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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 800316" data-attributes="member: 423">At that distance it would be less of a difference, but it will still be a huge difference in the depth and damage of the wound. They may all strike within an inch of each other, but once in the flesh, each of those tiny pellets acts as an individual body, not as a unified mass, so each pellet only has the (relatively) tiny amount of energy associated with it's own mass, NOT the whole shot, and will slow and stop much faster than the larger pellets of buckshot. If your attacker is naked, and you aim for the gut, or put two real fast in the same spot, your argument is valid. Otherwise, going through heavy clothing, and/or bones will likely prevent quickly incapacitating wounds. Granted, most attackers would flee at that point, but if they didn't, I'd want to be shooting something that would make them stop right now, rather than something that is intended for the birds.</blockquote>