Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
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Originally posted by jhe888:
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Originally posted by sigfreund:
I, too, prefer carbines or rifles, but I do have a shotgun and to maintain my proficiency I use it on occasion with a reactive targets (steel plates) course I developed. One thing I stress with other users of the weapon is that it’s possible to miss despite its being a “scattergun” and using birdshot for training. At the close range the officer fired from, and especially with buckshot or a slug, that’s even more possible. He definitely did everything right, including the marksmanship.
At that range the pattern is 2 inches, more or less. Most people don't realize that.
Heck, at the range in that video, especially if he was using Federal Flite Control, that shot was all still in the cup. The little "air brakes" on the shot cup may not even have opened by then.
This video has high speed footage of Flite Control leaving the muzzle:
https://youtu.be/0dbZK9Lm9jQ.
It looks like it barely starts leaving the cup at about 8 yards-ish.
That's very good for the hostage, because at that range, I bet the wad to the head would be quite injurious, if not fatal, and even the shot buffer would possibly damage her eyes.
