Aside from .410 "AR pattern" lack of reliability,
birdshot sux for dropping beefy felons who are high on drugs.
Beyond 2 yards of distance, the pellets don't penetrate enough,
and don't break bones.
If you want to use some kind of birdshot, at least make it a waterfowl load made for hunting ducks or geese. Something with substantial size pellets. Shoot it outvof a reliable gun, like a Rem 1100, a Beretta or Benelli, or a Browning self-loader,
NOT some AR Frankenstein freak of a gun.
But, I say the best choice would go with an ultra lightweight rapidly expanding varmint bullet in 223 from one of your favorite AR carbines.
We're talking something like a 45 grain bullet that leaves the barrel at over 3200 ft./s and is of the hollow point, soft point, or "ballistic tip" configurations--
made for varmints, not deer, and not enemy soldiers.
Such a bullet should fragment upon impact and break apart into tiny little pieces which will perform ballistically like small bird shot they will lose their energy very quickly and give little penetration to targets that are hit several yards beyond the initial target.
https://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-14-rifles-shotguns-and-walls/
birdshot sux for dropping beefy felons who are high on drugs.
Beyond 2 yards of distance, the pellets don't penetrate enough,
and don't break bones.
If you want to use some kind of birdshot, at least make it a waterfowl load made for hunting ducks or geese. Something with substantial size pellets. Shoot it outvof a reliable gun, like a Rem 1100, a Beretta or Benelli, or a Browning self-loader,
NOT some AR Frankenstein freak of a gun.
But, I say the best choice would go with an ultra lightweight rapidly expanding varmint bullet in 223 from one of your favorite AR carbines.
We're talking something like a 45 grain bullet that leaves the barrel at over 3200 ft./s and is of the hollow point, soft point, or "ballistic tip" configurations--
made for varmints, not deer, and not enemy soldiers.
Such a bullet should fragment upon impact and break apart into tiny little pieces which will perform ballistically like small bird shot they will lose their energy very quickly and give little penetration to targets that are hit several yards beyond the initial target.
https://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-14-rifles-shotguns-and-walls/