Shotgun slug designed like an Abrams tank sabot - Sauvestre

Quite a few of my European viewers have asked me to test out the Balle Flèche Sauvestre shotgun slugs from France. Sadly, it was impossible to find these for sale in the U.S. and I could not get any from the manufacturer.
Out of the blue, David from France stepped up and offered to send us some.
David's KZbin Channel:
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[@mannyowlstein8144]

That is the most American looking french dude I have ever seen

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

He would fit in well in the louisiana bayou!

[@PimpCatTV]

@@thetightwadhomesteader3089 Lmao! you're SO right

[@watferfoot1467]

I first tought he was american

[@jeffrichards1537]

I was shocked when he actually spoke French. Looks like a dude from where I live in west Virginia

[@TheFish711]

His KZbin channel even has a Gadson flag

[@joemo1033]

That's the most Arkansas lookin Frenchman I have ever seen. Awesome!

[@upsidedowndog1256]

Joe Morrell There is a reason the last s in Arkansas is not pronounced. Cool guy like Arkansans too.

[@upsweet07]

ok, didn't know thats when france was fighing with usa against england ?

[@upsidedowndog1256]

upsweet07 Yes it was. Our revolution from Britain inspired them to do the same to their monarchy. The French didn't like the mosquitos in Louisiana so they sold it to the U.S. doubling the size of the country.

[@joemo1033]

upsweet07 It's not any individual thing. It's not the hat, the facial hair style, or the cut off teeshirt. Any one of those things could mean anything. But all three together make you look like a beer drinkin, gun totin, God fearin, football watchin southern gentleman. I think that's a good thing. Better then tight jeans and a man purse, that's for sure.

[@upsidedowndog1256]

There is almost no crime where I live in Arkansas because of the gun toting thing. How about those restrictive gun laws in Chicago, morgues are busy

[@AnimalzyNL]

Probably the most stable smoothbore slug I have ever seen. Astonishing how it flew so straight, even through the gel.

[@pbs1516]

I'm French and seeing this video and its comments make me so happy. I've had a bad day, thanks.

[@starshipfantastica]

Dear France, please sell us your fancy Sabot Shotgun Slugs. Sincerely, USA.

[@InsanoBinLooney]

P.S. we will rename it the freedom slug.

[@lefr33man]

French export laws regarding firearms makes that extremely unlikely.

[@upsweet07]

sauvestre cie doesn't reply...

[@Tschar]

Despite the fact a lot of our firearms end up in your hands ! ^^ Think about all these MAS36 and MAS49/56 you have in in the USA... I should sell one of my kidney to get one.

[@dpnast8301]

You can found a company and import this slugs. They are amazing!

[@samlocust4600]

french guy with dont tread on me picture and texas long horn hat lmao

[@heirofaniu]

A big thank you to David for sending these slugs in, this video was a ton of fun to watch, and these slugs are some of the best looking and mechanically interesting rounds that this channel has featured. And a big thank you to this channel for bringing us all consistently entertaining and informative content.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks for the nice words! David sent several other slugs made in France we'll be testing out. Very nice guy to send them!

[@upsweet07]

thank you, i'm going to send more of those, some leadfree ones and some other french and european specialties

[@taofledermaus]

Plus I have all those other slugs you've sent. People are going to really get an appreciation of French slugs.

[@heirofaniu]

I'll be looking forward to it.

[@WRXXXual]

I know some deer that live near by that would love to get to see the performance of these slugs up close!

[@17hmr243]

few cats that need a high speed lead injection too only to keep them healthy

[@jesseroseberry7936]

2 mule deer saw the performance of a 12 gauge and a 20 gauge deer slugs, a gift from myself.

[@BMack37]

I LOVE that slow motion spaced gummy bear shot, absolutely beautiful shot!

[@toastyroastyman8911]

finally we see a well designed smooth bore sabot round out of a smooth bore shotgun !

[@tetryl1]

Impressive slug. I wish you had more of these and others so you could show how far they are accurate. These ones seem like they would be really accurate.

[@harliethomas1378]

OMG I remember when these first came out over 20 years ago. So awesome to see a version of them again. I remember the writeups showed awesome accuracy out of a smooth bore better than a rifled Hastings barrel at the time.

[@BlueshirtFan4Ever]

All respect to 🇫🇷 for making some kick-ass shotgun shells. I can totally respect their work. Sincerely yours, YT fan from the 🇺🇲.

[@JONDEMORAY]

Jeff keeps pushing the boundaries of the ballistics of shotgun slugs. Keep em coming !

[@upsweet07]

thank you jeff for doing these awersome videos, and there is more in the pipe, there are few more french designed shotgun slugs to shoot in california ! you're right, my name is daaaaavid :) i tried to contact sauvestre cie, no success, will try again

[@taofledermaus]

Gualandi in Italy was really nice when they saw a video I made of one of their slugs and then sent me more slugs. They make good stuff and I am happy to tell people about their slugs. I really wanted to shoot the Sauvestres at more random targets but THIS time only 3 out of 5 shot. Loading these were tricky. I really do appreciate you sending all the slugs.

[@vokxar1980]

for me the sabot are spliting from the rear beacaus of that little space between the tale and the sabot. for me pressur must be freaking huge in there

[@b1ff]

Merci beaucoup David!

[@upsweet07]

de rien salty

[@misschauffarde5112]

Le problème des compagnies française c'est que une elle son très jalouse de leur création et de deux le législation française est très stricte même envoyé ne serait-ce que le projectile a un particulier demande beaucoup de paperasse The problem with French companies is that one is very jealous of their creation and two French legislation is very strict, even if only the projectile is sent To an individual it will require a lot of paperwork and they doesn't really have time for it unfortunately

[@JesseAndMike]

Nice! Really complicated looking slug! Liked!! :)

[@taofledermaus]

Thanks! Yeah, they are really expensive too, if you can find someone that sells them.

[@pexleptic2672]

JesseAndMike you guys like guns

[@pexleptic2672]

JESSE AND MIKE I had no idea u liked gun channels

[@dreamwolf7302]

I gotta see if my wife's uncle could make something like these, hes been making custom rifles and shotguns for nearly 60 years, and he loads his own ammo.

[@noahahn3658]

@@taofledermaus Expensive in France too dude

[@necromax13]

That's a badass slug. David looks like a cool dude too.

[@loudpanzer]

this shotgun shell is a really cool idea, hopefully you can do more tests! Also the Chronos 1.4 footage is outstanding, cant wait to see more!!

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!

[@jonaltland686]

watching the slo-mo penetration of this slug boring through the ballistic gummy bears on the spaced -out shot was probably the coolest single piece of footage I've seen on this channel yet. Great work!

[@mattv2099]

those are sick anti-tank slugs

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Well the French invented sabot rounds in 1939 for use against nazis invasion but the production was supposed to start in 1942

[@ciro79]

That is legendary Savestre sabot slug for smoothbore shotgun.Very comon here in Europe and probably the best smoothbore slug on the world.Slug that make smoothbore shotgun close to rifle the best possible way.There is manny cheaper coppy of Sauvestre here in Europe,even made from brass.Shotguns are No1 all game hunting weapon in Europe.For example shotgun is only legal hunting weapon in Grecce and Turkey.In Austria and Switzerland you can buy double barrel shotgun without any licence. but rifled shotgun barrels are not common and popular like in US.I notice very pore choice of all kinds of smoothbore shotguns slug in US probably because rifled shotgun barrels are very comon in US and very rare in Europe. .

[@taofledermaus]

Rifled shotguns aren't THAT common here either. In some places in the U.S., certain seasons and areas only allow shotguns. Serious hunters will often have a rifled shotgun, but will also be into rifles and bows too. That way they can hunt almost anywhere have the right tool for the season and area.

[@Jimbo1920]

Great videos. Concise, informative, and to the point. Unlike some long winded presenters. And the camera work, especially the slowmo, is without peer. My highest regards.

[@taofledermaus]

Thank you very much!

[@johnhmstr]

This has to be the most reliable & functional sabot shotgun slug you all have shot. Really impressive to see it done right. U.S. Distributors you watching? Get this on the market, way better than 99% of the marketing wank certified (but unreliable) slugs out there. Would love to see some longer range testing on these if you can find a source to acquire some more. They look like they would hold accuracy well at range which is more than can be said for the majority of slugs.

[@tayro7265]

I love the sabot/wad effect of pulling the dart. Take this design, use poly-carb for the lead section of the darts upper. Drill out its center for a core. Use a blunt hexagonal carbide rod as a core. Drill out one end the rod to fit the neck of say a 223. Replace the 223's FMJ bullet with a wad even with the mouth of the shell. Push the rod in the head of the poly/bullet just below the tip of the head. Leave a gap so as to allow the initial impact to be displaced by a crinkle zone between the poly-upper of the bullet and the lower, barring surface. Place modified 223 in the bottom of the poly-upper bullet. Secure the 223 by injecting hotsnot in a hole connected with a groove at the bottom of the poly-upper that aligns with the 223's evaluator groove. Make the same base as they used but... drill out a mount hole for a firing pin. The bullet makes impact, the initial force goes through the poly down to the crumple zone, collapses the free space between the 223's base in the poly-upper and the firing pin in the lower part of the main bullet. The pin hits the 223's primer just as the rod makes impact with surface. BOOM X 2. The sabot/wad pulling effect should minimise pre-fire in the barrel while keeping accuracy and adding penetration with a shotgun. The 223cal, 12g w/armour piercing tip. Buy now. No choke required. Operators standing by. Just Thinkingoutloud

[@angierossman604]

that high speed was awesome the way it tracked the round was really cool

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!

[@Wetcorps]

For a long time hunting was a very common man activity in France, and it still is to an extent. We used to be a rural country. We still have more hunters than some other European countries where hunting is more of a noblemen thing. Shotguns were and still are the easiest guns to get, so it's no wonder we developped slugs for it. Why buy an expensive huning rifle with expensive ammo if you can just get a few slugs, sauvestres or brenekes to shoot boars with? Also it's just a theory, but I think the box of 6 is because people either hunt with double barrels shotguns or semi autos limited to 3 shots. So you have 3 or 2 full reloads in one box. Pump shotguns are regulated and aren't widely used anymore.

[@StephenPowers1]

I have some of these and love em. They also make them in other calibers but they are expensive. Especially the lead free ones. Fun though, very fun.

[@lieutenantdan8541]

lead free is bad

[@mannys9130]

+LEAVE ME ALONE! got that? Depends on the situation...

[@silvermurex8009]

you can make them at home

[@joemcdonald3448]

LEAVE ME ALONE! got that? What is wrong with bismuth?

[@u.p.woodtick3296]

Stephen Powers where can I get some? Please

[@michaelbianchi22]

Probably the best slug yet!

[@drkjk]

Interesting. As a former tanker and Master Gunner of the M60A3 and M1A1 I'd like to clear up some misconceptions. The first one is the reason why the 120mm is a smooth bore as opposed to a rifled bore. It has to do with internal pressure and gun wear, rifled cannons simply cannot handle the same pressure without experiencing much greater wear. It actually has nothing to do with the types of ammunition fired, and in fact the smooth bore reduces the types of ammunition that can be effectively fired*. The next misconception is that fin stabilized ammunition must be fired from a smooth bore. Not so, HEAT rounds are fin stabilized and have been fired from rifled 90mm and 105mm with terrific accuracy. HEAT rounds overcome the rifling the same way 105mm APFSDS does, with driving bands that slip. So as the round travels up the bore of the gun most of the spin is taken up by the slipping drive band with only a minimal amount of spin imparted on the projectile. *HEP (High Explosive Plastic), or in British parlance, HESH (High Explosive Squash Head) is a very effective high explosive round that needs spin to be most effective against the intended target. The round is a relatively thin walled projectile and it is meant to squash or pancake against the target whence a base fuze is initiated. It was found early on that spin is necessary to make the most effective pancake upon the target before the base fuze initiates. The Brits love their HESH rounds and is the reason they've stuck by their rifled 120mm cannons.

[@neumy1944]

Cool slug and a french sabotage at that...who knew? Lovin the new slo-mo and exotic ammo, looking forward to more!

[@imonmyiphonebro]

the slow-mo tracking was super cool in this video!

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@TheGoreforce]

Did you pan the video by editing or was it actually the camera following?

[@taofledermaus]

I did it by editing, it's a short and wide resolution so I just did it by panning in the editor

[@TheGoreforce]

***** It looks nice!!!

[@imonmyiphonebro]

TAOFLEDERMAUS thanks for taking the time to respond! :)

[@elijahclark6093]

Who knew that someone from France could look like he lived right down the road from me. Oh yeah and the round was pretty awesome too.

[@5roundsrapid263]

France actually has a good history of firearms.The French invented smokeless powder, and their military adopted the first brass rifle cartridge.

[@ragimundvonwallat8961]

and the first bullet that can be reloaded just like a smoothbore,the balle minié

[@JamesW81]

They also pioneered the advances of the white flag

[@philippefrater2000]

Ragimund VonWallat And don't Forget the 22 rimfire! That's also us...

[@philippefrater2000]

James W Not fair. They ruined our constitutional rights to bear arms in 1939....

[@rickeyryan303]

@@JamesW81 you tell that to the resistance fighters ..

[@LD-qj2te]

Thank you team and David from France- always fun!

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@upsweet07]

thanks !

[@17hmr243]

thanks David for helping

[@ta65mail]

Really liked the way these performed. Who knows maybe the'll become the future of shotgun slug design.

[@LexsLavrov]

That trajectory tracking parts are just am-fukken-azing!!! Wow!

[@taofledermaus]

Haha, I'm trying to work with those wide but short resolutions.

[@jamescopeland8813]

I know you guys have tested many more effective projectiles, with regard to damage, etc... but this one has impressed me the most. Most excessively complicated rounds are neither consistent, nor effective. The accuracy alone, impressed me... and to do it consistently? I'm sold.

[@wreck_ignition7847]

Very cool round! Very few saboted and/or finned rounds we've seen actually flew straight.

[@FISTER87]

The Abrams has a smooth bore because of the HEAT ammunition that it fires. adding a spin to that particular round has negative effects to armor penetration because it messes with the creation of the explosively formed projectile that actually penetrates the armor.

[@granddukeofmecklenburg]

FISTER87 no...the british are the ones with rifling, specifically because they only use hesh rounds in anti armor situations...While the smart nations like the US, Germany, france, and all the other NATO(and our asian allies aswell,like japan, and korea)and all other westernized 1st world countries except britian use 120mm smoothbore

[@Erpyrikk]

The British still have rifled barrels because it allows them to fire HESH with better effect and the challenger is designed to use 2 part ammunition which is very unreliable to do with smooth-bore guns. Also Britain went to go to 120mm Before Ammunition could be made precise enough to allow smooth-bores to fire accurately.

[@granddukeofmecklenburg]

ErikThorvald thats what i said...they use hesh...which is fucking stupid, against modern armor...Every other modernized country uses Sabots

[@MisterCOM]

@@granddukeofmecklenburg the brits also uses apfsds they have a different sabo to counteract the spin

[@kruler-westoz-nauman3638]

@@granddukeofmecklenburg Ex tanky myself, the c2 is rifled but uses the Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) as well as HESH, the Challenger 2 is an upgrade of the well you guessed it Challenger 1 but the barrel choice was made in the mid to early 80's way before the smooth bores were, well less crap. The Challenger 2 is due to be replaced 2025 to 2030 ish. But British Army has always done its own thing sometimes good sometimes MEH but we can bodge and duct tape beg borrow and steal and make do in all situations and still muddle along.

[@xbox7]

You should put a laser pointer at the end of the gun so we can get a visual representation of where he was aiming and where the round goes, for the crazy shotgun shell tests as well as these reviews. It would be cool to see how accurate they really are

[@KorieG]

Wacky Tic Tac Not a bad idea at all as long as the laser is accurate/sighted in properly! Later...

[@smokebuur]

Wacky Tic Tac He did do that in a vid a few years back, can't see the laser dot in the sun, and need the sunlight for the high speed video

[@pered5]

That's when you buy a more powerful laser; wouldn't neccesarily be made for a shotgun though, but I'm sure tao can rig something up if he tries.

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

I really like the low powered flight footage of the round being fired. Really shows whats going on!

[@taofledermaus]

It was kind of a fortunate accident!

[@birdsbird011]

This was awesome. Thank you for posting Taofledermaus. I believe that I suggested to you on one of your other videos that someone design a projectile like a smoothbore tank round. So it was cool to see that they do work.

[@vire559]

This is by far the best Shotgun shell i have ever see.

[@DapperDanLovesYou]

The new high speed camera is amazing! I know you've had it for a while, but I've fantastically enjoyed the past videos you've made using it!

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!!

[@DapperDanLovesYou]

***** You're about to reach 1 million subscribers and you still take the time to respond! You're fantastic!

[@taofledermaus]

It's not terribly hard to reply to comments. Many channels just don't take the time to do it. They don't care.

[@lostfound8112]

pffft you dont reply to me! meanie!

[@mohammedcohen]

I'm an old tanker (11E) from the early 70s we had APFSDS (Tungsten/carbide penetrator) rounds but weren't allowed to fire them because of range restrictions, both here in the US (Ft Knox) and in Europe (Grafenwohr, etc) Our tank was the M60 and it's variants...(105mm rifled main gun). the main gun ammunition was the H.E.A.T. round....it was also fin stabilized and had a ring - a driving band - (bourrelet) made of a type of nylon encasing ball bearings - the idea was to negate the effects of the rifling because spin degraded the accuracy of a finned projectile. Ammo for the 120mm smoothbore main gun no longer has the bourrelet. Reports of the kinetic energy rounds used during the 1st Gulf War showed the DE penetrator plowing through the first wall of the tank emplacements, through both sides of the armored vehicle (usually an MBT) then finally out through the other side of the emplacement. The only round we ever used in training was the concrete filled (dummy weight) blue in color, TP-T training HEAT rounds.

[@squidcaps4308]

It's David, not David.

[@upsweet07]

no its david

[@squidcaps4308]

David!?

[@upsweet07]

yes !

[@xxxggthyf]

@@upsweet07 No it isn't. It's David.

[@LextechLighting]

It's da-vid. Cause that's what he does.

[@danielweston9188]

Now that's a Rocket! The turbulence the back side is why the sabot pulls apart from the rear. Your high speed really shows this - great work . .

[@mikeike9899]

I had a design very similar to this that I sketched up one day in my engineering class in high school about 2 years ago. I turned my teacher on about the idea and he helped me through the steps for the math (calculated stresses, drag, kinetic energy...ect). It is very cool to see an idea I thought about actually look like a feasible projectile. This makes my confidence in my designing skills go through the roof. Maybe I should start patenting some of my designs🤔.... After I get the money.

[@JoeJacksonJr]

Wow, I am actually very impressed with these..

[@EdwinSarkissian]

Greg got scared for a second lol .

[@taofledermaus]

At least that one made it out the barrel. I think we had 4 failures where just the primer went off and the slug was lodged halfway up the barrel and we had to knock them out with a steel rod. It took two separate trips to film what we got.

[@EdwinSarkissian]

TAOFLEDERMAUS ooooo boy lol .. u have no idea all the times I went to shoot and I forgot the guns or the camera lol orrrr the bullets .

[@spikeydapikey1483]

That's when you want compressed air, ya know, just for shits n giggles :p

[@taofledermaus]

Edwin Sarkissian Or spare camera batteries, etc. Yeah that sucks!

[@shaikhasif57]

i love you Edwin.... i am a die hard fan of yours......your videos are just incredibly awesome with the legendary .50 bmg ..i love to see you in india...please visit india for once....you'll have a great fun here....india will always welcome you...god bless you...

[@MoreAmerican]

I'm sure David appreciates that great music lol

[@upsweet07]

well, i'm not from the 1920's but its a funny cliché !, i'm listening accordeon only when i have frog leggs on dinner !

[@taofledermaus]

It's more of a joke about American stereotypes of what we know about France.

[@MoreAmerican]

TAOFLEDERMAUS 😂🇺🇸

[@Pickelhaube808]

I never really understood your youtube name - I know Fledermaus is bat, but what is tao? thanks

[@upsweet07]

yes, don't worry, i have a friend from checz rep. and i always call him the communist ! i like to laught about clichés

[@BallisticMachinist]

I like that sabot design. I got a few new ideas from this video

[@taofledermaus]

It's a pretty clever way of distributing the energy evenly through the slug. Complex as hell though compared to a simple lead slug

[@ssevikeroutdoors7706]

Awesome! Thanks to David n you guys!

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!

[@hadrienberthet2575]

French engineering! Slugs are used a lot here in France.. Sauvestre is the one to shoot!

[@NWOization]

Hadrien Berthet If only you guys could engineer a wall.... How's it looking for LePen over there?

[@hadrienberthet2575]

NWOization lmao! It's not looking good..

[@michaeltempsch5282]

They did engineer a pretty decent wall once. The sneaky buggers it was meant to keep out played dirty and went around it... (well, at least fence posts (forts) with an as needed )hot lead) wall in between)

[@nilin-o2]

it's because slugs are snails and French like to eat snails ?

[@upsweet07]

sauvestre c'est bien mais pas mieux qu'une bonne vielle brenneke

[@dyrtymike5589]

did you see the first shot where you claim to see it hit the water it actually leveled out and continued its trajectory. the fins on the sabot rounds are impressive

[@hunteralbright3880]

As I said on your last video phenomenal content.

[@taofledermaus]

thank you very much!

[@Nate-fg7bz]

guns are fun so you make stupendous content

[@dougalexander7204]

Merci David. You and everyone at Taofledermaus stay awesome.

[@stevie9361]

wow they are really impressive! mold one an pour your own so you can keep on testing them. maybe send one to get machine out of brass an aluminum

[@KorieG]

twisted1 GREAT idea twisted1! Later...

[@smokebuur]

twisted1 Yes +taofledermaus please do this

[@f.demascio1857]

Finally, someone on KZbin pronouncing Sabot correctly.

[@KowboyUSA]

Agree

[@taofledermaus]

Eh, there are a lot of correct pronunciations. I've heard at least 4 different ones.

[@KowboyUSA]

***** Say-boh's the only one I ever heard in the Armored Cav. Well, the only one from anyone who wasn't retarded.

[@NWOization]

Merci beaucoup David!

[@squib3083]

wow your footage is phenomenal

[@akshit2.o600]

that slug was accurate af!

[@marshallhorton1216]

Amazing slow-mo shots. You are doing amazing work. Keep it coming!

[@fatshadow2062]

They also make a shorter version called the Sauvestre Stallone, but it doesn't act right. Real rocky development cycle. Tango & Cash. As an Ohioan living in West Virginia, David looks like my kind of frenchman. LOAD THE HESH!!! Also, a multitool? ... ... ... I'll allow it!!!

[@thevikingoli8847]

I'm from next door in Belgium, when the corona shit is going to end i will come to buy them. Super nice slugs I have ever seen 🇧🇪👌👍🤘🤘🤘🤘greetings Olivier

[@Ecosse57]

thanks david! this was pretty cool guys. love this exotic stuff even if i never get my hands on it.

[@ellsworthm.toohey7657]

Sauvestre indeed is an engineer who designed sabotted tank projectile !

[@ewheeled9786]

Some good firearms innovations have came from France over the years. Like smokeless powder I believe.

[@rickeyryan303]

.22

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Most if not all firearms innovation comes from France, riffled barrel, scopes, sabot penetrating ammo (sabot means an ancient wooden shoe that you'd fill with paper, wool or straw when it's cold as wood was the only material that wouldn't get destroyed working in the wet fields and was the most comfortable), bayonet (from the city of Bayonne), metal cartridge, light machine guns, even your AR15/M16/M4 use the exact same mechanism as the MAS 44 rifle

[@IHulk-ij8jq]

I subscribed to this channel for two reasons. 1. They like to shoot stuff! 2. The amount of international responses from people who like to shoot stuff!

[@ZASurvivalist]

Damn. They need those here. Thats awesome.

[@Caboose30]

That background music is really getting to me. I love all the wild ammo types you stumble across, these are really fun to watch!

[@SurvivalRussia]

Cool you finally got your hands on these slugs. Congrats :) Seems like i can get those here, at like 8$ a slug.. :) It sounds like you are doing well in the slug department. I look forward to your awesome videos as always.

[@abramharry721]

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[@kylonikolai1465]

@Abram Harry instablaster =)

[@abramharry721]

@Kylo Nikolai I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

[@abramharry721]

@Kylo Nikolai it worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thanks so much you saved my account !

[@kylonikolai1465]

@Abram Harry glad I could help xD

[@keithbrown2458]

Never ceases to amaze me how many different 12 gauge slugs there are incredible

[@MegaGullas]

Wow, those are pretty damn accurate. Good job from David. It probably would have helped a lot to know how much powder you are supposed to load them with.

[@upsweet07]

i could weigth it but i don't know what kind it is

[@taofledermaus]

These use more than double the amount of powder a "normal" slug uses, so doubling down with the wrong powder could lead to some seriously bad results. I had to use inert plastic resin to take up the space rather than just add more powder. The company doesn't publish the loading data for these slugs.

[@minitos1]

These work fantasticly. Wow

[@iamdarkyoshi]

The Super Pan is brilliant.

[@morgangriffin9312]

Impressive accuracy. I didn't expect them to fly so straight.

[@guyofStorm]

Thanks David!

[@GIGABACHI]

Very cool of Mr. David. Thumbs up.

[@lefr33man]

5:20 Gyrojet 12 gauge slugs, nice !

[@randominfouy555]

This is my favs slug test video.

[@TheOlsonOutfit]

beautiful footage from that new slow mo camera. I like the pan effect too (for framing)

[@taofledermaus]

Thanks!

[@smokebuur]

TAOFLEDERMAUS dude please mold some of these yourself! Or get them machined! Most interesting round you've acquired in years

[@taofledermaus]

It would cost a fortune to have something like that machined or have a mold made for making them.

[@7come11two]

Thanks David. Viva la France!

[@shanek6582]

Damn, I've actually got some hope for France, I didn't know they had country boys.

[@corporalpunishment1133]

Cool as usual. The groves on the discarding sabots act like a labyrinth seals on jet engine and would give a better seal than the piston design on a standard wad.

[@ArtisanTony]

I had a french girlfriend once. Then I woke up :)

[@taofledermaus]

I could make a crude joke about that but...

[@ArtisanTony]

C'est la vie

[@BlackKnightsCommander]

TAOFLEDERMAUS The crude joke was already there. Poor guy had a French girlfriend. Thankfully he woke up.

[@Ijusthopeitsquick]

I think Tony means he would like to have a French girlfriend. It all depends whether he was having a dream or a nightmare...

[@emmeriafan9824]

Dont date a french girl, believe me -guy who dated a frenchie

[@squidwardo7074]

I don't remember how I got here but I think it was from autoplay and me falling asleep. Well still great video.

[@bandicamwarrior7591]

The God chef.. Hair cake

[@carlosortiz8764]

Bandicam Warrior that music will always be in my heart

[@MephistoRolling]

amazing how stable those were, really great fin and body design.

[@johnsmith-yj2cn]

need tungsten slug like that :)

[@andie_pants]

That thing would be unstoppable!

[@user-1281]

tungsten carbide core?

[@blacklabelqlewis]

Are you trying to shoot a deer hiding behind 6 refrigerators? And stop the engine of the truck behind it?

[@Epic0201]

@@blacklabelqlewis nah, would use dep uranium for that

[@Jesses001]

That first shot was like a laser beam. About as straight and straight can be.

[@Inesophet]

they need the extra round tao, i mean they are french afterall...but in all honesty, very impressive slug!

[@kebubas]

I love the follow-the-shot angle, shows the shot in much better deail :)

[@xbox7]

I think the reason they have a smooth bore in the Abrams is so they can fire HEAT rounds. The Brits like their rifled barrels like on the Challenger 1 and 2 tanks but since HEAT rounds can't be fired out of a rifled barrel they use HESH rounds. I would want a rifled barrel because I think HEAT and HESH rounds are starting to become obsolete with all the new explosive reactive armor and Chobahm armor and other sandwiched alloys ,that are made to stop HEAT/HESH rounds, that these tanks are made of. For now as long as our enemies in the Middle East have regular steel and iron armor, HEAT and HESH are here to stay. But with other countries such as China developing their technology quickly, I think we would need to stop using smoothbore guns and focus on creating new and better APFSDS rounds like the one on the k2 black panther, which SHARPENS ITSLEF when it pens armor! Unlike most armor piercing discarding sabot rounds which deform when the pen armor.

[@randompanda876]

Wacky Tic Tac isnt all DU ammo self sharpening? Sabot shells are DU i believe

[@BazilRat]

Actually >.> I believe we have a HEAT round that has a slipping driving band so that the round doesn't spin. I could be wrong. The same technology is used to allow a rifled gun to fire a discarding-sabot shell; the big APFDS rounds are (apparently) very adversely affected by spin.

[@smokebuur]

BazilRat Gonna read into that sounds like a interesting engineering problem to solve

[@leeshang6419]

Wacky Tic Tac It actually does not sharpen itself. The misconception that the penetrator continuously sheds material in order to maintain its conical sharp shape is not true. Actually the formation of adiabatic shear bands means that the sides of the "mushroom" tend to break away earlier, leading to a smaller head on impact, though it will still be significantly "mushroomed".

[@estauricossauro]

Another thing to take into account is that smoothbore barrels wear at a slower rate. From what I've read, HEAT round are just less effective when spinning, while HESH round are better that way.

[@Stropitor]

Yesterday I got 20 of those slugs, and I can confirm that they work perfectly. I shot 3 wildboars with them and they all went completely through the rib cages. Huge exit hole, unfortunately. I haven't managed to land a headshot, but I hit a fox in the chest and it tore it in half. You don't really see the amount of power these have until you hit something living with them.

[@upsweet07]

that is right, jeff had troubles with the reloading who seems to be very tricky, we both know how they srceam and can explode !

[@maximilianufer4170]

That vomit cake music doe 🤔

[@alexserrano2850]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@alamegachris007]

i know these from Spain they cost about 20 euros for 6 but they awesome against big hog really amazing

[@rich1051414]

Isn't 'sabot' a french word? I think it means 'shoe'.

[@DanielKay06]

Wow now that was a quite impressive one where even the "dud" one was still very precise and had good penetration.