Interesting Old School Shotgun Shell Trick

[BlackBart]

Make that thing into a 70 Caliber Slug!

http://www.2ndamendmenttv.com/videos/shotguns/lost-arts-pt-1.html

Somebody imbed if they like.

 

[Numidian]

Good way to blow your face up.

 

[BlackBart]

Good way to blow your face up.

Not necessarily, why should there be a pressure overload? Might even be LESS pressure.

 

[r3t1awr3yd]

For those of us who can't see the vid from work... what is it?

 

[clandestine]

Good way to blow your face up.

Completely untrue. Not gonna happen unless its a damascus barrel.

 

[BradMacc82]

Wonder how they'd do with the older wax-paper type shells, got a few boxes of them at home - could be interesting.

 

[BlackBart]

Wonder how they'd do with the older wax-paper type shells, got a few boxes of them at home - could be interesting.

Exact same I would think, remember this is a "old timers" trick.....it was first done with paper. No real practical purpose probably but more of a fun stunt we're all guilty of one time or another.

 

[BlackBart]

For those of us who can't see the vid from work... what is it?

Cutting around a shell...gives it a slug like effect.

 

[BradMacc82]

Exact same I would think, remember this is a "old timers" trick.....it was first done with paper. No real practical purpose probably but more of a fun stunt we're all guilty of one time or another.

True - and it's just the type of stunt I'll probably try sometime down the road myself...

I just won't do it with the old US Gov't marked shells I have, still in the brown paper/foil packaging. Just can't bring myself to ripping them open.

 

[BlackBart]

True - and it's just the type of stunt I'll probably try sometime down the road myself...

I just won't do it with the old US Gov't marked shells I have, still in the brown paper/foil packaging. Just can't bring myself to ripping them open.

I'm shotshell rich, it's on my gotta do list.

 

[hvymax]

This is like the third post of this recently. There are always situations where you need something you don't have and the ability and knowlege to improvise can save the day.

 

[Mrhyde]

This is like the third post of this recently. There are always situations where you need something you don't have and the ability and knowlege to improvise can save the day.

You got that right!

I doubt I'll ever use this knowledge but if you ever need it, it might just save your skin.

Hill-billy engineering at it's finest.

 

[MikeTF]

This is valuable. Should I ever run out of 00 buck or slugs in a SHTF situation, I can modify my hunting loads and essentially turn them into slugs.

The only potential drawback I see is loading these into a pump or semi-auto gun: the cut area could catch on something. Maybe masking tape will prevent potential miss feeds if this is an issue.

Excellent post!

 

[Silverlode]

This is valuable. Should I ever run out of 00 buck or slugs in a SHTF situation, I can modify my hunting loads and essentially turn them into slugs.

The only potential drawback I see is loading these into a pump or semi-auto gun: the cut area could catch on something. Maybe masking tape will prevent potential miss feeds if this is an issue.

Excellent post!

I think I would stick to single shot use.

 

[Silverlode]

Completely untrue. Not gonna happen unless its a damascus barrel.

This is true regardless of what choke you are using?

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

Very cool. I need to try it.