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mikejonestkd · July 13, 2008, 08:47 AM

I am reminded of my hunter safety class when I was a lad;

The instructor took a large head of cabbage and placed it on a post 20 feet from us. He informed us that it was significantly tougher than a human skull.

One shot of a 12 ga Mag goose load of BB shot and it was destroyed like the watermelons in the video. Our 12 year old eyes went WIDE with newfound respect for ' bird shot ' LOL

Take a look a the size chart: http://www.wilsonprecision.com/shotinfo.html

B and BB shot is no where near what is commonly thought of as ' bird ' shot like number 6, 7 or 8.

I would not feel undergunned with a mag load of B or BB shot.

July 13, 2008, 08:47 AM	#7
mikejonestkd Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 3,717	I am reminded of my hunter safety class when I was a lad; The instructor took a large head of cabbage and placed it on a post 20 feet from us. He informed us that it was significantly tougher than a human skull. One shot of a 12 ga Mag goose load of BB shot and it was destroyed like the watermelons in the video. Our 12 year old eyes went WIDE with newfound respect for ' bird shot ' LOL Take a look a the size chart: http://www.wilsonprecision.com/shotinfo.html B and BB shot is no where near what is commonly thought of as ' bird ' shot like number 6, 7 or 8. I would not feel undergunned with a mag load of B or BB shot. __________________ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.