I taught Hunter Safety for MI for over 20 years and we would demonstrate what various guns would do cabbage, melons, etc.
They were ‘Wowed’ by what high powered rifles would do, but at the end we showed them a shotgun with 7 1/2 exploding a watermelon to the point it was vaporized. A cabbage becomes instant coleslaw.
Thanks for the backup info with your expertise.
Shotguns loaded with 7 1/2’s are the home protection guns and ammo in our families’s homes from coast to coast and in between.