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Message Subject Please stop propagating the myth that shotguns don't need to be aimed
Poster Handle Close_with&destroy
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While you make a fair point, it is easier to get at least some of the target with a shot pattern than with a single projectile weapon.

But between the racking and the boom you should hear some retreating footsteps. Nobody knows if you shoot clay pigeons with slugs when they are in your house at 3am.

So, it is, kinda, easier.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77497363


Read my third paragraph in regards to hitting them with "some" of the pellets.
Thinking like this perpetuates the myth of a scatter gun that will cover an entire living room with buckshot, immediately dispatching every bad guy in the room.
You are also confusing a would be burglar with a desperate looter or home invader, who will most likely be more dedicated to the attack and will also most likely have accomplices.
 Quoting: Close_with&destroy


And where is that 40 round going when the new shooter misses? Way farther than the 32 pellet moving much slower. Then they panic unload and you have 10 problems. Highvelocity penetrating ones.

You got some high ideals but think a little more.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77497363


You are attempting to misdirect. My OP said to stop steering people towards shotguns "because you don't even have to aim, just point in the general direction". If you wish to steer someone to purchase a shotgun, at least take the time to adequately educate them on the pro's and con's of using one. Educate them about the shot pattern, how much of spread it will or wont have at a given distance, demonstrate it on the range. Just dont tell someone to buy one because its the be all to end all of home defense and one pull of the trigger will blow away all the bad guys.

I have absolutely nothing against shotguns, I love my 870, but I know its strengths and weaknesses.

I hope this clears things up for you.
 
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