#4 Turkey Load for HD

[NRai2001]

LEAs and military think so too. That's why WE can't be find it on the shelves, ANYWHERE!

My HD shotgun is loaded with 00 but I may have to research switching to #1 buckshot... Where would you find #1 buckshot from anyway??

[negolien]

Can we please not go thru another 8 pages of shot trolling please lol.

[SilentPea]

My HD shotgun is loaded with 00 but I may have to research switching to #1 buckshot... Where would you find #1 buckshot from anyway??

S&B is one company off the top of my head that regularly has #1 buck loads.
SG Ammo has their 15pellet load

[G21Shooter]

Dang only a couple small boxes of 00?, I have 500 rounds of Federal 00 and feel I need more.

Go to SGammo.com and order you some cases.

#4 buck would work, but I think 00 is ideal for social work.

[-hanko]

I have a box of #4 and a box of #6, I have not had a chance to test penetration between these two rounds on my own, but I know that either will do the job if need be, with far less chance that they go through multiple walls. I have even tested birdshot, and at 18 feet (the farthest distance I can figure I would shoot in my home) there is almost no spread. I would have no qualms about using birdshot if that was what I had available.

I would definitely have qualms about using birdshot...lack of penetration. If it worked, cops and military would be using it. Obviously, if it's all you had you have no other choice.

I'd still be more concerned about stopping the actor that penetrating walls, but that seems to be a California thing.

#4 turkey is a birdshot load still. Probably more powder and velocity than your standard #7.5 or #8 clay loads, but still well below the most people's recommended minimum of #4 Buck.

Shot diameter is .13" vs .24" for bird/buck #4.

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