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Originally Posted by Frazod
That was my first thought as well, but it's not an issue. The shot doesn't begin to spread out until after about ten yards.
This kind of dispels the myth about using a shotgun for home defense because it's easier to hit the target. If you live in a typical house or apartment, it just won't be a factor. The true advantage to using a shotgun is the size of the round and the power behind it. Hit somebody at close range with a 12 gauge slug and they're done. Doesn't matter if they're wearing body armor or not.
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Yeah, with a typical shotgun the pattern is kind of small at most indoor distances. Though I patterned my Mossy with the 16-inch barrel once and at 10 yards it produced a fairly large pattern, IIRC. No choke on that thing though, just a short tube/pipe really. Hard to call it a "barrel."
The biggest issue for shotguns for most people is the felt recoil. Hard to send a follow-up shot for most people in any kind of reasonably short time frame. The average seems to be around 3-5 seconds between aimed shots. Regardless of whether they're autos or pumps.