Police Riot gear

[Timelord]

I have a book with photographs of 1920's mobsters laid out on the slab after being on the wrong end of a shotgun. The pics show detail of the wounds caused. At very close range, to an unprotected victim, the shotgun pellets did not disperse more than a few inches and had the effect of shredding a cylindrical core maybe 3 or 4 inches across - clean through the torso and out the other side. the wound was actually more damaging at that range than by any other usual type of shotgun ammunition. Very Nasty indeed!