...roughly 2" group at 20 yds.
Exactly! I've documented impressive patterns to 40 yards and have had occasion to put down varmints with it to 35 yards.
...roughly 2" group at 20 yds.
On the nightstand I keep a Judge Magnum with Federal 3" Handgun rounds in it; 5 copper-plated 000 pellets in each one.
775 fps out of a 3" barrel. Each ball is .36 caliber and weighs 63 grains; so the total payload is 315 grains, which at that speed is like being hit with 2 158 grain .38 specials simultaneously... except that the additional payoff is 5 separate wound channels the same diameter as a .38, .357, or 9 mm.Wow
Wonder at what speed those would chrono. Definitely sounds impressive.
Wow
Wonder at what speed those would chrono. Definitely sounds impressive.
I think he was asking about the Judge loads; but I'm glad you posted the numbers for the Centurion... very impressive stuff; some pretty good vids showing patterns on Youtube.The #1 buck and 65 caliber ball chronos at 1,300 fps.
I also like the Centurion or Herter's (Cabelas) two (2) stacked 65 caliber balls. Chronos at 1,200 fps.
Meets the requirements for penetration, decapitation, and/or limb removal. NOT recommended for apartments.
I think he was asking about the Judge loads
Depending on how many people in your home, and where you live urban/rural. I would suggest buckshot, anything from 4 buck to 00 buck. Slugs have to much penetration. As a young, stupid, teenager in rural Indiana, I wanted to see how much a 20 guage slug would penetrate. So I fired a slug into our very large wooden barn. That slug went through 4 wooden walls and lodged in the fifth wall, I went and dug it out. This was an old barn, with very hard wood, not cheap pine. And no there was no one in the barn I checked before firing. The walls on todays homes are sheet rock, so a slug could end up in your neighbors home. Sure am glad my dad and mom didn't see that, cause I would gotten hell for it.
. . . I run Hornady Critical Defense 00 Buck in my 590. All the shells I've run through my 590 are 100% reliable, it's hard to screw up a shotgun shell. But, I trust Hornady with a higher quality, more consistent and super reliable shell . . .
Birdshot doesn't get the penetration.
would be worse than road rash, but won't hit vitals unless you're close enough to give them powder burns when you pull the trigger.
To test the steel shot, get a couple phone books and stack them together tight and against a target at whatever distance you made need to take a shot. Shoot them and see where the pellets start and end in the books.