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[PepperElf]

I just saw in LawDog's blog a link to a video showing how to convert a shotgun shell into a .70 slug. Basically the shell is modified so the whole business goes flying out the barrel in one piece, rather than bursting and spraying shot like it's supposed to. Don't blame me if you break your gun trying this, though... http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2012/02/ringers.html

Um. Isn't it just easier to get bean bag rounds?

[Geek King]

Um. Isn't it just easier to get bean bag rounds?

Why convert? They sell deer slugs already for most sizes of shotgun. You may even be able to get combat slugs for shotguns, depending on local gun laws.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Why convert? They sell deer slugs already for most sizes of shotgun. You may even be able to get combat slugs for shotguns, depending on local gun laws.

I was about to say. Unless the shot is cheaper than the slug, why bother going to the trouble?

...I'm tempted to write to MythBusters and ask how dangerous modifying shot like that is for the shotgun.

[dalesys]

Um. Isn't it just easier to get bean bag rounds?

My dad says not to replace the shot with flour... Especially for a pep rally in a gymnasium....

Praise bog the windows were already open.

[Scorpodael]

My dad says not to replace the shot with flour... Especially for a pep rally in a gymnasium....

Praise bog the windows were already open.

Lemme guess; Particulate ignition fireball set the mascot on fire?

[dalesys]

Lemme guess; Particulate ignition fireball set the mascot on fire?

Nope. Wadding hit vile portrayer of the school to the south (UofU) in the leg, causing him to emit one final "WHoooop!" and pull the curtains down.

Dad always did aim true...

[Shalom]

I was about to say. Unless the shot is cheaper than the slug, why bother going to the trouble?

That's exactly it; slugs are $1 each, shells are 25c. Plus, there were times and jurisdictions where you couldn't get slugs. The article talks about early WWII-era England.

Or maybe you were out for ducks and didn't happen to have any slugs on you, and saw a deer...

...I'm tempted to write to MythBusters and ask how dangerous modifying shot like that is for the shotgun.

If you look at the comments on that video, there are whole arguments about this. Consensus is, if it's safe for a slug, it's safe for a ringer, but don't try firing it through a full choke.

[Geek King]

. The article talks about early WWII-era England.

An aside, speaking of shotguns and warfare. There's an interesting story that Germany tried to get shotguns banned for warfare.

It seems that when the U.S. got involved in the European front in WWI, a number of GIs brought their hunting shotguns with them. Not only did someone figure out that shooting down incoming thrown grenades was alot like skeet-shooting, or hunting pheasant, but they also became quick favorites for trench fighting (along with the entrenching tool/mini-shovel). Much like the Pope and crossbows centuries earlier, they felt shotguns were just too horrible a weapon to use in war. From what I can tell, the German call for banning shotguns was basically ignored.

[PepperElf]

skeet shooting?

i take it, the tactic worked as defense against grenades?

[Ironclad Alibi]

An aside, speaking of shotguns and warfare. There's an interesting story that Germany tried to get shotguns banned for warfare.

I have always heard that the deadliest gun in the old west was the shotgun.

[Geek King]

skeet shooting?

i take it, the tactic worked as defense against grenades?

Yup. Apparently buckshot has enough momentum to overcome a thrown grenade, and cause it to drop well short of the trench line. Some GIs claimed to have seen them knock grenades back into the German trenches, but the quick math in my head says that was likely a bit of embellishment

[Jay 2K Winger]

Yup. Apparently buckshot has enough momentum to overcome a thrown grenade, and cause it to drop well short of the trench line. Some GIs claimed to have seen them knock grenades back into the German trenches, but the quick math in my head says that was likely a bit of embellishment

We should get Mythbusters on the case!