A shot gun round with a built in arrowhead

[Andy54Hawken]

Did you make that?

I have bows before....but not that one.
It was made by Curt Brisky of Brisky Bows.
Its a Osage longbow of 55# weight.
Andy

 

[bbbass]

Well...... Ok. Neat idea, send like a solution looking for a problem. Don't think you're gonna improve a whole lot on a standard ounce of lead

IDK, some of the flechette rounds I've read about were made to cut thru vests or even armor plates. Yikes!

 

[bbbass]

@Melmelhunter ..... FYI I found this:

What are flechette rounds used for?

A flechette round contains hundreds of small, needle- or razor-like projectiles designed to penetrate armor and inflict painful wounds. They are banned by the Geneva Convention but do still see use in combat and counter-terrorism from time to time. People will put just about anything in a shotgun and call it ammo.

One explanation added that some shotshells carry 30 or so 1" darts that penetrate bushes to take out snipers. Hmmm.

 

[Melmelhunter]

I'm gonna go look for you tube videos now lol

 

[Melmelhunter]

 

[Melmelhunter]

Not very effective in this video, anyways

 

[bbbass]

@Melmelhunter .... that was good! Thx for sharing!!!

Looking back at the monster dart in the OP, it looks like if that thing stabilized, it could go thru an exterior wall with ease, and even a block wall. Probably not concrete tho. Be nice to have a vid of that test...

 

[Melmelhunter]

@bbbass it would be cool to have the rounds to just do the tests too lol

 

[Melmelhunter]

I just came across this one while looking for any other videos on that arrowhead round. No luck but this one is interesting too ..
https://youtu.be/bwKHXtH0U90

 

[titsonritz]

They may not be much out of a shotgun but I'd bet a 105mm in a different story.
M546 APERS-T 105-mm