I literally had a dream last night that I SBSed one of my 20ga 870s and it was good.
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Thanks to this forum, I think this thread even (it’s been a few days), I scored a number of boxes of the Hornady 8 pellet #86240 to see if it doesn’t perform better. They also had some Federal PD132NRA. LR personal defense 9 pellet. I only bought ten rounds of that stuff.
FYI bone frog gun club is showing le13300 in stock, I was able to order.
I haven't seen any buckshot, including Federal FC that will consistently keep all the pellets on a torso beyond 20-25 yards out of a standard cylinder bore 870/590/1301.
I haven't shot a lot of it, but from my 870 with factory 18-1/2" cylinder bore barrel, the eight-pellet version will hold the A zone of a USPSA target at 25 yards. I'm pretty sure my 590A1 does too, but it's been a while since I've shot it. Maybe I just got a good lot?
At that range, it's very individualistic. I've seen a few that will, with the right load (generally LE13300 but sometimes even LE13200), but it's hardly assured on a general scale.