Thanks for the link. Yeah - I was thinking of the light stuff used for trap shooting. There was a shooting at my son’s college a few years ago. The guy (from off campus) used a shotgun with light bird shot. One guy he killed - he had the barrel against the back of his neck.
He shot three other students that were on their feet walking back to the ambulance. One photo shows a guy with a red rash about 1-foot in diameter. There is video of the gunman entering a building. A girl is shot in the chest from about 6 feet away - she turns and runs away from the gunman. She was also treated and released that same day.
Right after the gunman shoots the girl, the building monitor (boy student) sprays the guy with pepper spray as he was reloading and takes the gun away. Then tackles him and knocks the guy’s knife away.
Hmm - another learning lesson. With a double-barrel, better make sure the bad guy is down and out after the second barrel. And that he is alone. Don’t want to get jumped as you are reloading.
And another learning lesson. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. The hero student was a small Asian kid. And he is a fan of “My Little Pony” (a “Brony”). Also is a fan of martial arts, firearms, and iirc is planning on the military after college.
Sounds like he missed. Maybe she caught a stray pellet. At six feet any 12 gauge load is deadly in a chest shot.
Everything counts on the details. May he just grazed her skin.
If you have a chance, shoot something that can show penetration with a 12 gauge at six feet. A bird shot load at that range is devastating.
I usually use gallon milk plastic bottles full of water in my demonstrations.