12 GAUGE 2 3/4" #4 SHOT GEL TEST

I keep that exact load for drone hunting! Same shotty, too. Great minds think alike...

This is '#4 shot'. 
How is this different from #4 birdshot or #4 buck shot?

This is definitely a devastating wound. Even if you took a side shot through the arm your going to the hospital 😅 massive blood loss.

Good job 🎉enjoy your video thanks

Would love to see some of your penetration videos re made using clear ballistics gel..

Should try Lead BB size shot which is an excellent coyote load.

Dear lord, people get it in their head they need 3 inch #00 buck to keep themselves safe but as much of a hammer as that is it just zips through the target. #4 absolutey gives me goosebumps in a close quarters home defense role. Imagine the sheer carnage thatd leave on a living soft target, just kinda ...meat grinders a hole into them. Gross.

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Penetration is irrelevant in this test. Bad guy is done.

3" mag. #4 turkey is best for home defense. Period!!!!

Number 4 buck is best for home defense.

The primer on a federal round fires better than Remington or Winchester rounds, according to my experimentation. Fewer misfires.

Small game? It is a good turkey load

Winchester just came out with a 12 Gauge Defender #2 Lead Duckshot 1 1/8oz home defense load. Would love to see how it performs compared to this

Wouldn’t get past the ribs consistently, not for use against people.

Just another great video showing the sufficient effectiveness of birdshot at home defense distances!

Well, that's nice to know. I've loaded mine with #1 lead shot. Not buckshot, #1 birdshot. Each pellet weighs twice as much as a #4 birdshot. I feel comfortable with that.

This load is trouble for rabbits if you’re close.

10 years old and this is one of the best tests I've seen to date.
Well done.

I bet that #4 could be used for self defense

Can I shoot this out of my tb12?

I have serious doubts that if a dirtbag breaks into your home and you hit him once in the chest with number 4 shot that there's gonna be any fight left in him.

Great video answered my question for #4 shot for home defense

yeah....if I was a bad guy.....I'd definitely NOT like to be shot with 4 shot. I do reloads and load a lot of 4 shot for field loads. I wouldn't be scared to use this as home defense now, seeing the penetration without OVER penetration. It would definitely deter someone meaning harm for sure....

what is all that background sound? Snakes?

I use Seller & Belot 12 gauge 2 3/4 inch #4 Buckshot on the property and Aguila 12 gauge 1 3/4 inch Mini Shell buckshot for in building self defence. Both are low recoil.

At 10 ft any shot is still a slug. It hasn't had time to expand.

I own a Mossberg 590SP and am quite happy with the dependability of the 590.

2 3/4" HV (1550fps) 3 shot is what I found on sale last time, so that's what I grabbed. Have some slugs and buckshot on hand too. I always do the candycane thing anyways...

This stuff is going to turn about 10 lbs of meat into literal hamburger in whatever unlucky SOB gets hit with it.

A bit late here, but excellent test. i use the exact same load for home defense, except #2 shot out of a Remington 870 Wingmaster with 18" police barrel. I live in a townhouse with neighbors on both sides so I feel this load offers great performance and would be very nasty without having to resort to 00 buckshot which would run a considerable risk of overpenetration.

Great test. What about BB's ?

tnoutdoors9. Good review. I keep number 4 shotshells handy for home defense. My prefered round indoors is number 4 buckshot but one has to be aware of what's beyond the target and where any errant pellets may wind up stopping. Thank you for this good review. By the way as others here have noted you are missed on YT. Hope that you're well.

God, 25 pellets in the buckshot?????

Flight control wad plated #4 penetrates probably twice as far.

OHYEA doo a video on 3 inch remington nitro magnums 4shot.... the oz shot is 1 7/8 ,,,, and they kick soooo hard, i wanna see the gel block penetration and damage.. PLEASE lol

try doing shotgun shellls test with a big piece of pork ribs in front of the gel block???? starting from 8 birdshot,,,, to these same number 4 birdshot,,,,,, buckshots,,,,,,,, slugs,,,

Would be nice to see BB size shot Hornady has a Coyote load should be a great self defense load.

Those armadillos are gonna be sorry they tried diggin my yard up.....

Yes sir...#4 is my home defense load...wicked. Will Penetrate a hollow core door at 50 yards

Get er done baby!!!

So #4 shot will fuck you up at a distance, good to know.

thankyou very much from Canada

Did tnoutdoors9 ever do any testing on 12 gauge BB shot?

13 gauge make your chest look like pizza. Jesus that’s some power.

Y is everybody so interested in the power of these shells to kill someone.

It will make for a very bad day up close for social work

Do these people not realize it takes. 13 Ar.15 bullets to put as many .22 rounds down range as a shotgun with a 4 shot high powered shell? Of course they don't.

Thank you… Thank you very much

#4 IS birdshot. Not to be confused with #4 Buckshot.... which obviously isnt birdshot. Youn should have also tested it with some thing leather to represent skin and some denim or cloth clothing to see how.much penetration that takes away. It will be significant.

If I couldnt find buckshot, #2, BB T etc would be my first choice.