On television, and real life, i see people get shot by a shotgun while hunting and easily survive.?

Question

But I also see on tv people get shot by them and get part of their body blown off. Are there different types of bullets, depending on hunting or police use? I shot one the other day for skeet shooting and the bullets had small pellets in it.

Answer 1

Yes, there are many different types of shotgun loads and pellet sizes, from tiny 2mm pellets, to full size slugs which are the same diameter as the gun barrel. Also, mostshotguns have an adjustable choke, which is a narrowing or widening at the muzzle end to control the tightness of the load of pellets.



DOnt depend on the movies for gun info. Its very unrealistic. Getting shot with small #7 or #8 pellets at close range can kill you very messy and quickly. From 30 feet away, you are going to have a whole lot of very painfull little pellets about 1/2 inch under your skin. Gettign shot with a slug or buckshot is much more deadly at longer distances, slugs as far as 200 yards (not effective at that range for hunting, but a stray can kill you)



Shotguns are very versitle and very effectient sporting and defensive weapons.

Answer 2

Aaron,



Thank you for your interest in shotguns. It's good to see young people carry on the American tradition of interest in firearm. You do answer you question in a way. Yes, the pellets get larger the low the shot number, in other words #4 through #5 shot is good for small game such as rabbit, squirrel and pheasant, with #4 being the largest pellets. When shooting skeet you use shot sizes made to shoot birds on the fly, such is dove and quail. That is why you use 7 1/2 and 8 shot.



You can google for more detailed information, but after shot sizes you get into different sizes of buckshot, with #4 buck being the popular load used by the police. Buck shot contains large pellets representing different calibers. This is destructive ammo and is capable of massive destruction of a human body, especially at close range. However you have to remember that any shot size is destructive at ranges inside 15 feet. Although they call this buck shot, as in deer hunting it is seldom used and is really more of a self protection ammunition.



The next thing you can get into is slugs. This is one solid lead projectile fired from the shotgun, and it devastating on deer inside 100 yards. I believe the 12 gauge represents a .62 caliber bullet, that is awesome. These are also good for protection against bears.



If you are interested you also need to know that shotgun shells come in different lengths, and therefore the longer shells hold more powder and shot. The 3 1/2 inch 12 gauge is the current monster round. It kicks like the old 10 gauge and is favored by turkey hunters. However, I don't think the teeth rattling recoil is worth the few extra feet of range.



Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any specific questions.

Answer 3

first, never believe hollywood or tv. It depends on several factors,:

1) what type of shot shell is used. Bird shot at any sort of distance over about 30-35 yards is going to pepper the person, but unless it hits an eye, or possible the temple area, it is easily survived. Using buck shot within a short distance can cause horrendous wounds, and at the right distacne could remove a limb.

2) what "choke" is in the barrel will determine how tight the shot stays together and for what distance, the tighter the choke, the more shot will hit a smaller area causing more damage.

3) what length barrel. A shorter barrel will spread the shot faster than a longer barrel.

My partner was shot with a 12 gage shotgun with an illegal 12" barrel, loaded with #7 bird shot at a distance of about 2 1/2 feet. He was wearing a heavy leather jacket. The resulting wound was very large, but not as deep as you would expect. He spent 4 weeks in the hospital and walked out under his own power. I saw a robbery suspect shot with #4 buckshot at 45 yards from an 18 1/2" barreled Remington 870. Only one pellet struck him, luckily it hit him in his "privates" and he decided he should really give up after all. I also saw a man commit suicide at point blank range with a hunting shotgun loaded with #7 1/2 bird shot. He placed it under his chin and pulled the trigger with his big toe, He literally exploded his head.

So you see, there are many many variables you have to take into consideration when answering your question.

shoot safe

Answer 4

No. It's buckshot, lead balls. Around a 1/4" or less. That's defensive loads. The really small balls is birdshot, used for birds and skeet. A close range shot can do massive damage anywhere it hits, But an arm or leg shot, mangled it will be but not blown off.



No. There are several types of bullets and shotshells used. Police would use hollowpoint in their service pistols and buckshot, probably #4 in their shotguns.

Answer 5

Yes you did.



You stated in your opening question that you have actually seen this in real life. I will quote you since you obviously cannot even read your own writing, obviously another product of our public school system:



"On television, and real life, i see people get shot by a shotgun while hunting and easily survive.?"



So once again little boy...please tell me, exactly how many people have you seen get body parts blown off and survive...? You said you've seen this actually happen...Where did this happen? Under what circumstances? Are you a soldier? Are you cop? Please explain to me just how you've managed to witness all this in REAL LIFE? Or are you just another teenager with a video game gun fetish?



Go ahead and report me. I'll just post my response again and again and again.



Back to the video games for you, sonny. Next you'll want to know the best gun to kill a zombie.

Answer 6

Bullets refer to projectiles in rifle cartridges. There are no "bullets" in shotgun cartridges, only slugs, buckshot, or birdshot.



A slug will blow a hole clean through you.



Buckshot will rip you apart at close range, and will do massive damage out to 20 yards and further.



Birdshot will punch through you within 10 feet like the slug, but the further you back off, the less energy the pellets carry.



What you see on TV ain't always real. The people who survived being shot were EXTREMELY FORTUNATE!

Answer 7

TV and Hollywood is about getting people to watch so the sponsors can run tons of commercials.....so nothing usually is real. There are all kinds of different loads that can do damage. Skeet is done with shotshells that use small size shot or pellets.z

Answer 8

yes you can get different types of shotgun shells, you can get shells that have several hundred really small pellets which are used for skeet to shells with only 9 pellets in them and the pellets are 1/3 of an inch in diameter which is normally used for hunting deer and is also what police use





also stuff in tv shows and movies usually isnt realistic

Answer 9

Yes there are different loads for different purposes from trap and skeet loads to rifled slugs. any load can be fatal at close range but as the size of the shot goes up the distance that it remains lethal increases.

EDIT shotgun "bullets" are called shells, and TV shows are a bad place to get education on firearms, they tend to exaggerate.