On 9/21/10 2:10 PM, Michael Painter wrote: > David DiGiacomo wrote: >> Instead of a rifle, how about a shotgun? It fires a nice wide spread >> shot pattern. I think you would be much more likely to do >> some damage (ie: knock fiber off a pole) with something like that. >> Here in New Jersey it is illegal to use a rifle to hunt deer, >> so typically you will find hunters using a bow/arrow or Shotgun and >> you will see a lot of road signs (or other abandon junk) that >> has been victim of a shotgun blast.
you don't hunt deer with buckshot... the shotgun consideration is due to the range, and the expectation is that your target is under 100 meters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_slug >> ~Dave > > Birds like to sit on wires and assholes like to shoot them. > 50 years ago I carried around the .22 slug I dug out of the > lead-sheathed cable while troubleshooting the outer marker for McClellan > AFB in the middle of a rainy night. > > --Michael >
