Odd Shotgun Rounds

[Ronald_55]

I was looking through some info last night and came up with some things for shotguns that I had never heard of. I know most of us would know bird shot, slugs, and buckshot. We probably have even heard of beanbag, wax slugs, rubber slugs, cut shells, and dragon's breath rounds. Heck, I have even read about the compressed lead powder door breaching rounds. What I had never heard of is Pepper Blast rounds, Flash Thunder Grenade rounds, and Armor Piercing rounds.

While I generally think if I am going to bring a gun to bear on someone that it is to the point of needing to be lethal, these interest me. Has anyone ever used/seen any of these?

Looks like these guys specialize in this stuff:

Firequest Exotic Shotgun Ammo

Some of the ammo is kind of silly to me like the "12 Gauge Piranha" which is filled with "dozens of razor sharp steel tacks" and #12 shot. I think at that point, just use buckshot. Maybe it is less likely to carry through walls or something. Mostly, it is just marketing hype.

I am not sure that the pepperblast rounds would be hard to make, but if it is just powder,  range would be very short and could blow back toward you if the wind was right.

[bersaguy]

8 minutes ago, Ronald_55 said:

I was looking through some info last night and came up with some things for shotguns that I had never heard of. I know most of us would know bird shot, slugs, and buckshot. We probably have even heard of beanbag, wax slugs, rubber slugs, cut shells, and dragon's breath rounds. Heck, I have even read about the compressed lead powder door breaching rounds. What I had never heard of is Pepper Blast rounds, Flash Thunder Grenade rounds, and Armor Piercing rounds.

While I generally think if I am going to bring a gun to bear on someone that it is to the point of needing to be lethal, these interest me. Has anyone ever used/seen any of these?

Looks like these guys specialize in this stuff:

Firequest Exotic Shotgun Ammo

Some of the ammo is kind of silly to me like the "12 Gauge Piranha" which is filled with "dozens of razor sharp steel tacks" and #12 shot. I think at that point, just use buckshot. Maybe it is less likely to carry through walls or something. Mostly, it is just marketing hype.

I am not sure that the pepperblast rounds would be hard to make, but if it is just powder,  range would be very short and could blow back toward you if the wind was right.

I have a ammo site on one of my old computers that I will try and find later that had about any and all knds of shotgun ammo a person could want. They had ammo that would do more damage then some IED's. One I saw that was interesting was you could shoot completely through a car with it in the 3 inch Magnum version and kill who ever was on the other side if they were not protected by the engine. Myself, I have never seen a need for that type of stuff but I am sure some people are. I'm happy with my 3 inch mags in 00 buck or BB shot.

[Wingshooter]

Hickok45 uses Dragon's Breath in one of his videos reviewing a coach gun. It's pretty cool. He lights his burn barrel with it 

ETA: Found the link. The whole video is worth watching, but scroll to about 18:20 to see the Dragon's Breath

 

 

Edited June 1, 2017 by Wingshooter

[Ronald_55]

I have seen the Dragon's breath before. Did you see the video someone on here posted of the guy catching the range's grass on fire with one?