Looking To Buy My First Rifle...

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Platapus

The best thing about a shotgun is that you may not have to even fire it.

What kinda rounds are you feeding it? What is your opinion on some of the non-lethal rounds for shot guns?

I am frankly torn on that issue.

Shotguns do look nasty i'll admit that. Not that, it matters if its pointed at someone. Any gun looks nasty when its pointed at you.

Im feeding it 00 buck. I bought some cheap rounds, the Wolf brand. Im sure you've seen them at a sporting goods store. I'm not too worried about having a tight pattern in close quarters. I'll get some better rounds at some point, but it hasn't been a pressing issue. Its not like im discharging double 00 buck on a regular basis. Ive brought this piece out for target practice a couple times but thats about it. For the most part I figure any 00 buck round will do. Getting hit with one is like getting hit with nine 32 caliber bullets simultaneously.


As for non lethal, i have thought long and hard about a bean bag round. My biggest concern is safety. Because of that, I do not keep a round chambered. The weapon is not charged. I like and don't like this at the same time. Also, i'm afraid i will hesitate - and with good reason. I don't want to hit the dog, or loved one. When the **** hits the fan, you panic, plain and simple. The weapon is not ready to go at a moments notice, and i might hesitate.

WIth a bean bag round chambered, all those problems go away. I would not need to charge the weapon and i would not hesitate, while maintaining some semblence of saftey. If an accident happened, the damage would not be permanent. Just a very large bruise. You can also rack a follow up lethal round pretty fast if more persuasion was needed. So i would have to say that if i saw some nonleathal rounds at the store (and i haven't unfortuantely), i would get them.