Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles just playing devil's advocate about shotguns...

At 10' I'd pick up a pistol if I had all three sitting next to each other.

I don't see the [bleep] getting to 10 feet without a few holes in him already and a dog or two hanging off his ass.

I've seen a lotta folks miss stuff at 10' with NO pressure. Give me the scattergun.... at 10-20' I cannot see missing. Good Lord willing, let's hope NONE of us need to test said theory.

At 10' with a shotgun you're essentially firing a single (albeit large) projectile. There's certainly not enough dispersing of the shot to eliminate the chance of missing.

And I've seen folks miss at 10' too, I'm just not one of them.

You mean that you could never be surprised by someone at 10 feet?

Its going to be difficult in my house.. mainly due to a couple of very anti-social dogs.

Shotgun gives NO advantage at 10 feet.

A LOT of folks think that across the bedroom the pattern is door wide.

Many would be surprised if they actually patterned them.

I"ve shot more than a couple of pigs, generally 100 pounds or under, at ranges of 10-20 feet, with dove loads in September seasons...

In another forum one guy commented that buckshot has remained readily available and stable in price during the ammo craze, so I guess that is another reason in the shotgun's favor.

I have shot a good deer and 3 pigs so far with my 22 cal modern sporting rifle, works well with a clean and instant harvest of the animals, I have found in hunting that the folks with the sweaty and shaky hands find more comfort in a bigger gun, that's always the way it is, the worst shots find blood but no animals and then show up next year with a magnum of some sort.