"ROCKET POD" Shotgun Slugs - First Whistling slugs?

I have had these two slugs for months now and we finally got around to shooting them. They are made out of aluminum with a heavy carbide core in the nose.
Since we only had two of them, we shot the plain one through rifling, and the one loaded with BB's without any rifling. There was quite a difference in their flight characteristics.
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[@theoutergod8666]

Honestly, slug ain't the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the thumbnail.

[@Valensiakol]

Plug slugs.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

Rhymes with Mutt slug. 😂😂 I think that’s what everybody thought when they saw the thumbnail. Lol

[@TheOne-xu5oy]

Exactly !!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@vaperider_official]

Butt slug

[@moreme40]

Same here 😊

[@gberrick4]

First slug: "I must go. My planet needs me."

[@farter1235]

MEEM!!!E

[@lancethewisp1097]

Underrated coment

[@whitematthew79]

🤣😂🤣

[@johnheslin6914]

Your comment reminded me of that Rick and Morty episode with Ice-T

[@richpearson6727]

Crackin up

[@JesseAndMike]

Always interesting seeing these ideas play out! :) Liked as always!!

[@taofledermaus]

+JesseAndMike thanks guys!!

[@KurkoBaine]

Ayoooo, im the first viewer to reply jn this comment

[@shilanobed9228]

@@taofledermaus why does the slug look like an aerodynamic butt plug

[@HenriFaust]

These weird slug videos are amazing! I've always wondered about unusually shaped projectiles fired at high velocities.

[@RevolutionV12]

Legend has that the first slug is still flying through space to this day, on its road to become the first man made object to interact with aliens

[@threeomgthree]

What will they think of us?

[@cianmac3934]

That we're completely shit at making slugs

[@thomasminnor9667]

The revolutionary design allows you to sneak one extra shell in.

[@Mp57navy]

Some day, someone will send you Slugs that do a 180 degree turn. LOL

[@legofreak644]

+Mp57navy this might be the last video he makes ;)

[@seanmadson8524]

+Mp57navy loaded with boomerangs!

[@TheTaterTotP80]

@REDSHIFT You ok mate?

[@cielopachirisu929]

You might wanna think a little bit harder about that one. Buyer Beware indeed.

[@jamesbyrd6601]

+REDSHIFT Morbid

[@LazerLord10]

I see how it's always interesting to see if the round will fit, but then I think of how short the video would be if it didn't fit. "Will the round fit this time? Oh... well... it appears that it doesn't fit. I'll see you in the next video."

[@clockman5472]

I'm not, by any means, an expert on guns, but I think they can remove the barrel and reattach it to accommodate the round.

[@FluffRat]

+Unassigned You're right: You are not an expert on guns.

[@clockman5472]

+FluffRat Haha well there you go

[@Blu3D1amond]

+Unassigned you're right

[@clockman5472]

+Truck Turntup About which?

[@Kage999]

Tim's rocket slugs = A for appearance. F for functionality.

[@Neph1944]

Rocket slugs af

[@grosslyoffensivelizard-man3438]

1:44 "I must go.... Slug planet needs me!"

[@DenGuleBalje]

Did i hear a small slingshot channel reference? Let me show you it's features!

[@YorksDashCam]

+Kristoffer Johnsen +taofledermaus I'm not the only one who thought this :D

[@spilkspmilk6798]

+Kristoffer Johnsen hell yea dood

[@supermoon1430]

He does them every once in awhile

[@TheBaconWizard]

+Kristoffer Johnsen Well I hope you liked it, because.. BAMMM ahahahahaa... that's it for today.

[@joezzzify]

+TheBaconWizard Thanks and bye bye :D

[@RPSchonherr]

Why didnt you try no bb's no rifling like it was supposed to be used?

[@seanmadson8524]

+Robert Schuster This is what I was thinking, the spin would cause the holes to interact with the air in unwanted ways while spinning, but they would (theoretically) improve the accuracy of a round shot from a smooth bore gun (putting bbs in the holes just seemed childish to me, "Ooh, lets pile stuff in this experimental round that we only have two of that isn't designed to have things stuffed in it!")

[@RPSchonherr]

Sean Madson I totally agree, they defeated the rounds design in both tests. To me this round looks like a Yart where the air flow through the holes hits that fin in the rear to stabilize it. The physics of super sonic speed may not allow that but we'll never know from this video.

[@seanmadson8524]

Robert Schuster indeed

[@loganshotrod4x464]

That was an excellent idea for a 12 gage slug, I made something very similar about 12 years ago & had pretty much the same result... Still a damn good idea & I applaud you for trying!

[@BallisticMachinist]

well you win some and you lose some. I had hoped that they would work but I'm glad that came out looking as cool as they did.

[@kalinmir]

+TACTICAL G-CODE "The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand." Sun Tzu ...and the same is applied to ballistics...

[@MetroDET2011]

Seems like the shorter rounds trump all. Could you possibly try a girthy mushroom shape? Or maybe variations of a traditional slug?

[@Joeayresphotography]

+TACTICAL G-CODE Have you thought about having a finned tail? Could help them fly straighter.

[@acywei]

+TACTICAL G-CODE Please make another one to shoot in a non rifled shotgun and this time don't have the silly "bb pellet" modification. I looked on your channel and couldn't find a video so I am assuming Tao fired the only two.

[@DanielMonsanto]

looks like the shape of the tail may be what caused it to fly in that fashion. maybe changing the shape of the tail or removing it completely would allow the slug to fly straighter.

[@mrclucker1969]

Tim has provided some great and interesting slugs with even more interesting flight paths - there is something odd about seeing a 'bullet' flying in a curve! The modified slug sounded like a little bird, chirping in the grass LOL

[@Mazaroth]

The backplate should've had more curve, now it is just a stopper, causing it to fly randomly.

[@sharxbyte]

Something that I've noticed is that despite what you would expect from darts and other objects thrown at significantly lower velocity, the oddball slugs seem to work much better when they are as short as possible (like when the 3d printed slugs were cut down). If he could remake them without the tail, I think you would have better results.

[@TheFoodnipple]

Little did you know G-code made them heat seeking and found a target over the berm.

[@higbeythedemon]

+TheFoodnipple the last thing that pour mouse heard was that whistling noise .

[@Thelothuo]

+higbey the demon And then it got ground like beef. Seriously, those meat grinders are pretty graphic when considered. The meat isn't cut much, but mostly forcefully extruded through small holes.

[@FamAngus]

Maybe you could've replied with something a little more relevant?

[@FoxletNull]

+Fam Angus less q.q more pew pew

[@TheFoodnipple]

Fam Angus You realize you're in the KZbin comments, right?

[@aepceo1]

"Lets look at its features!" ... Slingshot Channel!

[@CheeseVRC]

+Justin Dixon "Let me show you its features"* Slingshot Channel..

[@OGPatriot03]

This was awesome! I was really interested in seeing how these would turn out just by the look alone. Not functional but still very interesting to me.

[@Chris-pk2wi]

Both his test were invalid becuase he did not use them as intended. First shot was with riffling, that put a spin on the round pretty much guaranteeing it to mess up with those holes reacting to the air with a spin, second round had the holes plugged up with BB's... I'm not saying the round will work if not modified, just that we cant tell from these tests.

[@ArtisanTony]

Are we finally going to admit a ball of lead just works :)

[@taofledermaus]

+ArtisanTony People love seeing failures!

[@brianreddeman951]

+ArtisanTony That was never in doubt; This is more of 10,001 crazy things you can shoot out of a shotgun.

[@ArtisanTony]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS Oh I am 100% behind you :)

[@ArtisanTony]

+Brian Reddeman But these guys have families ok :) haha

[@mattv2099]

it went that far because the round was able to get up to speed after you shot it out of the shotgun

[@Slaytanic454]

+MattV2099: Guns & Food Nailed it.

[@justforever96]

+hf117j It wouldn't work. Bean-bags and other rounds are loaded with lighter powder charges, so they don't hit lethally. If you fired a bean bag with a full power charge, it'd go right into the person. If you fired a slug with a reduced bean-bag charge, it'd break bones, maybe penetrate, leave horrible bruises. Both bean bag and reduced charge are required. But that means that bean bag and other LL rounds won't cycle in a semi-automatic shotgun, which are designed for full power shells. That's one big reason why LE units still use pump-action guns, because they can handle whatever ammo you put into them. An AA-12 wouldn't cycle with bean-bag rounds.

[@dragonbutt]

+hf117j I volunteer to be shot at with an AA-12 full of bean bag rounds

[@dmtenor]

Obviously, since the rocket rounds were only able to tactically deploy and operate after leaving the barrel. There were clearly threats to the far right and left of the target they had to engage.

[@davidsparks7106]

@@dragonbutt you sir have both balls of steel and brains of soup

[@jackarundajiralhasari1062]

That first slug saw what you were doin and just NOPE'd right the hell outta there. It's probably somewhere in Spain right now.

[@pathicc8818]

I BELIVE I CAN FLYYYYY

[@LangoUsDavidLango]

Thanks for helping us wring every last drop of fun possible. Now we can move on from whistling rocket science trajectories!

[@Cogglesz]

Woah have i binge watched TFM that much i'm being recommended 7 year old videos now?! Love the timeless quality, absolute fright being at a gun range with others got me good as a later on 2020 viewer!

[@Qrafter]

DEAR GOD IT'S A BULLET MADE OF TRYPOPHOBIA!

[@mememachine3477]

Oh hell no

[@BaronNate]

+Qrafter 7113 LMAO, damn, what a great comment!

[@mushroom420blazeit6]

That's all I see when I look at those bullets :'(

[@isaachonzel9486]

Damn you!! No all i'll see is dogs filled with maggots spilling out all over it body.

[@djfredbearplushfrompixelgu5444]

The Bullet Was Like I Believe I Can Fly

[@RCScaleAirplanes]

Out of control :) At least you had tried it.

[@taofledermaus]

+RCScaleAirplanes haha, yeah this was a wacky one.

[@lifeincolour09]

+Fkin Kangaroo Dimethylmercury is extremely toxic. Be careful with it. It can be used as a pesticide in very small quantities on seeds but I don't know what TAOFLEDERMAUS could do with it.

[@ramonmatute3726]

Fkin Kangaroo

[@saleemcarr9501]

And now i dont need to watch this

[@maxb9767]

@@lifeincolour09 extremely toxic is an understatement. Touching the stuff with gloves is enough to give you lethal mercury poisoning.

[@Nukle0n]

You should ask him if he'd please stop making those long buttplug slugs, they never work.

[@13aceofspades13]

i love the picture on your weight scale, its hilarious... "I automatically dislike everything."

[@bluewater454]

That would be great if you were hunting barns! ...really BIG barns, at really close range.

[@umad42]

To hunt the barn, one must... Become the barn!!

[@sivalley]

Turn left to go right.

[@iant720]

Anyone remember those weird squishy mini football things? I had one as a kid. This design totally reminds me of them!

[@logoseven3365]

Nerf football. They made some with a whistle on the side.

[@iant720]

+LogoSeven not Nerf. Mine was like green, it was translucent too. Like jello. It was kinda firm but had all these holes through it. It made an awesome squishy sound of you squeezed it.

[@alfredohernandez4187]

Sounds like u had a nerf ball dat was chewed up!😭😭😂😎

[@Herlgar]

Vortex

[@u9Nails]

+1 Internet's for a whistling slug and great job with the high speed footage capturing that crazy flight path.

[@taofledermaus]

+u9Nails thanks!

[@indeed7289]

1:38 i must go now my people need me

[@TheWorldEnd2]

what happens when people with no idea of aerodynamics make ballistic projectiles

[@FeralColin]

TheWorldEnd2 actually this is what happens when someone with no idea of aerodynamics tries to shoot a ballistic projectile

[@realitycheck7865]

TheWorldEnd2, lol, that's what I thought !!!!

[@patrickmainstream8869]

hm.when i was 15 years old. I did same or better with mercury and explosives

[@planescaped]

@@FeralColin Boy this comment looks dumb in hindsight...

[@Mekanik.b]

I'm not sure if anyone will read this but this bullet looks awfully familiar to the one found in "The Chronicles of Riddick" at about 1:17:19 in the movie. Just thought it was kinda cool to see these relations.

[@Mekanik.b]

+SlayerBBoy TAOFLEDERMAUS

[@mattv2099]

link in the description doesn't work :( that's a crazy slug!!!!

[@taofledermaus]

+MattV2099: Guns & Food ah, thanks! Not sure what happened there!

[@masterwammar9571]

That's cool!My brother has a USP and some crazy things happen too!

[@acklan3]

To paraphrase Edison, "I did not fail 10,000 time, I found 10,000 ways how not to make a shotgun slug".

[@taofledermaus]

+acklan3 lol true!

[@rlbadger1698]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS Judging from some past comments, you are trying the same thing with videos.

[@biggusdickus8335]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS Hey bro! First off, I just want to say how much I love your vids, and secondly, Would you ever consider taking your show on the road, and come to MO? I'd love to meet you and your crew, and it would be an honor to shoot with you !

[@taofledermaus]

+Rl Badger You never know what will work, until you try it.

[@rlbadger1698]

Darn it Jeff! Will you stop quoting Edison and get back to making videos!

[@cybeermancom1]

maybe without the miniballs in a smooth shotgun? obviously the holes are for stabilization

[@supremecaffeine2633]

+arthroxon nö They could have also caused the insane lift.

[@cybeermancom1]

+G Turpin but they stabilized the slug much

[@supremecaffeine2633]

arthroxon nö I'm just saying that they could have contributed to the inaccuracy.

[@cybeermancom1]

+G Turpin maybe

[@chabis]

The next model might have the holes the way they make it rotate. I know, turbine slugs don't seem to work at all but it would be cool to try it out.

[@PureCountryof91]

im just gonna say it, those were beautiful projectiles.. sad they didn't work well.. but as say a jewelery piece they might.

[@streetpunk99]

I used to go to events with the North South Skirmish Association and I'd always hear guys shooting lead round balls that's would scream. Never could figure out how they were casting them but it was a very noticable and regular whistle.

[@MrChris-bx7ss]

Make a slug in which 2 spring loaded wings deploy when it leaves the barrel

[@taofledermaus]

+Ammo Man We did that with a toggle bolt before!

[@cadespencer6320]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS try shooting a co2 cartridge out of a rifled choke

[@cadespencer6320]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS and then try shooting jelly bean buckshot

[@Mrpropulsion]

+Cade Spencer i tried it, they don't fit. atleast not the 12grams

[@MrChris-bx7ss]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS that's not really a wing.

[@Dulcimerea]

Ah, the Bystander Slug. Ingenious.

[@pedrocobosmayorgas3558]

Si

[@69adrummer]

Those looked cool! They'd be worth trying to locate and recover!

[@taofledermaus]

+69adrummer We did search all over for the one that hit the berm.

[@Hazztech]

hey tao, I have a suggestion. in most shotshells, somewhere near 30% of the shotshell's internal length is compromised of just the wad. there are other shells which drastically decrease size while not sacrificing power by reducing the wad's size significantly. an example is the aguila minishell. however, such a design has never been applied to a full size shotshell. if the wad on a normal 2 3/4 shell or 3 in shell was downsized like the augila's, it would allow much more shot and powder- so more power. naturally this is 100% safe and you should totally try it.

[@Skwisgar2322]

the problem that Tactical G-Code is encountering is he is designing projectiles that might work very well at low velocity, but when you are firing them this fast aerodynamics start to act differently. suddenly you have to consider the previously negligable pressure on the nose vs the stabilization fins, among other factors.

[@StickyIckyOOHWAY]

+Skwisgar2322 yeah, flying faster than the speed of sound has very different aerodynamic properties than flying at a lower speed. and its very apparent on TAOFLEDERMAUS' videos, with all those cool looking slugs and whatnot.

[@flinchfu]

The ports catch air and pull the projectile into a tumble... I don't undestand this design at any velocity.

[@StropSharp]

He should drill the holes at a slight angle and through the back plate in line as well to let the air pass through to get some gyroscopic stability..just my take.

[@SandeepSinghMango]

Yeah that backplate works like a brake because the air coming trough the holes slows it down

[@mickeficks]

That's what I was thinking. Notch the back plate and put a slight twist in the holes to increase spin and, hopefully, accuracy.

[@mdw159]

Yeah,,, bullet must have spinning action to fly smoothly in the air.

[@followmeandsee7589]

LOL! @ 0:19 Ladies and gentleman, you have just witnessed the first time the words "art deco lamp" have been uttered at a gun range.

[@toxified3937]

Really suprised you didnt try one threw the smooth bore without the bb's. Crazy looking round for sure.

[@Durrdalus]

... And now I want to see a police whistle being shot :D

[@The177Hunter]

should have reversed the ammo with the guns. try rifled barrel for the one with the bbs in the holes and smooth bore for the un modded rocket?

[@taofledermaus]

+The177Hunter If we did it that way, everyone would tell us we should have done it the other way.

[@wetwillie]

Do it both ways.

[@smoothmovez]

i love the way they sound

[@goverat]

i used to play with slingshots a bit. i found that ball sinkers whistle a lot.

[@MyJosh360]

Angle the holes in the same direction as the rifling!

[@theicedman]

Yeah the rifling in the shotgun barrel

[@idontuploadjustwatch]

+theicedman the barrel had rifling

[@sc0tte1-416]

I was thinking the same thing. The fact it was twisting and air was entering the holes the wrong direction probably was the cause of it veering off course.

[@mohamadherdadi2281]

Josh B

[@moreofaglockguy8730]

"let me show you its features" lol channeling your inner german sling shot warrior?

[@taofledermaus]

+more of a glock guy I think I put 3 references to other channels in this video. lol

[@moreofaglockguy8730]

***** nice lol

[@ubertuna1]

FYI it is still possible to make working shotgun shell booby traps using two sliding sections of pipe with a firing pin mounted to the bottom, as described in the anarchist cookbook.

[@michaelmoon6675]

That's The wildest round I've seen yet.👍🎯❤️

[@roygould9454]

If you thought the rifling effected the slug, why didn't you try it out of a smooth bore without the bb's?

[@taofledermaus]

+Roy Gould I only had two of these. One we shot through rifling and the other through a smooth bore

[@roygould9454]

***** So my point is in order to give a true test of it's efficacy you should not have used bb's in the smooth bore.

[@Robert53area]

+Roy Gould ima take a guess you sticking the BBs in is why it tumbled through the air too. you messed up the slugs aerodynamics, the BBs add more weight to the front causing it to be unbalanced and tuble through the air. and the rifling put a spin on it... the manufacture probably intended for this type of slug to be fired by a smooth bore shotgun

[@ponycentaur1456]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS It is like you didnt choose a 'control group' for your scientific endeavor when it came to testing this shot. You didnt try shooting the odd pod through a smooth-bore without tampering with it. The way it was likely designed for. Its like playing an xbox game , but with the cd covered in penut butter and pondering why it didnt work. THen you put a regular xbox game in a ps2 and wondering why it didnt work. but still, good video. I enjoy watching these.

[@flazzorb]

+Roy Gould because they all ready had decided to do one with the bb's, and the slugs probably didn't survive the impacts

[@poppopscarvinshop]

Well, they flew like caged birds set free! Thanks Y'all!

[@taofledermaus]

+James White Haha, good comparison!

[@BeasBotBonanza]

dem carbide cores though. Tactical Gcode loves his carbide cores lol

[@taofledermaus]

+RisingSun051 Often he uses them just because they have such high density, to get more weight in the nose.

[@ForkMyDongle]

I wonder if the machinist made the holes at a diagonal to encourage a spin through airflow. Granted it would have to be in the same direction of the rifling. But then again it would be interesting to see it both ways.

[@warpigsbustedknucklegarage3683]

Did that slug leave the range? Surrrrre looks like it......

[@flinchfu]

The ports should be in the tail.

[@donmcneil4679]

When I was in Nam We had a 12 Gauge Round called the "Fleshet" and it had like little Arrows in it that did Whistle too. This Art Deco "Rocket Pod" wasn't the first to Whistle. By the way, the Fleshet Round hit what it was Aimed at.

[@Justasmalltownokie]

Wow, hope the range owner wasn't upset over the flight of these oddball rounds! Both went pretty high, heck that second one looks like it was higher than the berm for a bit in the slow mo, thank goodness it dropped at the end. Again, neat looking rounds from Tim, it's just too bad they keep flying wonky.

[@taofledermaus]

+Justasmalltownokie The first one wasn't travelling THAT fast. Normally a slug going 1200 fps would travel about 16 inches every FRAME filmed at 960 frames a second.

[@vinayvinay9]

who told you bullets can't travel curves!!

[@WodernWarfareTree]

Make a metal Nerf Vortex football

[@DraconicBiker]

Try again with a smoothbore shotgun and no bbs in the holes of the slug. Those holes channeled the air like vents to the back of the slug and stabilized it in flight as we saw in the first shot. The rifling more than likely caused it to fly off as the vents are straight on the slug. The second shot, the bbs had the slug off balance and blocked those airvents that would have stabilized it in flight. A good design, just need to think about it before shooting ;)

[@kirtil5177]

I like how the round with the spin flew upwards

[@albionpewpew]

I can't be the only one who thinks that slug looks more like a plug....

[@GRArnold]

The first test was invalidated by the rifling, the second by plugging up the holes, so the tests proved nothing.

[@bryanbse7687]

triumphkid blabka

[@acorncz4752]

I think this was for a smoothbore barrel and the holes were for good air flow so the bbs made it go crazy and the rifled choke did so.

[@heffyfatman123]

Haha let's look at its features haha. Ling shots are awesome.

[@jiritichy6855]

The music at 1:30, please.....name and author and what ever else might be available to find it...thank you

[@taofledermaus]

Is the music more important to you than the video?

[@jiritichy6855]

I already saw the vid. And the performance of the bullet was in my opinion unimpressive.Sorry no pun....But he music really impressed me....otherwise I would not ask.

[@MrKillerseal]

Does that really fucking matter, you could just answer his question. People can comment what they want. For example: this video was shit.

[@Sherman_13]

That was a pretty lame response, I expected you guys to be nicer to users.

[@taofledermaus]

Sherman Root Don't be a dick.

[@sausagewizard6975]

trypophobia

[@Dudeman0927]

+Ben Troutslayer Taylor TRIGGERED

[@wayned5872]

crazy stuff Jeff

[@NicholasAarons]

Awesome Video Guys. Keep up the great work. Nick.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@shalafichg1]

0 knowledge in aerodynamics...

[@taofledermaus]

+shalafichg1 read some books then!

[@shalafichg1]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS i've read A LOT of books (in 1 year i will be aeronautic engineer) , don't need trust me , only see your vid.... I recommend you start with: Anderson, J."Foundamentals of Aerodynamics", Ed. McGraw Hill Bertin, J.J; Smith, M. L. "aerodinamics for Engineers". Ed John Wiley & Sons Kuthe, A.;Chow, C."Foundations of Aerodynamics". Ed. John Wiley & Sons Dowell, EH., Curtiss, HC.,Scanlau RH. "A modern course in Aeroelasticity" Bisplinghoff, RL, Ashley H., R.L.Halfman. "Aeroelasticity" Ed. Addison-Wesley if you are interested in craft non useless bullets, can send you others books.

[@shalafichg1]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS maybe , your goal was that the bullet make a curve path...

[@archmadnessdr6504]

+youtuber are you talking about my people we are smart with guns

[@youtuberschannel12]

+Ryan Robertson smart in guns dumb in aerodynamics won't help in bullet design

[@DMVoidKitten]

what a shit test.. next time, get 4 slugs, 2 with the bb, 2 regular. for all we know, the tumbling was caused from your additions to the second slug.

[@taofledermaus]

Send me some and I'll re-do it

[@brandon2076]

You can hear the "whiiish" and the "tweeting" sounds the slugs make when the fly!

[@AishaDracoGryph]

I wish you had been able pick up that whistle a bit better. I didn't even notice it until going back to listen for it. Really interesting that it does make a sound like that. Did the other people at the range notice the whistle sound?

[@Ybw200owns]

nice try. nerf did it first, cheaters

[@lifeisgood12341]

if you ever get any more of those cut down on the number of holes so like put bb s in half the holes that might keep it stable and have it fly straight

[@FierceAmbience]

The round is a smart idea however the only issue that I see with getting it to function is its shape. The point on the projectile will not allow for air to be evenly dispersed through the holes because it is a point. It creates a vacuum that is rotated around the front of the round rather than the rear which is why we see it fly off in a fixed direction. I think that if the round featured a convex nose to it rather than the traditional "point" that the vacuum would be directed more towards the sides and rear of the round allowing it to fly more true and allow for more of an effect we traditional see from rifling. Another aspect to consider is the holes in the round may not be the correct dimension. As air becomes compressed and forced through the hole, the wall in the hole will cut the wind and cause it to loose spin and eventually trajectory. If the holes were made to look more like cones with the smaller opening at the front of the round, I believe it would maintain more spin from rifling as well as keep less air pressure from effecting the tail end of the projectile by more evenly dispersing air pressure.

[@waggerinator]

This bullet did make a sound. I remember the conversation about the whistleing sound on your totally hollow bullet. Now I wonder if these bullets would make an even better whistle sound, if the tail is finned to make it fly straight and the holes at the top would get a smaller diameter from the top to the bottom. I´ve got just a basic knowledge of english. I hope I explained my next type of bullet right so you understand what I mean. This video did more than I expected. The first shot did a "whistle" too. Maybe I just heard the airflow. But the second one was surprising for me. I didn´t think that the BBs make its sound louder.

[@wayneair]

should've swapped them. the one that allowed airflow through it seems like it would stabilize itself, therefore been shot in a smooth barrel. the BB plugged holes slug, no airflow through, in the rifled choke (or full rifled barrel) to see if it would stabilize.

[@lazaglider]

I watch a video from this channel around once a year. Yes, it seems there is still a reason why accurate ammo looks like it does, and not like this. I'll check back in another year to see if things have changed.

[@Gtamerboy93]

+lazaglider Aren't you cool?

[@lazaglider]

+Joseph Pineda Not particularly, I'm not quite sure of the point you're trying to make. Care to elaborate?

[@TheAkashiro]

behind the holes make a spirak lines for a better wind flowing. this can make a upgrade in the rotation

[@gmill0188]

That first slug went into orbit.

[@citizen1114]

I take it that you guys don't want anyone to send anything to be tested. Got it. Thanks for the heads up.

[@nomad90125]

What I've always wanted in life. A slug that can whistle.😂🤣😂🤣

[@911naimplate]

WOW!!!!!!! That's really something Lex!!!!!!

[@willnonya9438]

The flat back ends of a lot of these custom slugs will cause them to fly funny. Maybe making it concave on the back would help.

[@TheRagingUnprofessional]

0:45 When did Jorge Sprave show up?! LET ME SHOW YOU ITS FEATURES. LOLOL That dude makes me crack up.

[@TheSimonarne]

those slugs looks like one of those kids toys i used to play with when i was younger. the ones you put like a cap with gunpowder in and threw them up in the air and they would land on the cap and the cap would explode. maybe you should try to shoot one of those if you can find any

[@scotty2827]

"I auto-dislike everything" so good :D

[@Krod50]

I hope they make those slugs for my Airforce Texan 457 SS pcp rifle soon!!👍🏼

[@---jo6fk]

Nice whistle!

[@GunnyFits1]

As always good stuff.

[@ItsRequiemTV]

The holes through the head should twist through the head to make a spiral pattern to give the round some stabilisation

[@terrancelopez9631]

You know what they say, "the best lathed rounds of taofledermaus and men often fly away..."