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Skiprr wrote: And in that vein, mr.72, I gotta ask why you're seeking reduced recoil rounds.

Simple physics: equal and opposite reaction. Reduced recoil means a reduced load with a lower muzzle velocity.

For a home-defense shotgun, I wouldn't want a reduced anything. I wouldn't want a magnum load, but I'd sure want a full-bodied 12-gauge firing standard 00-buck.

Reduced-recoil 00 buckshot seems to be a popular LE choice, but primarily, the folks who are going to be likely to be operating this HD shotgun in the event of a home invasion are my teenage daughters and wife who are all about 5'8"-6'0" tall and 110-140 lb. I can't get them to go to the range and even attempt to shoot this shotgun with full-power loads. "Reduced recoil" is a requirement for them to practice with it. I don't want them to be more afraid of firing the gun than they are of the BG.

The ammo I ordered has 8 00 pellets @ 1200fps. Full-power 00 12ga Remington loads have 9 00 pellets @ 1325fps. Not a huge difference and definitely a big step up from the 9mm handguns that are the alternatives.

Funny. I didn't go to that Academy. I will see about stopping by tomorrow. The one near Oak Knoll & Research didn't have any, and neither did the one at 183 & I35.

yeah I looked in the glass cabinet at Walmart... no buckshot.

All is well though, thanks to AmmunitionToGo.

Got a 100 round value pack of #6 to break in the shotgun and 25rd. of low-recoil Ranger 00 Buck on the way.

Obviously ammo availability at Walmart and Academy is quite regional and hit and miss. So far, for me, miss.

Not wanting to spend an hour driving around looking for it, I just ordered a box of 25 at Ammunition To Go online. $26 shipped to my door including shipping for Winchester LE reduced-recoil 00 buck.

I figure my wife and kids and I are not going to want to shoot more than a couple rounds each for practice, then I'll load the gun for HD and the box of 25 rounds will probably last me forever.

I might buy a value-pack of birdshot ($17 for 100 rounds) at Walmart just to have something to shoot and break in the shotgun.

I didn't think this was going to be so tough.

When I bought my new shotgun at Academy, I intended to also buy a couple of boxes of reduced-recoil 00 buckshot to go out and shoot it. I was surprised to not find any buckshot at all at Academy.

Curiously, I went to Walmart figuring they would have it. Well, they don't, as far as I can tell. Just bird shot, in various brands etc., same as Academy.

So, am I just looking in the wrong place (in Academy or Walmart), or do I need to go to a different local (Austin) store? I would like to pick some up and go shooting tomorrow.

So where in Austin can I get some (preferably economical) 12ga reduced-recoil 00 buckshot? Hopefully there'll be an answer other than "McBrides"... but if I must pay 2x the normal price, I guess I probably will.