> Ahh....but I didn't mention the shotgun usage at close range....perhaps > boom boom would have been more appropriate....center mass don't matter > when you spread it wide ;-)
I don't have any experience with combat shotgun training, but I can tell you from preparing to use a shotgun for home defense - this is not true. The typical spread from even a fairly short-barrelled shotgun used for home defense, say a Remington 870, is fairly tight assuming you're using 00 buck - for example, a six-inch spread at 10-15 feet. So, if you were to aim at someone's head at that distance, you shouldn't be surprised if all 9 pellets miss entirely. And of course, that's assuming a 12 gauge; for home defense you might be using a .410 - reducing your chances even more significantly. In short: it's even more important to aim center mass when using a shotgun for defense. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344935 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
