How Far are Shotguns Deadly? BirdShot, Slugs, and 00 Buckshot

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Mike trying to not burst into laughter when he listed "sad musicians" was pretty fantastic.

Charlie: “Shotguns are pretty diverse; they’re used by breachers, duck hunters, and sad musicians everywhere” Garandthumb: •_•

The Dwight/Dahmer/Dynamite energy that Charlie brings to the table is nothing short of comedic genius.

It woul be interesting to see you relive this test with game loads alone. "Birdshot" is typically 7/8 shot, there's also 5/6. Then getting into duck loads of 2,3&4 shot or seriously hard hitting goose loads like BB, BB2, T. In 3 or 3 1/2 inch mag loads would give people a different outlook on what "birdshot" can do.

Charlie is killin it lol. He’s got the breathing, the confused look, stumbling, bumbling, the glasses push, the random look around and tool touch… it’s so perfect.

“Shotguns are pretty diverse; they’re used by breachers, duck hunters, and sad musicians everywhere” Best line in the video, keep up the great content Dr. Thumb!

Love it. Not only are the gun tests awesome... the humor of the these two guys is off the chart

I'd also like to see a test involving rock salt rounds. For the most part rock salt is used as a non-lethal alternative. I'd like to see that tested at different ranges. The saying generally goes, "Rock salt won't kill. But the target will wish they were dead.

Charlie: “it’s used by breachers, duck hunters, sad musicians..” Garand thumb: Almost breaks characters

Charlie is disturbingly low key brilliant.

It would be interesting to see #1 and #4 buckshot results. A lot of the home defense community worries about over penetration indoors, so options other than 00 buck are interesting.

I've taken whitetail deer with a 12ga slug at both 120y and 175y, both with a single shot, break-action Rossi with iron sights. Thing kicked like a donkey and there was no chance to reload a second shot if you missed, so you had to practice with it a lot before the season started. Only time I would hunt with 00 Buck is if I was doing spot-and-stalk through low brush or thick trees, where you'd be most likely to have a snap shot at a deer from between 10-50y. Used the same gun to hunt partridge, ducks and coyotes with varying loads and at a variety of ranges - longest successful shot was a sabot slug on a coyote at just under 200y, and it was standing still.

As someone who has survived birdshot at point-blank range, it's still life changing and horrifically painful for years and years.... Don't underestimate that junk.

The "I went hunting with grandpa but he was hunting grandma" bit kills me every time

Glad I found your channel lol, perfect mix of comedy and practical information with regards to ballistics, love it!

Birdshot is debatable. It depends on the shot used. For basic home defense, Ive found that #5 shot is more than enough to stop someone at 20 ft. I have a small home with neighbors so wanted something that would drop someone, but not go thru the walls afterwards. Though i do own plenty of 00buck.

Charlie is one of the most effortlessly funny dudes that I've ever seen. It is 1000 times more impressive when you see him being serious.

Dr. Garand Thumb, I am a military historian and watching this video has reminded me of an ammunition load from the American Civil War. Because both sides were low on rifled muskets at the start, many of them were using .69 (nice) caliber smoothbore muskets. One of the popular cartridges for this weapon was called the "buck and ball" load. This would be the .69 caliber ball with three buckshot loaded on top. The accounts we have describe these loads as being particularly devastating within 80 yards. I was wondering if you would do a "historical" science episode on this load.

No joke, the sound design on the slow-mo parts is genius. Sounds perfectly matching what's happening. Well done.