bed must have had the range on this guy. Broke the skin good but didn't kill him. Maybe he had done this before. In those days, the poacher was the bad guy.

07-17-2009, 05:46 AM	#1
bizy V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Marlow, Ok Posts: 344	What shot for home protection? Using a pump 20ga shotgun, what load do you use? Myself I use the #2 shot. I think most people use the #00 buck. I think most people knows what a pump sounds like when racking in the first round. -->

07-17-2009, 09:14 AM	#5
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,402	Re: What shot for home protection? I don't know that it really matters. What ever you put in a shotgun inside a house is going to be terrible on the intruder. __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

07-17-2009, 10:19 AM	#7
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: What shot for home protection? Me personally I prefer #9. I like the fact that unless they are made out of old shoe leather then their gonna be spending a lot of time at the hospital gettin all that out of the hide. whey settle for 20 pellets when you can have 100. __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

07-17-2009, 11:04 AM	#8
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: What shot for home protection? I am with GaBob in Carla's 20 gauge riot gun it is #4 buck shot then a another followed by four 20 gauge home defense loads from Federal. Them is some nasty critters with mixed size shot and lower recoil then reguler buck shot I shot one load into a four ft. square cardboard box at about seventeen steps I am dang sure glad I was on the correct end of that round. Big hole small holes medium size holes. I am not sure what all is in that round but it will take care of business. __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

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FTK87 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chouteau, Oklahoma Posts: 481	Re: What shot for home protection? This reminds me I need a new home security scatter gun, right now I'm giving my Win. 1200 bird gun double duty. I have it loader with 00 buck __________________ I NEED .22-250 BRASS!!! http://www.OklahomaSportsmen.com

07-17-2009, 08:10 AM	#2
Gabob Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW GA CSA Posts: 1,161	Re: What shot for home protection? Several years ago the NRA did an article about this and reccommended #4 buckshot. That is what I keep loaded in mine __________________ NRA Endowment Member Keep Your Powder Dry

07-17-2009, 08:21 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,260	Re: What shot for home protection? If you're racking that shotgun, then you have already fired that first shot, I hope! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

07-17-2009, 08:49 AM	#4
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Re: What shot for home protection? They don't make 00 in 20 gauge. I think the biggest they sell is either #2 or #3. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

07-17-2009, 04:40 PM	#9
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: What shot for home protection? I just received two 25 count boxes of estate 00 buck. It is what I will use once my shotgun gets to my ffl. I used c Cabelas bucks and did not have to pay for the shells. The sg I am waiting on is a 12 gauge NEF pardner protector w/ 18" barrel. It is an 870 knock off.

07-17-2009, 10:57 PM	#12
kutaho Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,852	Re: What shot for home protection? Don't have a shotgun, just the .455 in the night stand, and a peevee handle next to the door. __________________ No man stands in the same river twice If all else fails grab a rock Mi Taku oyasin

07-17-2009, 11:35 PM	#15
CampingJosh TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 4,788	Re: What shot for home protection? Oh, and on the topic: I use #6 for nearly every application, including home defense. I do have some 00 and a couple slugs on one of those sleeve things on the stock, but I'm really pretty confident that #6 will do the trick for anything under 15 yards (and every shot in my home is under 10 yards). __________________ Nothing posted on TheFirearmsForum.com constitutes legal, accounting, gunsmithing, or other professional advice. Readers are encouraged to consult with qualified professionals for real advice. Your life is lived at your own risk. Don't blame me for the dumb things you do.

07-18-2009, 09:23 AM	#17
FTK87 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chouteau, Oklahoma Posts: 481	Re: What shot for home protection? I'm more concerend with stocks/forearms/pistolgrips, I'm really not sure which way I want to go with it. if it has an 18 inch barrel, that is about perfect for home security so I wouldn't need to change that. and that about rules out putting a longer tube on it. __________________ I NEED .22-250 BRASS!!! http://www.OklahomaSportsmen.com

07-18-2009, 05:55 PM	#18
Mouton V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Amelia Island, Florida Posts: 64	Re: What shot for home protection? I have a Ithica 20 ga with 3 buck. After the smoke clears, if needed, I go with the Glock 23 with 155JHPs. I do not want to use bird shot because if I need to shoot, I want them immediately out of action, hopefully for good. I have never seen 00 in 20 ga FWIW. I am a peaceful person up till when you mess with my family, me or my home. Vince

07-20-2009, 02:51 PM	#20
mrkirker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,067	Re: What shot for home protection? #4 in 12-gauge. __________________ *I don't know if dogs have a heaven, but there will be dogs in mine.*

07-22-2009, 05:46 PM	#21
1 CAV Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 43	Re: What shot for home protection? 3 inch .00 for me. I want to make sure the guy is going down. __________________ I don't like repeat offenders, I like dead offenders. Ted Nugent

07-22-2009, 07:23 PM	#22
redhart V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: east coast Posts: 83	Re: What shot for home protection? Number 1 or 2 Buck.I worry about overpenetration,not on the BG,but giong thru the walls and hurting a neighbor etc.My 2 cents are in.

08-02-2009, 06:22 PM	#23
Trouble 45-70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NE Ar. W. of Black River Contributor Posts: 2,703	Re: What shot for home protection? #4 in 12 Ga. .45s are next up if needed. If that's not enough I'm dead.