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Change: for rifled bores. Video LinkPractical Information:Excellent 18 minute Video on Shotgun ammo - for information purposes, but VERY informative. This is a good overview of shotgun ammo, it's effects on hard targets, body armor, ballistic gel and covers exotic rounds at the end. Ironhand
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Change: for nice series of videos showing how to breach a door."Dragon's Breath" (Incendiary) - Incendiary "flamethrower" round that uses titanium flakes that burn at 3000 degrees in a wall for 100 ft.Dragon's Breath Video 1 - Awesome!Dragon's Breath Video 2 - Note better look at "pattern"Flechette
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Aug 2 2009, 9:02 PM EDT
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Change: (see pic right)Pepper Blast (Less-lethal) - When fired, creates a thick cloud of pepper spray that can fill a 1000 sq. ft. building.CS gas (Less-lethal) - A small, gravity bomb shaped capsule filled with CS gas.
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Change: A variant of these is called the "Bird Bomb" and uses a M80 size explosive to scare pests from a farmer's field.Rubber Baton (Less-lethal) - Contrary to popular belief, "rubber baton" shells actually fire a plastic
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Aug 2 2009, 8:59 PM EDT
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Aug 2 2009, 8:42 PM EDT
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Aug 2 2009, 1:09 PM EDT
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Change: 4" - 6" piece of wire that spins in flight. Generally unstable in flight and rarely used.Duplex Load (Dual Load Projectile) - Shotshell with two different sized pellets for increase spread and power. Usually used for hunting large birds.Flare (Signal) - Flare round
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Aug 2 2009, 12:59 PM EDT
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Change: Bean Bag Video Link Rubber Buckshot (Less-lethal) - Fires 20 Buckshot size rubber balls for crowd control.Bolo or Strung Buck (Projectile) - Two large balls connected by a wire that spins in flight. Generally unstable in flight and rarely used.Duplex Load (Dual Load Projectile)
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Aug 2 2009, 12:50 PM EDT
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Change: another for rifled bores. Video LinkPractical Information:Excellent 18 minute Video on Shotgun ammo - for information purposes, but VERY informative. This is a good overview of shotgun ammo, it's effects on hard targets, body armor, ballistic gel and covers exotic rounds at the end.
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Change: Under ConstructionThere are lots of different types of shotshells available. I will discuss them below, but you need to understand that a shotgun shell is
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Aug 2 2009, 12:37 PM EDT
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Change: and another for rifled bores. Practical Information:Excellent 18 minute Video on Shotgun ammo - for information purposes, but VERY informative. This is a good overview of shotgun ammo, it's effects on hard targets, body armor, ballistic gel and covers exotic rounds at the end.
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Change: Gives the benefits of heavy impact of the slug with spread and impact of buckshot. Very effective CQC round.Armor Piercing (AP) - High velocity slug with a steel core. Boosts it will penetrate 1/4" steel plate. Designed to penetrate vehicles or disable their engines.Door Buster (Breaching) -
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Aug 2 2009, 11:37 AM EDT
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Change: (less-lethal) - literally rocks of salt loaded into a shell for non-lethal work. Traditionally employed to "scare off intruders or predators" without hurting them. Any abrasions from the impact are exacerbated by the salt in the wound giving this round it's reputation for "stinging the hide".Pitbull (Dual Load
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Aug 2 2009, 11:33 AM EDT
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Change: Specialty shotshells take advantage of being able to load a different "payload" into the shell. These are wide in variety and usage with many of them designed to be non-lethal or less-lethal that normal ammo.Pitbull (Dual Load Projectile) - Six 00 Buckshot
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Aug 2 2009, 11:29 AM EDT
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Change: barrel and are the most common available. Range is short - max 50 yards.Brenneke Slugs (in red below) - look like Foster Slugs except it's solid and base of slug has plastic
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Aug 2 2009, 11:26 AM EDT
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Change: They usually come in the same 20" and 24" barrels.Specialty Types of Shotshells:Pitbull (Dual Load Projectile) - Six 00 Buckshot pellets backed by a 3/4 oz. Slug. Also called "Buck & Ball".Armor Piercing (AP) - High velocity slug with a
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Change: Most of these barrels can be scoped as well as using rifle sights. These will not fire shotshells as the rifling with "spin""spins" the shot pellets wildly out of control and quickly defuse the pattern of the shot making it useless at anything over point blank range. Specialty
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