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Old 04-30-2013, 8:01 PM
Elmer Elmer is offline
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Originally Posted by yelohamr View Post
All of the talk about bird shot is for birds, is just talk. In 1978 my partner was promoted to sgt.
On Labor Day weekend of that year, he and his roommate were ambushed as they returned home. He was shot with a .410, loaded with bird shot, at close range. Before he died, he got off 5 rounds from his .38. The suspect was hit 5 times in the upper torso and ran about 50 yards before he died.

All of you keyboard ballistic experts can bite me and STFU.
There's a documented case of a circus elephant being killed with a accidental shot from a .22 too. Doesn't mean .22 is a good choice for your next Africa hunt.

I was a cop in the 70's and 80's too. I responded to several shootings where close range hits with birdshot did little more than cause the "victim' to yell a lot.

Birdshot sucks for self defense, and no one that studies the subject would disagree.
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