12B humane dispatch loads

[cookingfat]

They also won't kill a cock pheasant at 5 yards

Yes very true but it will kill a deer at close range without worrying about ricocheting or over penetration!
Two new police forces coming online with there own schemes( Essex and Wilts) soon they will need there volunteers to have access to this ammunition.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Surely the below is, or at least should be, the tool of choice for anyone taking close quarter humane dispatch seriously??

K

 

[Heym SR20]

Surely the below is, or at least should be, the tool of choice for anyone taking close quarter humane dispatch seriously??
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Only challenge with a captured bolt type pistol is trying ti get close to a wounded and terrified stag with antlers and kicking legs is very dangerous. When full of adrenaline they are incredibly strong and hooves are sharp and antlers pointy.

 

[Heym SR20]

I have started a separate thread with a Paul Harral video where he tests different birdshot shotgun loads on simulated targets using pork chops and ribs.

Thread 'Effect of Birdshot, including No 8 clay shot at close range for humane dispatch'

Mar 16, 2026

Not wishing to hijack another thread on low velocity HD shotgun cartridges, the late Paul Harral did a very good piece on effect of birdshot at close range in home defence type situations. He demonstrates both the effects on typical walls as used in US - ie plasterboard.

And then on simulated animal tissue.

He does this with both a lightly loaded single 28 bore, as well as 1 1/8 oz out of a 12.

At 5 yards all would be deadly on a typical medium sized animal such as a deer.

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[Heym SR20]

Found the cartridge bits in the bin, but no powder or shot. Through a process of elimination. The propellent and bronze powder weigh 14 grams so I'm guessing no more than 13 gram load of bronze powder

Bronze powder is readily available fir casting in epoxy. It is used in bearings as well as in decorative objects.

 

[Smellydog]

Oh dear