Steel birdsshot or buckshot will not penetrate body armor, while it also has not much difference in penetration the soft tissues. So, perhaps author meant slugs, since there exist non-lead(copper, brass, bronze, iron, steel) slugs which basically act as AP rounds. These ones are a real deal even against military armor.
Thank you! I forgot to take in account the body armor aspect of bird shot vs slugs. I’ll delete my comment. My brother was weapons specialist in the army. So I just poorly regurgitated what he told me to use for home defense back in 2020.
Steel birdsshot or buckshot will not penetrate body armor, while it also has not much difference in penetration the soft tissues. So, perhaps author meant slugs, since there exist non-lead(copper, brass, bronze, iron, steel) slugs which basically act as AP rounds. These ones are a real deal even against military armor.
Thank you! I forgot to take in account the body armor aspect of bird shot vs slugs. I’ll delete my comment. My brother was weapons specialist in the army. So I just poorly regurgitated what he told me to use for home defense back in 2020.