Originally Posted by cmort666

Don't waste your time on something that's likely to not immediately incapacitate. At home defense distances, you're not going to benefit much if any from the alleged spread of the pattern.

You've got at most six shots before you have to reload. Why waste one of them?

For home defense in my 4" 29-2, I use Speer 200g. Gold Dot .44 Specials.