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Originally Posted by Nevada Ed
Per post #3;
#4 steel is used for ducks and #6 steel is used for snipe and
dove . #8 steel might be used for skeet shooting due to its low energy but the larger #7 steel is what Winchester loads.
8 steel has less energy than #9 lead shot and most use minimum of 7 1/2's for SD in a pinch.
You might shoot 3 water jugs at ten feet and see if you can get pellets into the third jug which is close to penetrating skin, muscle and body fluids that might work in a SD load if
no bones are struck.
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The point here is that you're shooting (or should be) at the upper chest cavity, which is protected by a ribcage besides whatever clothing is involved. The shotgun didn't get it's worldwide reputation for predator incapacitation shooting birdshot. Nor do wounded birds kill you and your family.
Anyone who thinks drywall is going to stop birdshot is living in an alternative reality. Interior walls may have stopped birdshot prior to about 1950 when lath and plaster was replaced by drywall. It's not true anymore.