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Posted: 5/10/2009 3:40:24 PM EDT
I have decided to standardize on the 3" OOO Buckshot load from remington. Recoil is stiff, but not TOO bad. The payload is 10 .36 caliber projectiles of 3% antimony/lead which weigh aroun 70gr a piece. They impact with around 250# energy per pellet at the muzzle. This is reduced to around 170# or so at 50 yards.
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50m The pictures/patterning speak for themselves. A Benelli M4 and a Trulock MOD choke were used for this test. I feel that this load, while sacrificing 1 shell payload due to the 3" length, is optimal. Lest you fear the penetration of OOO buck, I did more testing (20m distance on these 2 tests) for you... Through a car-door (metal, mid 80's crown vic) it retains enough energy to wound, and MAYBE kill. If soft tissue like the neck were hit, or it went through a part of the door that did not have any backing on the other side, it could kill perhapse. I would not make it my first choice to go through a door on an older car. 2x4's. It would barely penetrate 1 2x4 and either heavily dimple the one behind it, or imbed itself roughly flush in the surface. One of the other. To put this in perspective, the .45ACP JHP penetrated 2.5 and the 9mm JHP 3-3.5 and the 357SIG JHP around 4-4.5 boards. OOO Buck is not a horrid penetrator. It averages around 14-16" in gel/animals/whatnot. What you have to realise is that clothing and the skin on the back also factor. Skin on a person's back is the equivalent to about 2-4" of gelatin. Now factor maybe a leather jacket, etc. This isn't necessarily overkill at 16" penetration in gel. But what if it's the end of the world and everyone is out to get me and some guy with an AR is 75 yards way and my M4 and this OOO Buck that you like so much is all that I have got?!!? 75 yards is a long ways. Try to find 75 yards of open space with no cover that you are in on a daily basis. Go on. Try it. I doubt you can. However, I did this quick 3-shot test for you what-if guys. 3 shots were fired rapidly, as though I were shooting at something that could shoot back (I sighted carefully my first shot, then on the next two, I just let the sight picture drop down where it "looked good" and quickly sqeezed the shot off). Here are the results: 
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Interesting report, thanks for taking the time. I have tried both 2 3/4" and 3" 000 buck loads but they are not for me, too much kick! Good luck with that stuff.
I have identified both 2 3/4" #1 buck and #4 buck as my go-to loads for my house and patterned quite a few shots from both my Mossy 930 SPX and 500A pump. I'd attach some pix if I could figure out how, but was getting about an 8" spread with Nobel Sport #4 buck @ 10M and about a 10" spread from both Estate (Federal) #4 buck and Fiocchi #4 buck at the same distance with 27 x 24-cal pellets. Of these, only the Estate is buffered. The Win and Rem #1 buck loads were truly awesome, with about an 8" spread of 16 x 30-cal pellets @ 10M and about a 13" spread @ 15M. At 25M, all loads were putting the pellets on a 2' x 3' target, with enough hits to make it count. I think that #1 buck shoots the best from my cylinder bore Mossbergs for close quarters home-D scenarios, but that #4 buck is quite a load up close too. I wouldn't want to be a bad guy on the receiving end of either one, that's for sure. |
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