Monster 3700 Ft.Lbs. Shotgun Slugs - "Air Torpedos"

In this video we shoot the 2000 ft/sec. LBC Sabot slugs custom loads-- that I showed how I loaded in an earlier video. I used a formula in the Ballistic Products load manual for this. The only thing I deviated from is the brand of shell hull. I used a RIO 3" hull instead of a Fiocchi hull (a few people thought the gun would BLOW UP because of this!) We asked viewers what they would like to see us fire these so we picked the most-popular suggestions.
And remember kids, the "sabots" are the parts that wrap around the slug to fill the space in the barrel!
Weight of slug/wadding: 27 grams (416 grains)
Energy: 3700 ft/lbf
5018 joules
The Brenneke Black magic slugs only deliver 3014 ft.lbs of muzzle energy, as a comparison.
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Officer Greg makes the show love his remarks

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The finger rest 😂

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And OG being hung like a horse anchors this show making it immovable. Taflo-gibber jabber-thermos does a good job keeping the new ammo coming. All together excellent collaboration you fckn guys👍 has to be alot of fun, but we "appreciate" the "hardwork" lol

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This channel has by far the best humour

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Greg has the best dry humor. Love watching this. Makes me want to pull my reloader out

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Taofledermaus "BLEW UP LIKE MATT LAUER'S REPUTATION...!" love it, almost peed laughing!

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Clean yourself up and get back to work.

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Still used meatgazer in the army as of 2011

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@@bobrobert1123 Funny, we enlisted used meatgazed back in the 80's.

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Richard Mayotte and bonehawker

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Richard Mayotte I was a c.o. I heard that resurface as well in 2016 along with peter hawk, and mad jacker.

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12:15 The home defense round when you need to defend yourself from a home.

[@taofledermaus]

lol true

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George Robartes sad you served a crown that only respects your right to defend yourself enough to let you ACTUALLY keep your surplus knife.lol Sorry sure you heard this alot already

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Here in Her Majesty's (gawd bless 'er) Kingdom of Englandshire (and those other frightful bits) I find my psychotic whippet more than adequate when it comes to home defence. If a stern "Begone you ruffian lest I summon a constable!" doesn't do the trick then a 30mph brown blur sinking her teeth into the part that should only be seen by one's doctor or one's butler will soon dispatch the blackguard. Pip-pip.

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Honestly these guys are about the only reason I wouldn’t want Cali to blow up.

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This used to be a great place to live 😢

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It brings joy to my heart to see one big happy family shooting for our pleasure. thanks for the video.

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All three amigos together . It’s a fiesta amigos

[@taofledermaus]

That could have been YOU! lol

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TAOFLEDERMAUS You should have got surbu as well /greetings from England!

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Edwin Sarkissian , .50 cal vs used port-o-potty.

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[@aepceo1]

That tail is formed because at those velocities lead behaves like a liquid on impact and that's actually the inverted hollow portion of the front of the slug. When you have an impact like that you'll actually get a jet of lead form in some cases which goes away from the point of impact (the point of highest pressure). It's kind of like how shaped charges work but in reverse. ;)

[@carlosmatos9848]

So now I'm wondering why it acts like a liquid. Is some of the energy from the impact converted to heat? Or is it different, kind of like a reverse non-newtonian fluid?

[@Fudmottin]

I believe what you are seeing is a property of all solids that hit with that kind of force. Look at the impact craters on the moon. Many of them have central peaks. Mind you, lead is a soft metal and will flow quite readily. Makes it good for bullets as they get squeezed down a gun barrel that's a little smaller than they are in diameter.

[@aepceo1]

Cratering from extraterrestrial objects is actually hugely more powerful than anything you'd be able to achieve using a firearm, even those used to simulate such impacts. The energies involved in hypervelocity impacts is enough to literally rip apart the bonds holding molecules together, resulting in explosions that are as powerful or more powerful than traditional chemical explosives. With bullets it's more just that lead is soft and easily gets deformed. That softness gives it some liquid-like properties but it's not actually turning into a liquid - that requires heat, which there is plenty of but not enough to flash melt a chunk of lead in the time it takes for the impact to occur. Those peaks you mentioned are a result of something else entirely. There's a great video on KZbin called "1 million fps slow motion bullet impacts" or something like that and you can see what I'm talking about really clearly.

[@Fudmottin]

That's a very good point. For things like rock to flow like a liquid without being super heated by something like a meteor impact, they need to be under a lot of pressure. I have some pictures in a physics book showing marble cylinders that have been pressed down while in a high pressure environment. At low pressure, the marble simply fractures as you would expect. At 400ATM, it actually does flow. Yeah, the moon impacts that we can see easily with a telescope are due to the rock being melted from the kinetic energy of the impact.

[@d4rk0v3]

There is far more than enough kinetic energy in high velocity projectiles to liquefy the metal of the round and target metal plate. This is especially obvious in armor piercing rounds. Some of the metal is even vaporized and forms a plasma. You don't need hyper velocity meteor impacts to observe the effects of liquefying the target substrate and impactor. Any stress applied to a metal enough to break the crystalline structure to sufficient degree can cause enough heating from internal friction to melt the metal. That's how impact forging works. Pieces will get to glow white-hot from the process and even begin to melt if continued without letting the piece rest between shaping.

[@1_GigaWaffle]

At high enough speeds of collision any solid matter starts to behave kinda like a liquid. That's why that lead tentacle formed. Great video, tanks you three)

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"Behaves like a liquid" is one way to say it, "melts" is another.

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thanks Jacob!

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OG on fire

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“We don’t need no water let the MotherScratcher burn!”

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OG was really feeling his oats in this video.

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Sometimes, when you’ve been married as long as I have, you’ve gotta feel your own oats. 🤔

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Officer Gregg LMAO!!!!

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I love it when Danny describes a recoil as stout. It's such a noble word.

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The rounds are hitting left because it's California. Two of my favorite shooters in one video. It's Christmas!

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All They Found Was A Boot That was really good.

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Well that would explain my wicked golf slice here in midwest Ohio!

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these long videos make my juices flow

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I was one of the ones who wanted to see Danny and OG in the same video. You guys looked like you had a lot of fun.

[@nojnoj3069]

Also, I would love to be one of your neighbors. You obviously have zero crime in a two mile radius...... Thank you for all your amazing demonstrations and never ending imagination and jokes.......God bless you.

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YES! We got both of them together!

[@TheBuckywheat]

Wait, wait , wait...hold up...OG and Danny aren't the same person ? You just scrambled my brain. Next you're going to tell me that Danny isn't Jeff pretending to be Danny when OG isn't around pretending to be Jeff. This rabbit hole runs deep.

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Nothing makes sense anymore...nothing.

[@bytesysed]

My brain hurts

[@anticwar]

You guys got a nice sense of humor!

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

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Hallowed Be Thy Name We try to keep it sanitary. 😉. 🇺🇸😎

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Nice to see Danny got those warrants cleared up

[@Rakadis]

I am watching these more and more for the comedy. So much fun.

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Man the OG is savage. Those were third degree burns.

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I love what you guys do. Keep it up! Thanks for all of the hard work you put into this channel. I look forward to every new video.

[@rickjames4270]

Btw. I've always been curious to see what would happen if you loaded fishing weights into a shell.

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holy crap!! all 3 together?! i've been unplugged from the matrix.

[@flhusa1]

the planets have aligned.OG,DANNY,AND LEAD PLATE all in the same video.

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Just for you!!!

[@flhusa1]

Thank You!

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J D Don't tell anyone. They will expect us to do it again just for them.😉. 🇺🇸😎

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Funniest channel on youtube and they don't even try to be

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Jack Ryan it just flows , gotta watch out for rascals like them.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I mounted a really powerful laser site (can be seen clearly in daylight) to my Moss 500 and one of those bore site lasers to steer it in perfect. With a Foster slug, I can put 6 slugs into a 5" circle at 50 feet. If you had that same setup it would alleviate a lot of error and you would know if it's the shooter, the shotgun or the round being fired. Love seeing Danny again.

[@pirobot668beta]

You guys touched on my favorite part of shooting: Re-loading the empties! I used to buy el-cheapo .357 rounds on sale, only to fire-form the cases at the range. Not target shooting, just empty the brass. Mad-minute, anyone? Cleaned the spent cases, resize case/punch out the primers, trim cases to length, chamfer the case mouth, de-burr the flash-hole, sort the shells by weight. Sorting by weight insures consistent internal case volume, all other external dimensions being equal. 50 rounds of .357 'Blu Lite Special' might get me 45 or so good cases for re-loading. My favorite cases? Federal .375 in brass finish. Nickle can have a weird 'feel' in carbide sizing dies, sometimes sheds a bit of metal. I miss those days.

[@stevebettany8778]

Good to see everyone enjoying themselves. Sorry we have brick houses in the uk the good thing is we also have a lot of frustrated Mr Wolfs.

[@nicolebeck5730]

"Great home defence round as long as you live 30 miles from your neighbors and your house is lined with steel." "Wait, never mind, it goes through steel too."

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Danny and OG together!! My life is complete...

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Hall of frame episode! Instant classic

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Thanks again for another great video!!! Glad to see “OG” back especially that sense of humor!! Please keep’em coming guys.. Dewey

[@OGsDangerShow]

Thanks for the nice comments Dewey! 😎👍

[@fubar3886]

DANNY AND GREG.................. HOLY SHIT!

[@davidcatanach2620]

Obviously faked

[@designworksdw1949]

I thought they were the same person. My whole life is a lie now thx.

[@Dracologist]

but... but... _there's only 1 shotgun!_ o.o

[@trefod]

As requested by Gregg, the little dingus of lead from the recovered lead plate impact is akin to the jet from a drop of water hitting a fluid. At first the drop creates a crater in the medium, then as the crater rebounds it presses a small jet of material back up out of the medium. It indicates that the lead acts like a fluid during its impact, both the slug and the plate behaves like fluids.

[@TheSteves75]

trefod this can't be correct. You are not thinking 4th dimensionally. It's happened because biff stole the time machine and gave himself the Almanac.

[@trefod]

Haha, dammit Biff all those unforseen ripples.

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@@trefod yep a lot of unforeseen nipples!!! Wait was yesterday when I was at the strip club?!!!

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Heavy metal poop splash

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i….. you’re right…. you’re goddamn right….

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Dan, Greg, and Jeff?? Top 10 Anime Crossovers

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Daniel Johnson m

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I could barely handle so much eye candy. Any more and I would have gotten eyeabetes

[@VectorGaming4080]

I want officer greg to be my dad.... You guys look like you have so much fun in all of these videos. Please never stop.

[@brianfarmd]

(faaaarrrt) on the black dot, from the toothless wonder 😂 Fantastic to see all you together, and use suggested targets.

[@neumy1944]

Danny says The Recoil was "GÜTENSCHTOUT!"

[@OgamerNL]

Damn that is really well edited that he is now twice in a single video in a single shot! Almost as if it were real!

[@jimmelnyk7506]

Wow...Danny and Officer Greg look so much alike. I could have sworn they were the same person and we were just being spoofed.

[@charlesn1268]

Now that da OG has competition on video, he's stepped his shooting up it seems...

[@johncolvin1864]

I think that' 50 gr. Has about the same muzzle energy as the 375 H&H mag!

[@golf-n-guns]

My therapist said that my insomnia is caused by the lack of Taofledermaus ballistic data.

[@texascommtech7153]

I wish I had neighbors like you guys. ....you're the baddest!

[@amnchara1]

Love this. Showing some friends the difference in loads and that it does affect more then the recoil.

[@Mike_858]

Of course Danny is not OG, Danny is OG's stunt-double! I knew it all along.

[@tomirwin4819]

You guys are fun.. 👍👍👍

[@Justasmalltownokie]

Thanks Jeff, that magazine shot was great! Man it's a good thing they didn't get flipped around otherwise you might not have been able to tell the front from the back due to the front mags exploding like that!

[@deboshadow]

It's fascinating watching the slugs, or other items, look like they liquify at the moment of impact

[@gorillamane13]

Yet another amazing video. Thank you TAOFLEDERMAUS!

[@JesseAndMike]

Love seeing these videos! Liked!

[@taofledermaus]

Thank you Jesse and Mike!

[@Chris-tw4jm]

That second slug you shot, I've never seen a jug so truly obliterated, vaporized, or otherwise vanished from this planet by a shotgun. Good god

[@Valandar2]

It's a great home defense round... It'll defend you against a house attacking you :D

[@davidstewart6309]

It took a year for someone to like this comment....... That's pretty sad

[@danjarmusik878]

I wouldn't use this for home defense. That round would go through your house and your neighbors house too

[@ZeroDrizzy]

Jeff, Greg,and Dan my senses are off or my brain can't accept this epic video

[@Erikreaver]

Loved seeing you all in one vid! Well, just hearing Jeff, but whatever. And it was quite impressive how it shot through the SSplate. Good job! Also gotta love OG's comments, hah.

[@johnanderson5500]

Love the Space:1999 music in the background 😂

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Ahh, Yes! The three amigos in one video. This is perfect! (:

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All that lead in the state of California? Gasp!

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Wow , Really Enjoyed Watching This, Great Guys, Life is Good !

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The music from Space: 1999 brings so much childhood memories back!! The show did not age well but the music is still great! Between that and heavy guitars, I am like a pig in mud!!! Great video as usual.

[@norikotakaya14292]

"...but it just made a gigantic lead crater..." (4:12) How very apt with the Space: 1999 theme playing in the background in certain segments. I like it! Keep up the great work!

[@ChuntyCops]

Good stuff, thank you for the entertainment. Always get a laugh from your videos, and I learn things too.

[@TrikeRoadPoet]

finally, a round to shut down those irritating car stereos as they pass by! NICE to see the whole gang together!!!

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@nateplatts7878]

i lost my mind at the "brick bukkake" exclamation. i've only been watching your videos for a few days, but officer gregg is already becoming one of my favorite people to have graced youtube.

[@terrymayle2004]

You do the things that us regular guys in the UK can only dream of! Great video guys. Its not just shooting stuff, its shooting stuff with the technical details. Velocities, power, loads, flights etc.....

[@taofledermaus]

thanks Terry!

[@jessross6008]

Great video as always! I can only imagine the comments that don't make it into the video, you guys must have a lot of fun making them.

[@spikeydapikey1483]

Dream Team right there!! Damn fine video an all. Cheers from the UK, home of the brick houses ;o

[@roblee1066]

Good to see Danny and OG together.

[@jimmiko009]

Great idea guys!!! 👍🏻 to be all in the same video

[@ilikemorestuff]

Great video TFM, it was like an early Christmas present! Thanks guys.

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!

[@Bl4ckD0g]

Damn close to a million subs, congrats Jeff. I've been watching your channel for years and it's cool to see it grow like this.

[@rustysmith540]

Love seeing Danny and officer dad joke on the same video

[@aghyaddeeb3451]

Great Now Joerg Sprave will make a 6000 joule airgun

[@homamdeeb5461]

Underrated

[@Stropitor]

Try shooting at dry ice next time you shoot powerful slugs.

[@morkorson4196]

Great slug and loved the Space 1999 music, thanks.

[@cirian75]

heard it too

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

I'm really digging the theme song from Space1999 in the slo mo replays. Very cool!!!

[@betchalife]

finally! what we've all been waiting for, OG and Danny in the same video!

[@Dsdcain]

Awesome! OG and Danny shooting in the same video. Always fun when OG shows up because you never know what the hell he's going to say. Though it's almost always funny as hell. Nice tribute to Jim Nabors there, sort of. *:)*

[@Dsdcain]

TAOFLEDERMAUS He looked like Gomer Pyle, that's why I said it. XD

[@Lungorthin666]

*The Pope on a balcony*

[@loddude5706]

Yeah, bang goes his 2017 Vatican Christmas card for that one . . .

[@dannyakatrikerred7381]

Lod dude 👍🏻. 🇺🇸😎

[@Bdady74]

Awesome cast, great video,PHENOMENAL slug!!

[@michaelwoods7770]

Burnnn...🔥 Matt lauer.

[@designworksdw1949]

The thumbnail is the thumbnailception its Thumbnail on a thumbnail in a thumbnail. Mind = Blown

[@clungechaser4197]

A brick IS a self defence round in the UK...2 bricks is a budget vasectomy.

[@dannyakatrikerred7381]

Clunge Chaser LOL. 👍🏻. 🇺🇸😎

[@Mhorton32]

OG legit cracks me up on the regular. Great comedic timing

[@Inski584]

Those comparisons were really cool,another Taofledertriumph!

[@mirafranke7275]

Awesome Vid guys

[@mirafranke7275]

Hey. THX for the like😃

[@zacktoor1591]

Danny and OG in the same place... Yep, you should'a saved this one for Christmas, lol.

[@ashIibabbitt1111]

The lead nipple was obviously formed due to the areola effect

[@taofledermaus]

lol

[@garyalensr]

Jeff your Channel just gets better and better. Another great video

[@markbunn8576]

Lol at the thumbnail in the thumbnail! Another great and entertaining video guys!

[@theoneandonlycptseaweed6070]

That fart at 1:05 :'D

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

I garter just after hearing that

[@dominicsurette2890]

The thumbnail in the thumbnail Also RIP Danny the man the myth and the legend

[@GrantLanning]

These videos are getting better and better, nice work Jeff!

[@krisrhebergen]

1,000,000 Subs is almost here!

[@hakrj12]

Matt Lauer joke earns you a thumbs up LMAO

[@OGsDangerShow]

You are welcome, sir. 😎👍

[@iambox3432]

My wife heard as I was watching this and about fell over haha.

[@percykirby2]

O.G., my ribs still hurt from laughing!!!

[@millwrightdad3753]

That's funny, the red dot on the shotgun and the yellow sticker made Greg say green lol

[@jamesgant88]

Bad ass video! Awesome to see these guys together!