No. 6 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 What do you shoot most often out of your M4? Do you run only one load in your magazine, or do you vary the order? (ie. 00 buck, slug, 00 buck, slug - thinking self defense here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) Federal ammo pretty much exclusively. Premium LE flight control 00 9 pellet 1325 FPS & LE low recoil slugs 1300 FPS & TRUBALL 1600 FPS. When in home defense mode loaded up with 00 no slugs. Edited April 12, 2020 by Evolution 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 In my burnt bronze M4, I have the tube full of Hexolite32 steel slugs. It’s my go to gun for the bears here. All the other critters get hosed down with .223 or 9mm. The NP3 M4 is full of Winchester PDX1 slug and ball rounds. Whatever you use, pattern it at a few different ranges so you know how it behaves in that particular gun. Some buckshot like that cheap Remington Express stuff Walmart sells patterns at about 36” in diameter at 40 yards with my Benelli M4 with the factory choke. So firing at a B27 target, maybe 5 out of 9 pellets will hit the human sized silhouette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 6 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 Just found the Winchester PDX1 round yesterday. Nasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, No. 6 said: Just found the Winchester PDX1 round yesterday. Nasty! A suicide I was involved in used one in a small apartment. The room he was in was absolutely destroyed. He had almost no head left. The skull was gone, like busted coconut shells all over the room mixed with wet cat food that had dried since he wasn’t discovered until about four days later. A serious hazmat clean up was needed since the room had to be gutted to the studs to rehab the rental. The projectiles kept on trucking and were embedded in ceiling. You could see the perfect holes from the buckshot and the center slug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NineInchNails Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 StrangerDanger Holy cow, super descriptive man. Any time anyone thinks their job is tough, there are tougher jobs out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 No more fresh coconut for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCswamp13 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Winchester XX 00 buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFWSFO Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Just ran the following through mine today: PMC High Velocity 00 Buck Rio 00 Buck Fiocchi Exacta #4 Buck All ran well, but the Rio 00 Buck is a little long, so cant get 7 shells into the tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdog19 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 14 hours ago, DFWSFO said: All ran well, but the Rio 00 Buck is a little long, so cant get 7 shells into the tube. Don't be afraid to trim a few (+) coils off your spring if you decide to go with the Rio Buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey d Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Federal Personal Defense Shotshell with FLITECONTROL Wad 12 Gauge with Improved Cylinder choke. PD132 00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFWSFO Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 11:31 AM, Birdog19 said: Don't be afraid to trim a few (+) coils off your spring if you decide to go with the Rio Buck. Thanks! I also tried Federal LE Tactical 00 Buckshot (the Flite-Control stuff) and same issue in terms of only being able to get 6 rounds in the tube. Really liked how it patterned though, so might have to figure out this spring reduction thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey d Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I trimmed my spring and can get 7 of the flight control 00 loads in the mag tube. Still functions to the last round reliably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyman74 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, DFWSFO said: Thanks! I also tried Federal LE Tactical 00 Buckshot (the Flite-Control stuff) and same issue in terms of only being able to get 6 rounds in the tube. Really liked how it patterned though, so might have to figure out this spring reduction thing. I measured three different 2-3/4" 00 Buck shells from three different brands and they all was different lengths. The regular Remington was the correct size, the Wolf was about 1/8 longer and the Fiocchi was almost 1/4" longer. Depends if its crimped or if they roll it with the cardboard plug. With my new mag extension I can get 8 in the mag of the Remington and the Hornady, but only 8 of the others. Edited April 15, 2020 by sonyman74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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