What if you’re in an emergency situation? And you're out of shotgun slugs the only shells available are cheap birdshot shells. Here’s a quick survival hack that allows you to turn that bird shot shell into a slug capable of taking down bigger game. Posted on 11/04/2016 6:48:37 AM PDT by w1n1
What if you’re in an emergency situation? And you're out of shotgun slugs the only shells available are cheap birdshot shells. Here’s a quick survival hack that allows you to turn that bird shot shell into a slug capable of taking down bigger game.
The hack is quite simple all you need to do is use a pocket knife and cut around the wadding area, but don’t cut all the way through. What happens is when the shell is fired, the full frontal portion of the shotgun shell hull, shot and the wad becomes a fearsome projectile. How many out there have tried this? See the video here.
What could possibly go wrong?
Its probabaly not great for the barrel.
But a shot gun shell is not going to blow up in your hand like that. If you were striking it on the bottom...that would wreck your day.
If the only shells that are available are birdshot, can you not pop open the crimp, dump out the birdshot, and replace it with wheel bearing balls or something? It won’t be pretty, and you probably will have to get within 50 yards to be sure you get a hit, but it’s better than destroying your shell hulls.
LOL for anyone tempted to try this take a shotgun shell and see if you can force the front of the shell into the muzzle of the gun. If you can't, then think of the stress on the barrel and you force a projectile larger than the diameter of the barrel at high pressure and high speed through the barrel.
Probably not a good idea with hard metal like that. Buckshot is made with soft metal for a reason.
This is actually an old trick. It has been done many times and I have not heard of any incidents with it.
You can also open the flaps, evenly pour in melted wax and reclose the shell.
Nnumber 2 steel shot solves the problem.
Google wax shells.
easy fix. Dont’ run out of slugs.
Personally this seems to be idea, frankly.
Is one to be told to “cut” the plastic case (it’s called ‘scoring’ dude) as a last ditch effort?
Do you do this at the last minute? How do you know how much to cut? Do you pull out your Rigid brand tubing cutter and score it? Or do you do a bunch of practice rounds to learn just how much to “cut” with a knife?
I believe like anyone that preparedness and round innovation might be useful. I’ve even made fleschette rounds but all that is beforehand preparation, and given what I’ve had or might have I can do better than that if it isn’t some kind of story like “last ditch.”
We used to do it all the time as kids. We also would take empty .22 rounds and place them lightly in the end of our barrel. We called them “shrapnel” rounds. It made a wicked sound when it spun off and would make a nice hole in a turtle.
You were a Boy Scout, right? Didja make Eagle?
That might work in a pinch, but everyone worried about having some extra slugs on hand should get a cheap Lee slug mold and some roof sheet lead or any kind of scrap lead. Don’t have to have fancy equipment to cast a few shotgun slugs, and the 1 ounce slugs can be put in place of the shot in cheap 12 gauge 1 ounce field loads.
Semper Paratus !!
Yep. I’ve ringed many and shot them through a Marlin Goose Gun. The trick is to cut them around almost half way, then the other side the same, and leave just a small piece holding the front and back half together.
Here...hold ma beer...
“roof sheet lead or any kind of scrap lead” Or you could melt down the correct weight of lead for the powder charge by melting the shot already in the shell. Cuts down on travel time to the lead mine.
Or, I don’t know...you could just stock up on 12ga slugs.
We also keep 12ga marine flares around just because they’re handy sometimes and because they’re really terrifying when you fire them at bears. I imagine people would react just as strongly.
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