cv540 - "This thread has me debating 00 buck vs #4 buck however."
Just as a point of information, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept. has long issued #4 buckshot to deputy sheriffs for its shotguns. I know that load has been highly effective in stopping the actions of bad guys. (I think that #4 buckshot is also issued to Los Angeles Police Dept. officers, too, but am not positive.)
FWIW.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
