LAMO...Dave I've never even fired a gun in my life....I'm talking out my arse.... ;-)
let's say point blank touching the noggin....can't miss! Cheers On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 15:09 -0400, Dave Watts wrote: > > 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:344941 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
