BehindBlueI's
Grandmaster
- Oct 3, 2012
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I finally got to see one of the .410 revolvers used in a real shooting. The distance was close enough the plastic shot cup was in the victim's clothing and the pellet group was very tight. The shot was through regular denim jeans. Eyeballing, I'd say #4 bird shot, give or take. The wound was extremely shallow, to the point some shot fell out as the victim moved, and was not nearly deep enough to reach anything vital or major blood vessels. It was more damaging than the bruise from the .25 as it did break the skin, but mostly just a boo-boo. Had the incident been self defense, the reliance would have been entirely on a psychological stop, and frankly the pain level seemed pretty minimal, making me think it less likely that a psych stop would have occurred than a real bullet entering the same area.
I am not a fan of bird shot or of "shotgun" revolvers, and am doubly not a fan of them in combination.
I am not a fan of bird shot or of "shotgun" revolvers, and am doubly not a fan of them in combination.