I have seen a aluminum ladder fall through an outside wall on new construction home, going all the way through the wall into the inside. New houses and apartments are not made like the old ones. My house was built in 1975 and remodeled in 1997, I would bet that buck shot would not go through an outside wall and a slug might not. All outside walls are brick, 5/8" plywood sheeting, 1" hard insulation sheet, 4" batting insulation, and 3/4" sheetrock. All inside walls are 3/4" sheetrock both sides, 6" batting insulation (6" studs inside walls) nothing is min code like most track houses built in the 2000's. I know a few states have better codes but a lot of people do not know how their house is built, they think they do but most house are build to min code for max profit. My personal feeling is a shotgun is the best gun for home defense. Now has anyone done testing on the new tract home construction with different shot sizes and loads to see how bad or good the wall holds up to rounds fired into it. I know pistol and rifle rounds go through the outside wall and through the house next door's outside wall. Have not seen what a shotgun does as I ran out of scrap to build a wall, shooting the walls I used the pistol and rifle, number 7 1/2 shoot went through both walls. Not all shot blew through but 15-20 pieces went through the plastic siding, 1" insolation sheet, 4" batting insolation, and 1/2" sheetrock of a wall 16 feet from the wall I shot.
Anyone have experience with a shotgun discharge in side a new home hitting an outside wall?
Anyone have experience with a shotgun discharge in side a new home hitting an outside wall?