These days, shooters have it better than ever when it comes to ammo selection for their favorite weapons. I remember a time when, to get really high performance ammo, you had to roll your own. Today, there are several ammunition makers who specialize in making ammo that rides the cutting edge of performance. One such company with which I have recently became familiar is Extreme Shock Munitions of Clintwood, Virginia. I was contacted by the PR folks for Extreme Shock, and was sent some ammo to try out. Subsequently, I was invited to go on a wild boar hunt in East Tennessee with Jeff Mullins, the head honcho at Extreme Shock.
Extreme Shock is garbage. Expensive garbage at that. It doesn't bother me much that the guys at Gun Blast got taken in by these con artists because I fully expect many shooters to be easily fooled by a good hype. What does trim my sails is that they didn't check around some to see what other folks have been saying about the inventors of "Nytrilium".
NONE of the projectiles were made using blended metals, platinum or any other exotic metals; only one did not contain lead. Please note that our results are in congruence with several other research facilities that have independently tested the LeMas/RBCD (Extreme Shock) bullets with exactly the same results--NO blended metals, NO platinum or other exotic materials, NO thermally reactive materials, and definitely NOT all lead free.
The "Nytrilium" that Extreme Shock boasts of, is nothing more than a nylon ball behind the lead projectile. Suckers. Born. Every. Minute. I even notice that The Shooting Wire has jumped on the Extreme Shock bandwagon, and they are either as dumb as the guys at Gun Blast, or in for a piece of the action.
And as a Friday Two-Fer, let me say this about 12 gauge shotgun loads then forever hold my peace. Might make this a sticky though because the question gets asked, then asked again, and asked some more. Mainly because one Fudd or another is so afraid of guns he can't imagine using a well loaded shotgun in the house and confuses the issue interminably.
First off, this is not a recommendation. This is what works.
I've never seen #8 shot to stop a disagreement on the spot. A direct front torso hit may prove eventually fatal, but will not prevent the target from exchanging fire with you until he leaks out or loses consciousness.
#4 buckshot will drop a man at close quarters if he's hit dead center. It will not go through his arm and enter the chest cavity if the shot was taken from the side. At least not enough of the shot will, enough to make an immediate difference.
#'s 1 through 000 will cease hostilities at about the same degree of effectiveness. From an angle, or dead-on. A 24 pellet rendering of #1 carries the most amount of shot, something along the order of 960 grains of lead, and penetrates thin-skinned flesh the deepest of all the heavy buck.
Birdshot is, amazingly enough, for birds. The oft wailed caveat of "Heavy buckshot will penetrate walls and kill the neighbors" would be interesting if someone could produce ONE, just ONE example of it ever happening. At close quarters your spread will not be all that large, and it is ALWAYS up to you to put the round where it will do the most good, REGARDLESS of the round employed.
The single purpose of firing upon a target is to stop the target from firing upon you. You stop firing when this happens, and I for one don't care if that means the target has fainted, tripped and banged his widdle head, or dropped dead on the spot. Professionals are taught to shoot until the threat is over. With smaller caliber weapons, these means two, three, four, hell stop and reload that clip if necessary. With a shotgun this means the right buck in the right place then call for the servants to come clean up the mess. Birdshot will not stop someone from shooting back at you. This is a BAD thing. Yes, we used dimes in Nam in place of buckshot. It was called "Keep The Change Charlie". Yes it worked very well.
I've seen men fall from 5.56 mm rounds, 7.62 mm rounds, a lot in between, but...50 caliber notwithstanding... never saw them fall as fast as when hit by the right buckshot. Use what you want. Just don't recommend something to others until you've tried it for yourself. And trying it doesn't mean filling some gallon jugs with water then running ads so you can get paid to post pics of how messy you made the backyard.
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