Stuff You Should Know About Buckshot [Part 1]

missed opportunity. could've been titled "what you ought to know about buckshot"

Bruh, what a hero. Dude creates a whole 12:44 video (and even a part 2) but still tell you what's up in the first minute to save people time. You have earned my 👍🏻 and even my remaining 25:48 for this and part

Love this guys humility, rare in this day and age.

Years ago when i was still in LE (10-man local PD in NorCal), i tested Flite Cintrol, Hornady TAP, and the standard Winchester 00 that we were carrying, in my personal 20" 870 with an IC choke tube and a dept 870 with open choke. 2 of the 3 ammo types were at my own expense. Long story short, Flite Control is excellent stuff. It extended the usable range of buckshot to 25 and possibly 30 yards. Out of open bored shotguns, the Winchester stuff was already getting dicey at 15 yds. In my IC choke, it was ok at 15 yds and getting marginal past 20. The TAP was good too, but not as stark as the Flite Control. I already knew that my IC choke tube gave pretty good patterns and very good slug accuracy (rifle sights on my barrel). So we switched to Flite Control right away. For a few years, the mandated load had been 1 slug and 3 buck, also at my suggestion, which i had been doing for many years. We had extras of each type readily available. Slugs generally do not overpenetrate as much as many people believe, and usually break into 3 large pieces, which also helps. The low recoil reduced velocity slugs actually tend to penetrate more due to less expansion. So test your slugs carefully. Anyway, that is my 2 cents. I agree that plated shot often throws better patterns. It is harder and thus stays rounder and does not deform as much upon firing. My house load is #4 buck due to my living situation. When i have more space, i will likely switch back to 00, or very probably #1. STAY SAFE!

He's wearing a coat, and Paul Harrell wears a coat, so I listen.

Lucky gunner and Paul Harrell are my collegiate level YouTube professors!

“Go buy it from lucky gunner because my kids gonna need braces soon” well he’ll have braces now that your whole inventory got cleared out lmfao

For several years, I've watched your clear, logical, INFORMATIVE presentations. I started out ignorant & curious. Now, I still have LOTS things I wonder about & don''t KNOW. So please keep 'em coming. You & Lucky Gunner are MUCH appreciated.

Don't care what you do or don't eat, this is one of the best researched and presented firearms channels on the web.

An aside on shot pattern: I don't recall where I heard this, but "every bullet that leaves your barrel has a lawyer attached to it."

Years ago the US Army developed a formula to describe how buckshot compared with a single projectile. They determined that when a highly developed mammal is struck simultaneously with multiple projectiles that it’s nervous system reacts as though it was hit with the square of the number of pellets. That answers the question I had about why small game hit with a few little pellets reacted as opposed to a rifle cartridge with a single higher energy projectile.

Great video. I understand everyone's concern with slugs, lot of penetration. The reason I have slugs after 3 rounds of 00 Buckshot in my home defense pump shotgun is because if I have to rack a 4th round....clearly I am in deep doo doo and need something different!

I'm 70 and I grew up on a Farm and the Family had the weapons normally found on a Country Homestead. We had our .22 LR and our 30 Cal Rifles in addition to our 12 ga shotguns, both in double-barrel and pump. I love shotguns.

LOL "He looks like he might even be a vegetarian."

You have been the most helpful vegetarian on Youtube to me. You explain things in a very clear, easy manner where anyone can understand. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

8:43 "Don't miss" , my eyes are tearing from laughing, thanks for that.

Great start to the series. My oldest just got braces. Makes me cry knowing she has $4000 worth of guns in her mouth.

I live in an apartment and I hate my neighbors.  I am looking for an over penetrating round.  Also, if the round could go vertical that would be great.

I love how at the beginning of the video you gave a quick recommendation of a good honey defense type of buck shot! That was very thoughtful

So far my wife and I are hooked on this channel. Thanks again! Just bought the Mossberg Maverick 88 Youth 20 GA and have been putting it together and taking it apart for fun and practicing using it empty. Going to buy some snap caps for better practicing on loading and shooting. It is good to know that there are so many helpful videos on this subject of shotguns. Thanks so much, Mr. Lucky!