Interesting new prototype shotgun slug.

NightShade · Feb 4, 2020

Happened to pop up in my feed. But it's an interesting slug design with a hollow core. Looks like it does a ton of damage when it hits and fly's pretty stable considering it was shot through a smooth bore. With a rifled bore I can be these things would be deadnuts accurate.

Anyway I wonder what we could throw together as a prototype. I think the hollow design is great but probably needs some way to rifle the slug or the sabot to give it a decent twist in the barrel. The split cup would probably be better in those regards and probably make a better gas seal.

Gunbuffer · Feb 4, 2020

Explain why you like the design

dennishoddy · Feb 5, 2020

Be great for the Commiefornika shooters that are required to shoot lead free rounds. I don't see the advantage though over the standard lead forester which is devastating on anything it hits out of a smoothbore.
Some of the rifled shotguns shooting sabot rounds are very accurate out to almost 200 yards or further with someone that practices at that distance.

Gunbuffer · Feb 6, 2020

Gunbuffer said:
Explain why you like the design

@NightShade

NightShade · Feb 6, 2020

Gunbuffer said:
@NightShade

The hollow section would really tear up some tissue on entry. I know a solid slug will do some damage but it gives me a sense of something similar to a hollow point, I know it won't open but honestly doesn't need to with size and weight. I actually have met someone who was shot with a 12 gauge slug and lived to tell about it. Stomach wound was bad and there was a lot of damage but still survived and I would attribute that to a cross section that was too large. Removing the center while keeping the mass guarantees a cutting channel and the flight characteristics without any rifling is extremely surprising, I would imagine would also be attributed to the hollow core. So on top of raw force the channel that is cut would accelerate blood loss as well similar to a broad-head arrow.

But hey thats just from a geek looking at a video.

TerryMiller · Feb 6, 2020

NightShade said:
The hollow section would really tear up some tissue on entry. I know a solid slug will do some damage but it gives me a sense of something similar to a hollow point, I know it won't open but honestly doesn't need to with size and weight. I actually have met someone who was shot with a 12 gauge slug and lived to tell about it. Stomach wound was bad and there was a lot of damage but still survived and I would attribute that to a cross section that was too large. Removing the center while keeping the mass guarantees a cutting channel and the flight characteristics without any rifling is extremely surprising, I would imagine would also be attributed to the hollow core. So on top of raw force the channel that is cut would accelerate blood loss as well similar to a broad-head arrow.

But hey thats just from a geek looking at a video.

Time was (back in the way olden days), it was said that some made an "X" across the nose of a bullet so that it would "spread," leaving a much more serious wound, especially so on exiting the body. I wonder if the same were done with this design, would there be a similar effect?

NightShade · Feb 6, 2020

I would imagine it would need to be fairly deep of an x or more of a scoring along to help create petals much like the ripwhatever it was 9mm bullets.

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