OOOOOH Those are scary stick men!!! Try it on a 200lb man intent on on killing you.
Just looking at that footage looks like I could blow a leg clean off from a sitting position at my computer.
Try it on a ham leg. Not a cooked one, a raw one. It won't even make it to the bone.
If it would blow the leg off of a person why do you use them for little birds and rabbits? Hell any decent hunter would say #8 is too small for small game! #6 or #4 is where its at for 1-5lb prey. 00 for 150lbs and up.
So if a man gets hit on the knee, it would just bounce off & he mite have a small bruise
At house distance it's still a frangible slug but 20 feet is pushing it. It depends on the choke you are using I suppose. A BB gun will stop the average burglar, while deer slugs might not stop a drug nut. This looks like a great application for "cut shells" if bird-shot is all you have.
I assume you are talking about the myth that birdshot acts like a slug at very close range. Fact is it NEVER behaves like a slug and always acts like a bunch of tiny little metal balls moving very fast without much kinetic energy on their own.
I don't think "cut shells" are ever a very good (reliable) option.
What the hell is all the shotgun/birdshot for HD talk about anyway? This time of year or something?
just like mtn dew...let me see a 22 LR & a 25 acp can kill you, but bird shot will tickle you
I'd never consider a load of tiny birdshot for a human target unless it was the only option left. Studies in the field have shown it to be totally ineffective way too often. Toss on a pair of carhartt overalls or thick pants and its possible the perp may only end up with superficial injuries. Sure it would hurt, but you need to stop the bad guy. Birdshot is not a self defense round.
if you shoot some one on the face, the birdshot will bounce off their teeth & hit you in the eyes
It's magic, cause they disappear
Anybody ever shot a little bird or bunny from ten feet with bird shot? What happens?