Cut shells

Les Gawlik · Sep 18, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3M46XVfVOU

This video is fascinating. By cutting a No. 8 shell about half way up, you create a projectile which is like a large caliber Glaser. I never heard of this before.

bigjohn · Sep 18, 2011

heard about that for years but scared to do it.

E.Shell · Sep 18, 2011

We've done that in the past, and I think there is a very old thread on here someplace about it. Poor man's shotgun slug, but with durability and potential safety issues.

I was told by an old time waterfowler that they were originally used to flush rafted ducks that settled on the water out of normal shotgun range. Unsporting for sure, and likely illegal, but a credible story.

clandestine · Sep 18, 2011

Yup poor mans slug

Magpul/Chris Costa on it:

and another video on it:

Biggfoot44 · Sep 19, 2011

Threads here , and many other venues.

Yes it was done in the Old Days. In the 1930s when people needed deer meat , and were poor enough to only have one box of shells, it was resorted to.

Modern experements report trial and error to obtain desired results. It is potentially dangerous.

If you want an experenent to play with under controled conditions , use your best adult judgement. For actual using , Foster style slugs are safer, more consistant , inexpensive, and rediely available.

Blacksmith101 · Dec 2, 2017

Reviving an old thread to provide some additional information.

I found a source that actually reported on pressure testing of cut shells. In the NRA Illustrated Reloading Handbook (circa 1960), here is a link:
http://www.castpics.net/subsite2/ClassicWorks/NRA_IRH.pdf

See page 81 for the report.

Cliff notes version:
It does not cause a pressure spike when shot but is a bad idea for other reasons including possibly leaving an obstruction in the barrel for subsequent shots.

lowoncash · Dec 2, 2017

Check out this guy's videos of shotgun slugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-n4bxxn9gA

TAOFLEDERMAUS

Doctor_M · Dec 4, 2017

Umm... interesting, but I think an ounce of lead is way more effective than glass sabots.

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