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FISH BAIT Ballistic Gel and WHY NO TARP!?! Are we idiots?

I hate dealing with ballistic gel and I imagine this is the general consensus of anyone who has used it and recast it.    Because SO many people are really bothered each time the gel block lands in the dirt and suggest putting a tarp down,  I felt it was easier to address that than reply to hundreds of commenters who thought they were the first people to ever suggest using a tarp. Next,  I also offer a helpful tip for removing the gel from a mold.  Finally I disc...

Wrapping Ballistic Gel is different materials

This video mostly compares two different Federal slugs that have the same velocity and weight.   But we also thought it would be interesting to wrap the ballistic gel in different materials that viewers suggested to us.   The differences between the two slugs were subtle.  

The Black Scarab - Supersonic Freight Train

Today we have a guest shooter who contacted Gregg to do a meet-up.   We decided to let Jeff take all the shots even though he never shot a 12ga slug before.  This is another creative design by Evan Perry who has created many really oddball projectiles for us to demonstrate.   

  Evan's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperEP84 

OG's Channel: 2022-05-14 20:31:42 +0000 UTC View Post

No hype! This might be the most brutal 12ga. slug yet

Today we test out a slug called the "Twister".   It is a heavy lead slug that fragments into multiple,   large pieces on impact.   You may remember tests of Twisters with up to 6 petals,  and they worked well.   But there seemed to be a HUGE difference when the petals are large like these.

Check out OG's Danger Show: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tahow7798

2022-05-06 01:04:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Lithium Battery Slugs

How good are lithium batteries as 12ga slugs?   We test them out.   Don't try this in your home. 

Super Exotic 12ga Shotgun vs gel compilation

I have not been able to film anything new this week so I threw this together,  something a lot of viewers have asked me to do.   

The FLYING DUSTBIN - Wild-flying 12ga Shotgun Round

Master genius Evan Perry submitted another untested projectile design to us.  They look like little trash cans.   We test them with and without spin stability and film them with a high speed camera.   

    Evan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperEP84

 OG's Danger Show -  Gregg's own YT channel: 2022-04-09 01:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post

The effects of angled FINS - Does it help anything?

I get a lot of comments from people wondering if angling the fins on fin-stabilized projectiles would help anything?   We decided to test this out and maybe settle the argument.   I definitely learned some stuff in this test.   I hope you will too.  

The terrifying "catch everything on fire" shotgun round

We test out a few Warwolf Super King Dragon's breath and managed to only start three separate fires.   Imagine shooting these 500 feet into a dry grassy field!    

Subsonic Sabot Flechettes - Awesome performance

We test another design by Alexey Lavrov.   You might recognized the dart but the sabots are a new design.  I used a really light powder load of only 10 grains for these,  and mostly kept the velocities below 1000 fps.   (I was really nervous about destroying these by pushing them too hard)   Even though these were "slow"   you won't believe what one of these did to the lead plate!   

Are these Soviet Missile Metal coins, Bulletproof?

We were sent 5 of these coins to test out to see if they can stop bullets.  These unique coins are said to be made out of a unique alloy of titanium and aluminum and minted from Soviet missiles in the 1980's.    If you are interested in buying one of these odd pieces of history,  you can find the here:    https://www.ebay.com/str/mrmisc   OG's Danger Show YouTube Channel: ...

Testing the Dynaslug - Extinct Slug

Thank you Forrest for letting us test these.   

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Just how "bulletproof" is the lead plate?

Many viewers have wanted us to test other bullet calibers on the massive 30lb. lead plate that we normal use as a comparative medium for 12ga slugs.  We were curious too of what the lead will actually stop.  "Bulletproof" is an old term where you "prove" what types of bullets it can stop and thereby can apply a level of protection.  It doesn't mean it can stop every bullet.  

  Check out OG's Danger Show: 2022-02-08 18:17:14 +0000 UTC View Post

1930's Yankee Hill "LEGO" 12ga. Shotgun slugs - Tested!

Today we test out slugs made from an old 1930's mold by Yankee Hill.  Not sure if it is the same Yankee Hill Machine Co.  we know today.   This came out around the same time as the Foster or "rifled" slug but for whatever reason,  is pretty much unknown today.  

   Leon's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJESq4jsoqzMa-Lfk6E5jwA  2022-02-01 22:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Evan's "TEXAS STAR" Cast Iron shotgun slug

Today we test out Evan's latest creation he calls the Texas Star.   Made out of cast iron and almost unrecognizable as a slug,  will these be aerodynamically stable?   We test these at very low speeds to over 1500 FPS.   Again,  I am surprised at well these flew.  

 Evan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperEP84 

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RADICAL Russian 12ga. Slug Wreaks Havok on everything!

The 5th version of Alexey's xtremely Russian penetrators.   We had 9 of these to shoot and used some pretty interesting targets to demonstrate these beasts.   

QuakeMaker 2½ oz. Slugs - We test them out

I don't know what you'd need a 2.5 oz. slug for,   but  Seismic makes them and they are beasts.   Breanna and her sister Jamie shoot these for us until they can't take any more of the heavy recoil.  

Youtube-Friendly Magazine

Just a quick video explaining YT's new rules (which are strange and hard to interpret) and a simple solution to comply with the 30 round or more magazine ban.  

Anferov Bullets - High Power Testing

We finally got some sun and help to film another video.   Sorry for the delay in releasing a new video.   The shooting range is a mud pit right now.  

Today we test the Anferov Bullet again,  but with redesigned sabots.   In the first beta-tests,   we had a lot of difficulty making these work without pressure damage to the soft plastic sabots.  We try several American powders including 2 that have a fast burn rate and had very impre...

Hardened Steel Buckshot - We test it out!

We compare hardened steel buckshot,  something I didn't know you could even get commercially,  with lead 00 buck.    Warwolf Ordnance's latest stuff.   

Monkey Fist Slug - Pot Metal Wonder (Mach 1.5 Test)

We test another Evan Perry design which is made out of pot metal,  sometimes called monkey metal.  These are a diabolo-ish shape with a solid form.  These do not use spin for stability,  but its natural shape.  

Testing the BIG Out Of Balance Bullets

We test out some purposely out of balance bullets. How badly will they perform?   

Coléoptère Inspired 12ga. Projectiles - TESTED

Today we test out some really strange projectiles inspired by a really strange aircraft called the Coléoptère.   These were designed by Saar from Israel.  These were really tricky to get to function at supersonic speeds but we did have a nice outcome at the end.  

 Check out Saar's Small Lathe channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8UaP7-v6SRLCOf_4WtCwTw...

Danny's Last Video - Sadness Warning

Danny requested to make a video explaining to our viewers his current state.   He put this off for a long time and finally let me know when he was ready to do this.   We filmed this last weekend and his condition worsened faster than I could get this edited and uploaded.   He passed away a few days after filming this.   He was in terrible pain and very weak and it was emotionally difficult for everyone to make this last video.   Danny felt it ...

Danny has passed away.

I was just told that Danny passed away last night after battling cancer for the last few months.   I visited him just a few days ago and it did not promising for him.  His whole body was in pain.  He could barely sleep.  He was weak,  very weak.    I filmed his last words to share with you.    I'll post that as soon as I can get myself composed again.   

A 12ga. Slug with 42 Sides - The OCTO-SLUG

Today we test out an unusual copper slug from Tim Hamilton,  the Ballistic Machinist.   The diabolo shape is a proven shape for a self-stabilized projectile,  but Tim thought it would be interesting to see how it would work if  it looked like a three dimensional  object rendered in an  80's video game.  

  Tim's channel -  Ballistic Machinist: 2021-10-21 17:55:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Skycranes Time Warping into the DANGER ZONE

A lot of slow motion,  real time and time lapse footage of a couple Skycrane helicopters in town to fight some of the forest fires.   Set to "Danger Zone"  of course.   

Maximum Effective Range of Bubba's Buckshot? Tested!

Wade Rush sent a really big variety of his buckshot loads to demonstrate.   Preferably,  it would have been easier to film, analyze and watch had he just sent one load to test out,   so try to follow along.   

Bizarre Oscillating 12 ga. Slugs - Can we TAME them?

Denver sent us 3 variants of the same slug design.   Understand I have to try to come up with my own load data for many of these tests.   I used Steel powder - which I am not a big fan of but I'm also starting to run low on Longshot.   Denver wanted us to focus on testing these through a smooth bore shotgun but said he also wanted to see some shots using rifling.   

We've had some major forest fires near us and the smoke has been lingering for a c...

Steel-balled mini Heavy Hitter prototypes

War Wolf has been on my butt for months to get to testing these slugs.  They seemed to be loaded pretty light,  only 23 grains of Long Shot for an almost 600 grain slug.   I thought the chrono readings were off until I asked what powder load he used for these.   Saw a few minor issues that may  have prevented better accuracy.    For  fun I reloaded one of the Russian steel cased hulls with 30 grains of Long Shot and a 209 primer.  Ho...