Lots of the lower half of Wisconsin was designated shotgun only for many years until someone looked at the statistics and found that shotgun accidents outnumbered rifle accidents. The entire state is designated rifle acceptable now. The few deer that I've gunned with a 12 gauge slug went just as far or even farther than my rifle shot deer. I wouldn't have believed it given those slugs are like .79" in diameter before they even hit something.
My other auto is a .45
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