Segmented Shotgun Slug Showdown: Winchester PDX-1 Segmented vs. DDupleks Hexolit 32

By Dan Zimmerman

The 12-gauge shotgun is a legendary manstopper and a storied staple of frontier home defense. The reputation behind a load of 00 buckshot is well-deserved. Blasting eight or nine holes .33 caliber holes in a bad guy, each delivering its own wound path, is perhaps the surest bet among all “one-shot stops.” But shotguns also fire slugs and slugs are outrageously devastating too, in their own way. Slugs create one wound path, but boy oh boy, what a wound path it is . . .

A shotgun slug is typically about 435 grains or so of lead, and around .73″ to 1″ in diameter (softer lead slugs can flatten some to increase their diameter a little). Slugs are frequently used in hunting or in defense against large predators, but I usually consider them a bit of overkill for defending against a human attacker.

Which brings me to today’s test — a segmented shotgun slug showdown. I’m testing two different approaches to the idea of getting multiple wound paths out of a shotgun slug. The candidates are:

1) Winchester PDX1 Segmented Rifled Slug, a 1-ounce slug that separates into three pieces upon contact with …read more

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