I have seen them all, watermelon, pumpkins, gallon jugs etc. Dry wall: 1 sheet, 2 sheets, plywood, 2x4's you name it.
Lets start with a different gun in a different place. Say a grocery store parking lot. You are in a gun fight, there are people all around you. Inevitably when you pull that trigger you are going to miss, because why would a perp stand still? Are you going to stand still? I highly doubt it. You fire under circumstances you have never been in before and we are not in a sci-fi flick where your laser beam fancy firearm hits the target every time. So I would guess you are shaking and have lost a lot of fine motor skill at this point. I will say it again, you will fall to the level of your training.
those errant shots how many were there? Even in police shootings there are multiple shots fired from both sides. what was around to stop those rounds? A .22 LR will blaze right through a car door. Where am I going with this? Let me ask you? What rounds do you use in your EDC? .80 ACP +p+ super hollow expando chango ammo? It's what I carry, the best of the best. Best performance, penetration, expansion, yada yada. Do you use that same gun for home defense? same ammo right? that hollow point depending on caliber is going to zip right through multiple layers of dry wall just the same. or perhaps you use an MSR (modern sporting rifle) AR-15, AK-47? even lower powered loads aimed for the home defense people, it will still rip through walls. So why the hell are you going to use an anemic round in your shotgun? I get the fact that you don't want to hit something precious behind that wall, but that argument is all rhetoric. if you are going to argue that run the same anemic rounds in your pistol and rifle. Home defense is no different than when you are out in public. I would say your chances of hitting an innocent are greatly improved in public. You can argue with me all day about distances and chokes but when it comes down to it, do you get to choose the engagement? I think not. So, getting the round that is going to work at every distance is what you need.
Still worried about those in the house? Training in my house has never been for just myself. My children have been taught what to do when our family password is given depending on our location. Have younger kids? fight to them if you have to, (never clear your house.) barricade yourself in your kids room and make that 911 call but never question what ammo is in your gun.
Do you run the birdshot because of recoil? run a 20 ga or .410. Do you run it because your cheap? Maybe I won't touch that one. Your prepped to the max for the outside world, might as well be prepped to the maxed inside the home as well. There are a million videos out for why one over the other is better but for the same reason you carry hyper glow ammo in your EDC is the same reason you should use it at home.
o.k. so enough with my own personal rant on buckshot. now I know this is not specific to shotgun ammo but I am going to show testing parameters for F.B.I., not only handgun but rifle ammunition as well.
The purpose of the FBI Penetration Test is to determine
the following information regarding a particular cartridge:
1.The penetration performance of the cartridge’s projectile, throughout the series
of six tests (depth of penetration to nearest .25 inch, expansion of projectile,
retained weight of the projectile)
2.The average velocity, both from a test barrel and a service weapon
3.The average accuracy, both from a test barrel and a service weapon
The test medium utilized is 10% ballistic gelatin(nominal), by weight. For a detailed
description of the mixing procedure, see "Ballistic Gelatin Mixing Procedures Practiced
by the FBI", below.
Tests One through Six are shot at a distance of 10 feet from the muzzle
to the front face of the gelatin block.
Test One -
Bare Gelatin
Test Two -
Heavy Clothing
– The gelatin block is covered with four layers of clothing: one layer of cotton
t-shirt material (approximately 5.25 ounces per yard, 48 threads per inch); one layer of cotton shirt material
(approximately 3.5 ounces per yard, 80 threads per inch); one layer of 200 fleece and one layer of cotton denim (approximately 14.4 ounces per yard, 50 threads per inch). The block is shot at ten (10) feet, measured from the muzzle to the front of the block.
Tests 3-6 utilize light clothing (e.g. the cotton t-shirt and dress shirt materials above),
in addition to the mentioned intermediate barrier.
Test Three
- Steel
– Two pieces of 20 gauge, hot-rolled steel with a galvanized finish are set three inches apart.
The clothing covered gelatin block is placed 18 inches behind the rear most piece of steel. This test event
simulates the weakest part of a car door.
Test Four
-
Wallboard –
Two pieces of ½ inch standard gypsum board are set 3.5 inches apart. The gelatin block is
placed 18 inches behind the rear most piece of gypsum. This test event simulates a typical building interior wall.
Test Five
- Plywood –
One piece of 3/4 inch "AA" fir plywood is set 18" in front of the gelatin block. This test event
simulates the resistance of typical wooden doors or construction timbers.
Test Six -
Automobile Glass
– One piece (15" X 18") of A.S.I. 1/4 inch laminated automobile safety glass is set at
an angle of 45 ̊ to the horizontal and 15 ̊ to the side, resulting in a compound angle. The gelatin block is placed 18 inches behind the glass. This test event simulates a shot taken at the driver of a car from the left front quarter of the vehicle
So as you can see the test is more than just gelatin and denim. if our Law Enforcement have a strict set of parameters to stop a bad guy why don't we? Basically the argument of not wanting to hit something behind drywall is ridiculous, especially when you won't use that same argument out in the public realm with your EDC. I am not trying to sound rude or upset but we get rhetoric in our minds and they become gospel truth, .45 better than 9mm, Glock vs. 1911, etc. This serious business, so take it serious. when it come to your life and the lives of those you love stop playing games with the fact that at 15 feet birdshot will decimate anything it hits. Get ammo that will do the job at a realistic distance for the gun and get training in home defense not only for you but your family. because it is a family affair.
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