Shockwave HD: Capacity or Power?

I actually agree with you on that. I just try to let people be aware, if you are going to use 00buckshot it is most likely going to over penetrate.

As for the ammo I choose, my maverick is loaded with a federal slug, then federal #4 buck. And the side saddle is all slugs. People have it so backwards on shotgun ammo, they think foster slugs penetrate more, however they penetrate about 16” while 00buck penetrates 25”+.

I like the Federal, their 00 is easier to come by here, I can find the #4 occasionaly but I`ve never found the #1.....would probably have to order that. Tulsa is not exactly the mecca for all things tactical shotguns and ammo. I live in the country so over penetration is not a concern.

I agree, I’m not against 00buck entirely as long as you’re aware.

But still, a #4 pellet lodged in a heart, or some sort of tissue is going to affect the target more than a 00 buck pellet lodged in your drywall haha.

Also, I agree. #4 buck was very hard to find, Cabela’s, academy, and four local gun stores and I was only able to find some Hornady specialty “coyote” #4 buck, so I ended up ordering some from budsguns.

Id not concur at all on that lodged projos are less effective especially if in a less than optimum placement, two holes bleed twice as much typically. Now expansion and energy dispersion perhaps another discussion.

Every ballistic expert I’ve ever heard has stated that energy dumped into the target is more effective than it being wasted going through.

If you really want good penetration, high pellet count, then #1 is the way to go, meets halfway between #4 and 00 haha.

As far as two holes bleeding twice as much, well, then there’s the debate of your average 9 pellet 00b load vs your average 27 pellet 4b load 27 holes bleeds more than 9!

On a side note @John A. Yout statement should be a sig line:

I have been known to over-penetrate for a long time now.