...with #6's. For "home defense: it doesn't matter what you shoot them with from a shotgun and smaller shot won't go thru as many walls.
I meant a full choke plus buckshot if you want a denser pattern at distance.
Why not use a slug?
Why not indeed. I vote for a 5.56 over the shotgun, and if you are going to use slugs that just clinches it for me.
Back to chokes and busckshot, guys spend $$ to get their guns Vang Comped so they can shoot better patterns at longer ranges, when all they need is a full choke. Last box of 00 I bought the manufacture recommended a full choke. At close range the pattern is tight enough regardless of choke you have to aim, so the full choke really only helps when you move out to longer distances.
