CanaDart - Flechette Sabot Round - Tested!

We finally test out the CanaDart flechette rounds from Canada. These were quite difficult to develop a load for so they didn't self-destruct.
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[@SuperiorAutocraft]

"We Are Not on TikTok" is possibly the best tag-line one could hope for.

[@no-ic5gw]

Why? That seems meaningless and dumb.

[@slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153]

@@no-ic5gw because tiktok is brain rot

[@cat_clan_leader]

​@@no-ic5gwit's funny, because a lot of channels display their tiktok

[@marvindebot3264]

@@no-ic5gw Yes, that describes 99.95% of TikTok

[@no-ic5gw]

@@marvindebot3264 how would you even know. You obviously have not used it. You have the boomer mind virus. You are just being needlessly judgemental for no pay off other than to stroke your own ego. its sad.

[@Steel-toad-Jack]

You guys really remind me of old KZbin thank you for still being here.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@LetsLaberWithMi]

yeah, grew up watching these guys staying true to themselves till today, the good heart of youtube still beating !

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@taofledermaus Yeah you really keep the original spirit of KZbin alive. None of this "influencer" garbage.

[@dirpdanger8839]

Watching those flies freak out in slo-mo was just as much fun as the round.

[@Aleph-Noll]

seeing all those flies is making my skin itch haha

[@sirfer6969]

Came here to say this =)

[@nelsonbergman7706]

Thanks to Andrew for supplying the ammo. Thanks to Mike for his shooting. And thanks to Jeff for the pistol , the loading expertise and the filming. Too many variable for an exact test but still worthwhile. 👍

[@lynnkramer1211]

That gun reminds me of a 'howdah' gun that the Indian Maja rajas used for hunting tigers in the jungles while on Elephant back.

[@Critter145]

The “Pocket Abrams”. Literally the first thought when I saw a “Discarding-Sabot Flechette” round for a shotgun. 🔥💯

[@trollmcclure1884]

trying to replicate these in a shop makes you appreciate the industry

[@T3t4nu5]

Man, that story at the start makes me so angry.

[@ammoiscurrency5706]

We deserve what we tolerate. It's a shame what the English tolerate.

[@jmebig3044]

Biggest reason Americans can’t give an inch when it comes to the 2A

[@ConfessorEpicness]

It's insane. Can't send a piece of metal through the mail because it might one day be fired out of a shotgun. Just came up with a really easy way to get all of the Canadian parliament arrested though...

[@Flexiblesteel1]

That was no doubt the point of the story. Btw Canada does not have Draconian ammo laws whatever propaganda might get pushed.

[@ExF1Guy]

​@@Flexiblesteel1 Really? I'd have said that banning: -Flechettes -Explosive ammunition

[@wren7195]

Hey Jeff, thanks for your hard work but VERY big thanks for being so considerate. You had no idea GB was going to be so nuts, and I can't believe Canada has wound up where it is, but it's extremely kind of you to be so thoughtful about the well-being of the gentleman who sent you these rounds. Then again, gun enthusiasts tend to be the most careful, thoughtful, and considerate folk out there.

[@marvindebot3264]

I would have zero issue sending some inert slugs from Australia, I don't see what the UK made a fuss over.

[@user-vn5bs4hq3g]

I would imagin issue is not so much UK but importation into USA a local gun dealer was snatched of streets in UK by USA FBI several years ago as he exported some gun parts to USA

[@cardiffpicker1]

​@marvindebot3264 a non firearms owner in UK wouldn't have any problems, I am only guessing here but I suspect the issue was that he had a shotgun certificate which only allows you to possess ammunition which contains no lessthan 5 projectiles with no single projectile being 0.36 in diameter, slugs can only be used on a section 1 firearms certificate, so I suspect he was accused of loading ammunition he was not authorised to possess

[@johnfriend862]

@@cardiffpicker1 Just the fact that you have to know all of that crap is enough for me to understand just how screwed up the UK is. Of course the US is getting there, what with ATF having unilateral ability to just make up the laws as it goes along and selectively enforce them only on law abiding citizens.

[@taofledermaus]

For a time I was planning to do a "defense fund" for the guy in the UK to help pay his legal fees.

[@sybentley6675]

Welcome to the UK. Do not let it happen with you lot!

[@custink22]

We are trying, but it depends on people voting common sense, which unfortunately doesnt seem to be something that happens anymore.

[@knightwolf5006]

@@custink22 when they told them not to sell guns to the Apache. The Apache killed them and took there guns.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@custink22 We let them take control of the education system. Now more than half the country are woke zombies.

[@zipperneck9050]

Thanks for another great video. Over the course of watching your channel the one thing that's irrefutable is the more complicated and esoteric the design of the projectile, the less successful it will be, with a few exceptions. The one thing that consistently impresses me is how you manage to work out the loadings for such a huge variety of projectiles. Thanks again!

[@TheOriginalFaxon]

Yea i think the biggest exception to that is the polymer slugs with a beveled carbide tip, that were able to punch through a level 4 plate like a hole punch. The carbide tip was sticking out from the resin, so all the energy of the whole slug was applied over a much smaller diameter, giving it the oomph to start breaking through the plate before the rest of the slug completely broke up behind it. That would still be a lethal hit most likely, unless you were wearing a second layer of soft armor behind your plates. Also would probably just break up if it hit a ceramic plate, though I've no idea how it would react to a polymer one.

[@zipperneck9050]

@@TheOriginalFaxon Yeah that one was a big surprise. I'd like to see more testing of it on different targets and materials.

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!

[@zipperneck9050]

@@taofledermaus You're very welcome.

[@mcburcke]

Agree on McMaster-Carr! Those were some truly "different" slugs...very interesting.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@myrddrral]

I can already hear the screams of "Orange Dart bad!" And it's being fired out of the RIGHT barrel to boot!

[@zipperneck9050]

Haha right!

[@HanoiHustler]

Should be called the Lolita express. Good for both barrels. Lol

[@dr.derekrobinson1920]

@@HanoiHustleras much as I'm not the guy's biggest fan, he never went to the island and was not in the flight logs. Get those facts straight, young Hustler! Let me enjoy KZbin comments in piece

[@snarkymoosesshack8793]

@@HanoiHustler Another debunked commie myth, like Russiagate before it.

[@kitso_2b68]

snore

[@THOR_THE_GOD]

3D printing/modeling expert here, please consider the following: Use a carbon fiber nylon body for the flechette with a space to screw in arrowheads. Use TPU or Nylon for the sabot to avoid the brittle shattering. ..PS curious about the max range, I theorize the aerodynamics of this flechette will provide more accuracy and range than a typical slug!

[@RCD566]

First off, a very cool modern version of a "howdah pistol". Second, you are correct about our draconian firearms laws in Canada and yes "flechette" ammo is illegal here. Having said that, you could argue that our law considers a "flechette", to be multiple darts in a single hull.

[@darikdatta]

I believe flechettes are defined by being fin stabilized for the purpose of that ban. So these would fall under that umbrella.

[@benroberts3677]

​@@darikdattayes,most likely just wanted to blanket ban anything fin stabilized other than arrows or bolts

[@moparedtn]

Gotta love our neighbors to the north. So courteous and friendly! Even their ammo is polite.... 🙂

[@prjndigo]

the flechette or dart of a sabot can actually be put in the REAR of the sabot with a couple thin metal driving plates (copper advised) that are near the bore diameter of the interior of the shell. The cool bit about using copper is you can hammer them back flat and use em again. You can also use the copper plates between shock wads on regular loads.

[@stompingpeak2043]

The only thing is copper is very expensive and hard to control. Just using some plastic you have around(aka usually spent shell casings is absolutely free and uniform).

[@stompingpeak2043]

@RuckusBernal if you shoot a shotgun and reload ammo you have spent casings. Stop it.

[@LenKusov]

Windex is the best cleaner for black powder, hands down. Also the best cleaner for any gun that's shooting corrosive surplus ammo, back when Yugo spam cans were cheap my AK and SKS cleaning procedure was brush > windex > dry patches > 10w30 motor oil for rust prevention, since that's essentially what came in those 2-chamber bottles they were issued with. The non-oil chamber was full of an ammonia-and-soap water-based cleaner that is fundamentally the same as original-formula Windex. Been doin black powder since I was 7 years old, and my old TC Renegade's still got a perfect bore.

[@user-ru6iu6gb3m]

Вы, ребята, классные. Вспомнил как сам, кустарно, изготавливал такие пули. Подбирал пороха и снаряжение патрона. Лучшая баллистика получалась с применением металлических гильз. Спасибо за поднятую тему!

[@revdanimal1523]

I always catch the premiers. Long live Dead Eye Danny ❤

[@jeremyshackelford8080]

Dude, I'm impressed that you found a way to successfully load these. Glad you told the whole story

[@taofledermaus]

thank you

[@cbu5574]

I'm here for the OG comments first, ballistics come second. THAT'S A GOOD NAME FOR 80'S JAM BAND

[@joshuadavidson662]

OG comics come second was the name of my thrash metal band in the 70s

[@VikingShelters]

These videos are worthless without having OG commentary.. these guys are boring asf who come out to shoot. Someone with some sense of humor come on and challenge OG like wtf... Pretty anyone can shoot a shotgun !

[@KN-xl6lw]

'Sabot' is French for a shoe carved from wood. During the early Industrial Revolution, French workers would throw their wooden shoes into the machinery. Theirafter called sabotage 😅

[@tomwinterfishing9065]

The French have been throwing wooden shoes into the machinery of the British for centuries.

[@aj200415]

Is this true or a joke? Sounds like something the French would do though lol 😂

[@edi9892]

The first actual sabot was AFAIK a wooden plug behind a lead projectile (looked a bit like a 9mm but for a rifled musket)

[@fermitupoupon1754]

It might be worthwhile to look into getting an AEA Zeus in .728 for projectiles that aren't sturdy enough for smokeless powder. Sure it will be subsonic, but at least an air rifle doesn't make obstructive smoke.

[@aj200415]

I second this. Having an air rifle for these delicate projectiles is an awesome idea and we can see them in the high speed!

[@sirlaugholot]

Looking forward to another good video guys and I have greatly appreciate your time that you spend making these things

[@taofledermaus]

Thanks for watching!

[@mbuchart2927]

I am a Canadian Taofledermaus fan. This video is an metaphor for Canada and its (since 1965) underfunded military: disintegrating sabot sleeves, black powder, low velocity, random accuracy, etc.

[@SpankyK]

Hyper Caffeinated Double Barrel Sawed Off. Great video Jeff.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks

[@Scktt]

God bless you guys. Long live the Republic

[@scottydu81]

If you can keep it!

[@MadocComadrin]

"And this buffer happens to be coffee grounds" I bet that either smelled delicious or horrible when shot! XD

[@mbuchart2927]

Maybe the coffee started off as light roast but ended up as dark roast.

[@tegaidayt]

Thank you SO much Clear Ballistics for showing off your rad products!

[@EJ-wo3vu]

Can you get a slo-mow of all those flies getting hit with a Dragon’s Breath round?

[@robertlewis4666]

Nice one Jeff. As a muzzleloader enthusiast I appreciate seeing our side of the sport represented.

[@taofledermaus]

I'm still new at it lol

[@thesnipercat6792]

Good to see that Clear Ballistics got the channel covered with their products finally, although your hand crafted canned heads are something else Jeff.

[@JK-gq5rl]

OG is there in spirit with his drawings. Great work ya'll!

[@StirlingLighthouse]

Yours is always good stuff, Jeff. Thank you both 🙏

[@RonDevito]

A testament to your expertise. That these worked at all was a small miracle.

[@brianbudd8487]

That double barrel reminds me of Mississippi's gůn in El Dorado

[@mr.e0311]

INSANE!! There are kid knapp viktims that are chained to a radiator in someone's basement and cops are worried about a home made slug....

[@jesses2868]

I've gotten to where I like the videos b4 I even watch thanks guys

[@taofledermaus]

thanks

[@HuskyMachining]

I recently built a 1/6 scale rc tank and I put a .625 cal smoothbore aircannon on it. I built a few scale german DM13 APFSDS rounds using 99.9% pure tungsten for the core and a 4340 chromoly tip hardened to 58hrc. I was firing my rc tanks air cannon at only 1,000 psi but still that little scale DM13 rounds penitrated a 1/4" thick plate of aluminum. Some one on reddit said I should check this channel out as it seems right up my alley

[@davidz2016]

Tao, soon we will be using slings and gummy bears, but if you are involved, I will still be glued in and watching . Keep up the great work . God bless . I must know did the coffee smell fresh roast or over done? I love coffee.

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!!

[@herbertgearing1702]

Thank you for using that egg from an air cannon analogy, something we can all obviously relate to.

[@TooSketchyForYou]

all joking aside. you know despite it taking a year due to legal reasons of protection for your viewers and trying to find the right load that would benefit the round itself you never disappoint. this shows you're dedicated to the viewers and want the best possible outcome and the guy that sent I'm sure appreciates it since it's a test round or something that could be fun to shoot.

[@freethug2024]

Sweet robot drawing, major props to whom ever did that

[@BlindDude]

Thanks for early access

[@Thebonesoftrees]

This channel is welcomed mind bleach. Good old fun with friends and tools that built the continent. Cheers from Vancouver Island,.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks

[@nickhowatson4745]

i thought they would be made out of Cannabis with the name CanaDart

[@bamboobongsmith1992]

I wanted that to be the case as well😅

[@cheesesniper473]

watching these videos really makes you appreciate the years and years of research into getting a working "flechette" round that didn't have a dispersion of 1m at 100m.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

For anyone who doesn't know, the drawback with Pyrodex as a blackpowder substitute is that it burns very poorly in an open air space. For loading cartridges, and for loading the chamber of a muzzle loader, this isn't a problem as the powder gets enclosed and it can burn like it should. In this case, Pyrodex is overall adequate. For using it as priming powder though, like with a flintlock, wheellock, or matchlock, Pyrodex thus functions EXTREMELY poorly. The burn takes much longer, noticeably increasing lock time, and very often just fizzles out, obviously that's no good. Some people in some places have a hard time finding anything but Pyrodex, so I can see some developing a tacit resentment. Pyrodex has its place though, and if you're willing you can plain use it as a propellant, while using small batches of home made true blackpowder just for priming the relevant gun (it's VERY easy to make basic blackpowder, it's a powder blend of charcoal, sulfur, and nitrates, ideally potassium nitrate).

[@heathbecker420]

"Additive manufacturing of the 3rd kind" is perfect

[@taofledermaus]

lol

[@fenttsf545]

LEAD PLATEEEE

[@Stevo_1998]

Part of their brittleness might be due to the plastic ageing. I've had things I've... 'additively plastically created' become brittle over the course of like 2-3 years, even though it's not near a heat source and/or direct sunlight. I doubt they got _much_ weaker over a year of waiting, but it's possible. The other thing of course, is the fact there's a ton of ribbing (for design?) on the main body of the dart, and that's just adding like 10+ stress risers for it to break in half from. If you've ever seen an arrow being shot from a bow, the middle bends back and forth quite drastically. Obviously these aren't long enough for that to be noticeable, but they may be doing that with enough powder loaded, and the ribbing is providing a good point of concentration for it to just break clean in half.

[@taofledermaus]

I started testing them immediately after receiving them. They broke apart using extremely light powder loads. People don't realize how much stress the components are under.

[@Stevo_1998]

@@taofledermaus I meant with the blackpowder stuff, when a piece of the sabot hit the target, it shattered in to a bunch of pieces. Normally stuff made using a 3D device only tends to split along the lines and not across them. But either way, the main contributing factor to them snapping a lot would have just been the ribbing in the middle of the shaft of the dart.

[@mpmassacre91]

That's a sweet pistol

[@honorb4glory606]

I have a .45/ .410 firearm, which has pretty poor accuracy with .45 colt cartridges, so I decided to make my own .45 bullets to improve accuracy. I concluded that a heeled wadcutter bullet, with a cupped base would keep the bullet going straight down the smooth bore, until it engages the rifling. Smokeless powder resulted in the soft lead cup getting mangled, but pyrodex worked beautifully. I get about 1000 fps, and accuracy similar to a .45 colt only barrel. The cupped base appears to increase backpressure, to get optimal burn out of the pyrodex. Pyrodex certainly has its uses.

[@40SnWfan]

TO CAST 3D PRINTED DESIGNS Design, 3d print, paint all but bottom with plaster of paris (this will retain fine details/ tubes/ channels, when that dries make a mold full of plaster of paris with the unpainted bottom level with the plaster, when that dries make sure the plastic bottom is not covered and bake in oven upside down with a pan on the rack below it, bake until all plastic has melted out of the mold. Fill the mold with lead/aluminum or whatever metal you want. This can also accommodate steel cores because the baking step won't affect it. When cool, demold with water and tools.

[@ashe1.070]

Yep, that’s called lost-PLA casting. It can also be done with wax (investment casting/lost-wax). Casting sand like Petrobond sand is great for making molds as well. There’s a type of ceramic slurry that is used in conjunction with fine sand to make molds. It apparently works very well for lost-PLA casting. The printed model (with sprues) is repeatedly dipped in the slurry then the fine sand. After drying, it’s fired in a kiln to melt out the PLA, and harden the ceramic. I don’t remember what the slurry is called called though. The lost-PLA with a Petrobond mold method is the cheapest, and most reliable way to go in my opinion. No kiln required. Petrobond is fairly cheap too. It just needs to be packed down thoroughly, the two halves, and the printed part dusted with talcum powder, etc.

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

the legally distinct securitron . yes man and victor would be proud.

[@ncsaddlehunter77]

Jeff, you may already know this but you can do the same thing with little tony the break action single barrel. Just load in the primed brass section with plastic hull removal and then load from the muzzle. Buy a pack of primers and deprime/reprise the brass portion for each shot. This is actually a common way to use a single shot as a black powder shotgun for hunting and very effective. Dave Canterbury has a great instructional video on this subject. This may help with other projectiles that you have been sent. Great video as always!

[@taofledermaus]

It was an opportunity to use the muzzle loading shotgun again since I haven't done much with them.

[@ncsaddlehunter77]

@@taofledermaus I definitely understand that. Those things are expensive. I was mainly bringing it up for accuracy and easier aiming.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

@@taofledermaus I forgot, did you ever load a shotgun shell with like pistol primers or something? Probably impractical as hell, but maybe if they've got little BBs epoxied to them they might detonate and look mildly neat.

[@christopherbishop4927]

That's tenacity Jefe` thanks. Mike's doing a great job adapting to the crew

[@Smallathe]

Missed that one. Veery cool idea to shoot with black powder. Nice to see one design survived the acceleration. Good shooting!!!

[@taofledermaus]

thank you Saar!

[@chrishoff1360]

Hey Jeff I love the shooting different targets different rounds. One thing if you put the ballistics on the leading edge of the table maybe it will still land on the table. Anyway keep up the good work. I miss Greg, you guys had great chemistry, Danny before that.Your new guys are also doing good

[@richardcallihan9746]

At, 10:36 McMASTER-CARR, What a Great Wishbook. We used to keep one in the men's room at work.

[@robertflint4115]

“That’s 4 inches, Maybe 5 inches. Nah that’s 8 “. Sounds like me telling my wife 🤣🤣

[@NORTH_CAROLINA_REAPER]

I have a sling and because of the way a sling works, it imparts spin on the projectile. For this reason, I have decided to try to use clay to make sabots for shooting nails since they should stabalize in theory. Mayne not too practical, but it's definitely a cool idea.

[@ar-sithf.austin3744]

I started LMBO walking down the hall with the whole house asleep when you sang the new Folger's jingle.

[@eastoforion]

would love to see these again with a different kind of filament! maybe some pla pro or nylon cf

[@abitofapickle6255]

Reminds me of a 120mm Sabot. GUNNER SABOT TANK!!! In all seriousness it would be cool to have Sabot slugs for smooth bore shotguns in the U.S.

[@shawnb9580]

Idk why I'm not able to comment on the video

[@GaryMeschede-jo7sc]

A very unusual video Jeff. But that went by way to fast. Thank both of y’all. ❤

[@guardianminifarm8005]

Interesting option. Nice little package there. Thank you Andrew. Folk don't like to smell or clean Pyrodex. But it is very consistent for a black powder substitute and a believe better velocities with same amount as regular or 777.

[@chris_is_here_oh_no]

Awesome video, great to see how these preformed with different loads!

[@taofledermaus]

Thank you very much!

[@everettplummer9725]

Instead of coffe grounds, try potassium chloride (lite salt) to keep flash and smoke, to a minimum.

[@frankyg2384]

Sad what happened to the fellow in the UK, as for here in Canada, projectiles, brass and primers are not regulated, so no need to worry about having a Canadian send you projectiles.

[@Eric-AC]

I wish I could subscribe 1 million times, because you're not in tiktok

[@youtube.commentator]

10:27 homie holding it, you're not ready... good bit

[@ErminF1]

That Modern Spartan Systems, carbon destroyer and Accuracy Oil are the best products I've ever used!

[@kyleeames8229]

Wonder how it would perform if the sabots and fins were cast aluminum. Andrew made an impressive effort regardless; FDM printing just isn’t up to this job yet.

[@ElDocThor]

WE ARE NOT ON TIKTOK .... Hahaha you guys are heroes

[@taofledermaus]

There are about 20 fake Taofledermaus channels on Tik Tok that I have been trying to take down in the last few months.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

This looks like it's gonna be *_gooood!_*

[@1337fraggzb00N]

When you shoot off the wings of the flies, do they become walks?

[@cgrado]

Is it the pressure that's destroying the AM-sabots? If so, would a longer barrel with slow burning powder allow for better/same speed without as much of a shattering impact to the sabot?

[@taofledermaus]

They are too light to use a slower powder.

[@letsmove1559]

To bear arms and never infringe on them,well armed militia and formed organized,all Americans,thanks for showing us

[@user-dx8kk8fr3r]

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[@Guds777]

Fun to see 14:36 when the flies jumped all up in synchronised fashion microsecond after the sabots had passed... :D

[@scourgey4205]

Taoflederscout motto 2024: Some'll shoot high, Some low, Some break apart, I dunno. Lets try that one though!

[@gtnaylor5870]

Andrew, Jeff and Mike - Good Job! ! ! ! Interesting and educational video! Thank you!

[@taofledermaus]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@flechett3]

As a flechette I approve of this video.

[@darikdatta]

Flechette cartridges are prohibited in Canada. Buddy may be squeaking around the law by making the projectiles but not loading them. But he's playing a dangerous game, especially with who's in charge up there. It probably would have been a lot smarter to not mention where these came from. I'm sure the RCMP is watching this and taking tons of notes.

[@taofledermaus]

You can understand why I was cautious about keeping the designer anonymous and delayed posting this for so long.

[@jsharp1776]

Those fly that were hanging out in the smoke. Were getting their coffee buzz....😅😅😅

[@0x80O0oOverfl0w]

Finally picked up a Mossberg today, never owned or fired a shotgun before. Should be interesting. Too bad I won't be able to hit anything since it is a smooth bore and rifling makes everything better 😂 Looking forward to the next video.

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

Great video, shooting, & commentary, thanks, guys! P.S. I love that little particle accelerator!

[@thesnipercat6792]

3:25 you know if those were printed they're either made out of PLA or ABS which are both hard and brittle plastic. I think the sabot must be made out a material with more elasticity. Like the kylon projo you shot before.

[@punchmo]

The Cannoneer needs your help working out a sabot projectile for his 1.5” cannon.

[@taofledermaus]

I think he learned the same thing I learned, these sabot darts are a pain in the butt!

[@boss_acg]

That bear is completely perfect and clear for another video now 👍

[@taofledermaus]

We should get quite a bit of use out of it.

[@glynnmitchell9253]

Great video again guys. You mention that you are measuring powder by weight, but it looks like you are measuring it by volume. I would like to see a 1 ounce buckshot load with 100 grains of blackhorn 209 powder shot into ballistic gel to measure penetration ( deer hunting load). Blackhorn is less Smokey but requires two nitro cards over powder and one nitro card over shot to get the powder to burn completely.

[@taofledermaus]

I made a powder measure that held 32 grains of Pyrodex.

[@AidenKerr944]

A little impractical, but what if you set up a strong fan to blow the smoke away faster for a better shot?

[@aidanleach7036]

As a scot, we can't own air rifles without a license, we can't own replica airsoft weapons without a license, every day working men and women's guns are seized, they protect our nature our eco system and put food on our tables, there forearms are then seized for possibly years stopping them being able to provide for there families and or look after there farm and protect there livestock. Firearms aren't fir self defence here, there used to keep nature in check and and provide income. America, even california, your lucky

[@John-vx6lu]

What is the material? petg, pla, or something else?

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

These but with tungsten and a metal maybe lead disk between the flachette and the powder

[@cycoholic]

Shows how much work you have to put in when people send you the projectile, and you have to work out how to load them. That and how hard it is to shoot 3d printed items. The ballistic gummy bear is amazingly clear, could hardly see it. Almost like the Predator! 😂

[@taofledermaus]

It's really hard to focus on it too!

[@cycoholic]

@@taofledermaus I can imagine. 🤣

[@chriskincade88]

I'm really curious what a 16 or 18in gel block would like with this load.

[@patrickmihajlovic4112]

Very *very* interisting projectile ! Would be nice to have some more of'em with "exactly" same dimensions, to achieve the highest possible acceleration... Because there is *obviously* a lot of potential in these projectiles!

[@taofledermaus]

It was really difficult to make these work and having the many different design made it more difficult

[@BenjySparky]

Jeff, Mike, and of course Andrew, y'all rock! Peace

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@therealkillerb7643]

So, was that a muzzle-loading shotgun by design or something you pressed into service?