you seem to not understand the concept of terminal velocity.
one thing if two object weight the same and go up high enough to reach the terminal velocity they travel at the same speed and force it does not matter how high it goes be cause gravity will only make it go aset speed
so if a shot shell pellet weight is the same or close to the same as a 22 or .223 then it is just as deadly coming back down.
because it reaches the same speed and has the same mass.
this chart shows the weight of shot shell if you look any thing larger then 7 /1 is the around the same size as the 22 and 223 so it has the same speed coming down
just does not go as high up which does not matter since it will reach it max speed before it its the ground
also would you rather have one bullet coming at you or 400 pellets the same size even if they spread out there is still a chance.
you act like the chance of a .223 hitting someone is 90%
but act like the shot shell is like 1% why it is moving the same speed will get pushed by the wind the same and weights the same
Table 1. Lead Birdshot
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Shot
Number
Pellet Diameter
(Inches)
Average Pellet
Weight (Grains)
Approximate # of
Pellets per Ounce
12
.05
.18
2385
18[/size][/font]19
.06
.25
1750
26[/size][/font]27
.08
.75
585
8 1/2
.085
.88
485
42[font=arial][size=2]43
.09
1.07
410
7 1/2
.095
1.25
350
58
59
.11
1.95
225
6667
.12
2.58
170
74[font=arial][size=2]75
.13
3.24
135
82[font=arial][size=2]83
.15
4.86
90
BB
.18
8.75
96[font=arial][size=2]97[/align][blockquote]
Table 2. Lead Buckshot
ORIGINAL: Howler
so if you shoot straight up or at a slight angle the bullet will go just as far if it is a .223 22 or shot shell
No shotgun pellet is ever going to travel as far as a rifle bullet will. PERIOD! And, think about it, would you rather have a #6 shot pellet, a single pellet, hit you or a bullet from either the .22 lr or .223. The pellet is NOT going to penetrate near as deep as a larger, heavier chunck of lead/bullet. The shotgun pellets all disperse, so the likelihood of gitting hit by more than one single pellet is nill. It's like would you rather be hit by a bike or a car. the heavier object, going the same speed, is going to have more energy and, hence, will do more harm!
Don't you know the difference between a shotgun shell and how it performs when compared to a rifle. To say the shotgun shell pellets are more deadly is ludicrise, unless being shot from a very close range before the pellets have a chance to disperse. No way, no how. The pellets quickly disperse and loose thier energy. A bunch of pellets at very close range, yes, deadly. BUT we're talking about shooting up into the air. By the time the pellets start coming back down, some of them hitting a target, some of them hitting tree branches, they have gotten so dispersed, that it ain't going to kill someone when they return to earth. Being struck by one pellet is NOT nearly as dangerous as being struck by a bullet. You can look it up all you want, BUT IT AIN'T HAPPENIN!
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