anyone remember shotgun break story?

alphadog

alphadog

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Cant remember who wrote story about -
Removing shot from a shotgun shell placing
Shaft in barrel and shooting cueball to break rack.

If i recall cue ball disentigrated. Writer said never tried
this stupid stunt again. Glad no one got hurt.

Break would be around 82 mph if me estimate is
correct.

As joel pope points out closer to 800 mph
1200 fps.
I think it was the late great Fels?
 
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I never heard of this, but it is right up my alley!, I could go down to the basement and reload a softer round with less powder and try again. My loading stuff is about 10 feet from my table so the camera could catch it all!! :)

some of the loads I have tried in my shotguns are too fun!!!


G.
 
hey, hey!

before y'all do this give me a shout and let me take notes(your full given name, address,etc.JUST KIDDING) can I take out a life insurance policy on you?! think about it.
 
trust me, this would not even rank on the top 25 list of awesomely crazy things I have built and destroyed.......i just got a new blast proof grinding helmet so......:)

G.
 
Gerry said:
I never heard of this, but it is right up my alley!, I could go down to the basement and reload a softer round with less powder and try again. My loading stuff is about 10 feet from my table so the camera could catch it all!! :)

some of the loads I have tried in my shotguns are too fun!!!

G.
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Sounds like a good time — you might want to use a long string and a barrel you don't care too much about. (ref: "Elmer Fudd vs. Bugs Bunny").

I'm also having visions of a splintered shaft, ripped cloth and a ruined foot cushion.

Maybe this is best attempted on a faux pool table made of plywood or something?

But most importantly, please, *p*l*e*a*s*e* take some high-speed video.

Ken




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Air Cannon

Why not air cannon the cue ball. Then you have no English just forward force. You can measure the air pressure then the speed and calibrate the 2. Just an idea.
 
alphadog said:
Cant remember who wrote story about -
Removing shot from a shotgun shell placing
Shaft in barrel and shooting cueball to break rack.

If i recall cue ball disentigrated. Writer said never tried
this stupid stunt again. Glad no one got hurt.

Break would be around 82 mph if me estimate is
correct.


I think it was the late great Fels?
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A weak shell from a shotgun ipushes the lead over 1,000 ft. Per second which is roughly 700 mph so I imagine it is a tad quicker than 82 mph

I think the barrel would foul and both the gun and the person pulling the trigger would suffer severe damage
 
joelpope said:
A weak shell from a shotgun ipushes the lead over 1,000 ft. Per second which is roughly 700 mph so I imagine it is a tad quicker than 82 mph

I think the barrel would foul and both the gun and the person pulling the trigger would suffer severe damage
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Yeah my bad I was figuring 1200 ft per second,but as I am prone to do screwed up the equation.
 
joelpope said:
A weak shell from a shotgun ipushes the lead over 1,000 ft. Per second which is roughly 700 mph so I imagine it is a tad quicker than 82 mph

I think the barrel would foul and both the gun and the person pulling the trigger would suffer severe damage
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Doesn't a shaft weigh about 4 oz?
I never messed around with shotguns much, but I'm guessing that's about 3x the weight of a typical load of shot. The velocity of the shaft would be considerably less than a load of shot, and chamber pressure would be dangerously high.

But, good stories do require a certain level of commitment. ;)

Ken




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Still hoping for the source.

AS OTHERS HAVE POSTED D A N G E R O U S .
No , rednecks, that was not a challenge.:grin-square:
 
...maybe try a potato gun like this one first?!?!

Wheel that sucker into the local bar & watch their faces light up!

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