Method HELP PLEASE: Should I buy buckshot bullets or slug bullets for my shotgun?

[Nothere01]

Should I buy buckshot bullets or slug bullets for my shotgun? I have to choose only one or the other, please let me know which type of bullet to use and explain why, thank you!

 

[skewedpanic]

It won't matter. Either will do the same thing at point blank range.

 

[farlander]

I'll take this question seriously. While it won't matter to you, buckshot or even birdshot is the way to go with something like that. I'm no firearms expert but I have a more-than-the-average-person understanding of them. Essentially, all a slug is going to do is ensure maximum penetration of everything it's pointed at. This means an increased danger to anything behind the intended target. Buckshot means the kinetic energy is spread out significantly to each individual pellet, and birdshot further spreads it out, meaning far less over penetration once it leaves the barrel. Point blank with a shotgun round of any kind will go through whatever it's pressed against. In the interest of full disclosure though, it's probably one of the worst ways you can go, and not worth it in my personal opinion.

 

[Eudaimonic]

In the interest of full disclosure though, it's probably one of the worst ways you can go, and not worth it in my personal opinion.

Why is it one of the worst ways you can go?

Also, would you suggest 00, #1 or #4? From what I can tell, it seems like #1 or #4 is best.

 

[lopsidedcrawdad1]

I'll take this question seriously. While it won't matter to you, buckshot or even birdshot is the way to go with something like that. I'm no firearms expert but I have a more-than-the-average-person understanding of them. Essentially, all a slug is going to do is ensure maximum penetration of everything it's pointed at. This means an increased danger to anything behind the intended target. Buckshot means the kinetic energy is spread out significantly to each individual pellet, and birdshot further spreads it out, meaning far less over penetration once it leaves the barrel. Point blank with a shotgun round of any kind will go through whatever it's pressed against. In the interest of full disclosure though, it's probably one of the worst ways you can go, and not worth it in my personal opinion.

Why is that? Its painless and instant

Why is it one of the worst ways you can go?

Also, would you suggest 00, #1 or #4? From what I can tell, it seems like #1 or #4 is best.

I plan on using 00 because the pellets are the largest.

 

[busybee]

If you use a shotgun study your angles well. People ended up shooting their face off before.