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Originally Posted by PopBeavers

A fried of mine loads his handgun with snake shot in the first round and bullets thereafter. I never understood his logic.

That way, the first round serves as a warning that he means business, but is non-lethal. If that doesn't work, the second and subsequent rounds will be substantially more effective.

Some folks load self-defense shotguns this way: bird shot with the first round, and big ball bearing size loads in subsequent rounds.

Dave