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YouTube channel TAOFLEDERMAUS encourages its viewers to send in handmade ammunition to practice shooting with. In one of their videos, one viewer called Sam came up with the idea to create glass shotgun slugs and sent them in. Basically they wanted to see whether the glass slugs would survive the intense shock of being shot out of a gun and hit what they’re aiming at. You might think that firing something made of glass wouldn’t work very well. The creator of these glass slugs did a great job and to add to its destructive capabilities, there’s a nail hidden inside...

Take a look at these prototype 12 gauge Link Slugs made in the Northwest. These are very heavy slugs and are still under development. Since no high speed camera tests have been done yet, Taofledermaus had the pleasure of doing that. These shells were pre-loaded. The heavy hitter slug weighs in at 1.53 oz, this baby moves at 1300 feet per seconds. Means it will deliver 2518 ft/lbs of kinetic energy. (knock down power) See the full 12 gauge link slugs footage here.

For the shotgun user, we all like to try out different types of slugs, maybe you've come across the "needle". The needle slug is a 3D printed Alumide shotgun projectile. Alumide is a mixture of nylon and aluminum powder. It makes a pretty strong structure, the load was only 4 grams so its a light load. This was based on a "pen shank" created by Michael Yeh. Greg from TAOFLEDERMAUS Youtuber gets a chance to shoot this needle at a clump of clay and jelly down range. Check out the results below. You can see the needle footage here.