Thread: Personal Firearms

OO buckshot is about the most lethal load you can imagine,9 pellets.all .22 cal.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

OO buckshot is about the most lethal load you can imagine,9 pellets.all .22 cal.

I thought OO were 30cal pellets???

Originally Posted by RJD

I thought OO were 30cal pellets???

This is from the Wiki under 'Shotgun' ; 00 being .330. IIRC 9mm is 0.355, according to the Wiki 30 cal is 0.308.

US Size UK Size AU Size Nominal diameter Pellets/oz (28 g)
Lead Steel
Tri-Ball 12 [12 Gauge] 0.60" (15.2 mm) 1.4
Tri-Ball 20 [20 Gauge] 0.52" (13.2 mm) 2.1
#000 Buck
("triple-aught")
LG .36" (9.1 mm) 6.2
MG .346" (8.79 mm) 7
SG .332" (8.44 mm) 8
#00 Buck
("double-aught")
00-SG .330" (8.38 mm) 8
#0 Buck
("single-aught")
.32" (8.1 mm) 9
#1 Buck .30" (7.6 mm) 11
Special SG .298" (7.57 mm) 11
#2 Buck SSG .27" (6.9 mm) 14
SSG .269" (6.83 mm) 15
#3 Buck .25" (6.4 mm) 18
SSSG .244" (6.3 mm) 20
#4 Buck .240" (6.10 mm) 21
SSSSG .227 (5.77 mm) 25
F .22" (5.59 mm) 27 39
SSSSS or
AAAA
.213 (5.41 mm) 30
AAA .203" (5.16 mm) 35
T .200" (5.08 mm) 36 53