Videos tagged with Shotgun Ammunition

This video from Tática Civil tests the lethality of a unique shotgun shell loaded with three bouncy balls, branded by Hickory Flat Boars. The instructor, demonstrating significant expertise in ballistic testing, evaluates the shell's performance through water jug, paper target, and ballistic dummy head tests. The results indicate extreme devastation, with the projectiles shredding targets and causing significant damage to the ballistic dummy, leading to a strong warning against being hit by this ammunition.

This video provides an expert-level examination of the 20-gauge Detonator shotgun slug, highlighting its extreme power and unique detonation characteristics. The instructor, demonstrating significant firearms expertise, tests the slug's impact on various targets, including steel and ballistic gel, and investigates its activation threshold. The findings suggest the slug requires substantial impact force to detonate, making it potentially dangerous if misused but incredibly effective when properly activated.

This video from TheYankeeMarshal debunks the myth that birdshot is ineffective or safe for home defense due to its spread. The instructor, demonstrating authoritative knowledge, explains that at close range, birdshot's pellets act as a mass, delivering significant impact and penetration capable of causing lethal injury. He emphasizes that the idea of using birdshot to avoid harming a home intruder is a dangerous misconception.

This video tests the suitability of exotic 12-gauge shotgun rounds for airsoft use. The instructor demonstrates that rounds containing bouncy balls, glow sticks, or cayenne pepper and airsoft BBs are not safe or appropriate for airsoft. The tests, conducted with a Standard Manufacturing SSR shotgun and ballistic gel, highlight potential dangers and emphasize that these types of ammunition should never be used in airsoft applications.

This video tests the suitability of several exotic 12-gauge shotgun loads for airsoft use, concluding none are safe. The tests involved a bouncy ball round, a glow stick round, and a cayenne pepper/airsoft BB round, all fired at a ballistic gelatin head. The instructor, demonstrating significant expertise in firearms and ballistics, clearly advises against using any of these for airsoft due to excessive force and potential for injury.

This video demonstrates the testing of specialized 12 Gauge ammunition designed for drone capture, developed by Maverick Drone Systems. The ammunition features a segmented projectile that opens in a net shape to disable and recover drones intact. The testing process involves firing the rounds at a drone stand-in and examining the projectile's components post-firing, highlighting the embedded Kevlar fibers and steel spheres.

This video demonstrates the effectiveness of the Maverick Drone Systems anti-drone round, a $20 12-gauge shotgun shell designed to entangle and destroy drone rotors. Live fire tests using ballistic gel analogs show the round creates significant lacerations and embeds its internal entanglement cords, proving its lethality even against soft targets. The host, from Civilian Tactical, highlights the specialized design and experimental nature of this drone interdiction ammunition.

This video demonstrates the terminal ballistics of the 12-gauge Kraken Slug, a fully hollow projectile designed for significant impact. The test, conducted by Civilian Tactical and featuring ammunition from Hickory Flat Boars, utilizes ballistics gelatin to showcase the slug's extreme expansion and energy transfer upon impact. The analysis reveals a unique 8-petal star pattern upon full expansion, indicating substantial tissue disruption.

This video explores the experience of firing extremely heavy 12 gauge ammunition, specifically a 2.5-ounce Seismic slug, from a Beretta 1301 Tactical shotgun. The presenter highlights the intense recoil and potential for injury, such as the trigger guard impacting the finger, due to the projectile's weight and the shotgun's configuration. Proper two-handed grip and stance are crucial for managing such powerful loads.

This video demonstrates a DIY method for creating 'wax slugs' by coating birdshot pellets in wax and reloading them into a shotgun shell. A destructive test comparing a standard birdshot round against a wax slug fired into cinder blocks shows the wax slug's significantly higher destructive potential due to concentrated energy transfer. The demonstration is presented by Tática Civil, highlighting the effectiveness of this homemade projectile.

This video demonstrates a professional firearms instructor's test of 'chain shot' ammunition, a concept adapted from naval warfare for shotguns. Three variants—fine, medium, and coarse chain—were fired into ballistic gel to assess penetration and energy transfer. The fine chain showed minimal penetration, the medium chain penetrated about 4 inches, and the coarse chain exhibited dangerous ricochet potential, leading the instructor to conclude it's best left to historical naval contexts.

This video demonstrates a test of 'chain shot,' an adaptation of historical pirate ammunition, using a modern shotgun and ballistic gel. Three types of chain (fine, medium, and thick) were loaded into shotgun shells and fired. The results showed minimal penetration for fine chain, moderate penetration for medium chain, and a surprising lack of penetration with the thick chain, which acted more like a paintball. The instructor concludes that chain shot is impractical for modern use.