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Aguila Minishotshells #7504730 05/05/19 03:34 PM
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Has anyone tried them? They are 1-3/4; loaded with two sizes of buckshot. I love them, about half the recoil as 2-3/4" shells and just as deadly. In my home defense shotgun capacity went from 5 + 1 to 9 + 1. Cycle perfectly, no jams as of yet.

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I've read that some police departments are using them. Makes sense. More capacity, faster followup because of reduced recoil, reduced risk of overpenetration, yet still adequate knockdown.

Re: Aguila Minishotshells [Re: BillS2008] #7506752 05/07/19 11:42 PM
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I have shot the birdshot version in an 870 12ga. No issues


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Re: Aguila Minishotshells [Re: BillS2008] #7506808 05/08/19 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by BillS2008
Has anyone tried them? They are 1-3/4; loaded with two sizes of buckshot. I love them, about half the recoil as 2-3/4" shells and just as deadly. In my home defense shotgun capacity went from 5 + 1 to 9 + 1. Cycle perfectly, no jams as of yet.


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Re: Aguila Minishotshells [Re: BillS2008] #7507508 05/08/19 07:29 PM
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I tried them and they cycled about 85% of the time; primarily failure to feed. That high a failure rate makes me a bit nervous in a PD weapon so I looked around and found these:

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They don't increase how many you can stuff in your magazines by much, but I get at least two more in my DP-12 and my Mossie, and they've been 100% reliable in both weapons. I've taken 'coons, possums, foxes and one coyote with them. I'll trade reliability for capacity any time in PD weapon.

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Re: Aguila Minishotshells [Re: BillS2008] #7527520 06/05/19 12:28 PM
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I've shot them in a Winchester Defender 12ga without any problems. They cycled and were accurate. They are expensive IMHO compared to buying S&B buckshot in 25 rd boxes at $8.79 per box.

Re: Aguila Minishotshells [Re: BillS2008] #7527965 06/05/19 08:40 PM
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Shot a round of clays with them for s&g once. Used a Beretta O/U to do it. Broke clays as well as 'regular' rounds if I did my part. Light load for the long range stuff (over say, 40 yards or so)


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Shot them through my wife’s Tac-14, very easy recoil. Honestly though, with the grip design of the Tac-14, 2 3/4 buckshot isn’t terrible to shoot


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Re: Aguila Minishotshells [Re: BillS2008] #7541021 06/24/19 02:27 PM
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I can see where the mini shells would be beneficial to a recoil sensitive shooter. The data from the website lists a 5/8 ounce load at 1200 fps in 12 gauge shells.

I have never shot the Aguila round, but I do have experience with 3/4 (6/8) ounce loads at about 1250 fps in my 12 gauge shotguns. The last three flats of 12 gauge shells I reloaded were 3/4 ounce loads using Extra Light powder and a Claybuster 12 gauge CB-0175 wad.

These 3/4 ounce rounds are a dream to shoot. The recoil reduction over a typical 1 1/8 (9/8) ounce load is tremendous. I have not fired the shells in a semi-auto, but in pump guns and break open actions the recoil is like getting hit in the face with a feather.

I believe Federal is now producing a shotshell with 15/16 ounces of shot as well.


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