Greets again,
Well, I seem to have missedthe mark in my first post, you asked about SHOTGUN LOADS..
I personnally would recommend fairly light (extremely light if you reload your own ) 7 1/2 or 8 shot loads, at home defens ranges penetration isnt going to be a prob.. BUT the lighter shot will be slowed much more by your wallis if you miss, so you likely as not wont hurt anyone on the otherside too bad. Add to that, my light loads with 1 1/8th ounces of #7 1/2 shot will cut a 2"-3" branch clean in half at 5'-10' in one or two shots. Which tells me its going to blow a GARGANTUAN hole in the poor sucker who invades my home!! ( Actually as posted earlier I use a 9mm for home defense, but if I was to use the shotgun I know it would do the job with that load. )


Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry