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Shooting Wooden Bullets? Are they effective?
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Banjoman
Hillbilly
What will he come up with next.
Acorns?
The wooden bullet floating in the water actually got a chuckle out of me.
Dave Dworshak
40 Cal
An arrow!?
How about marbles out of a smooth bore.
Law enforcement did some experimenting with wood round balls fired from a 12 ga. shotgun for use in riot control back in the 1970's. Supposed to be non-lethal, but if a wood ball hit someone in the head - oh well. Hard rubber balls were found to work better, although it could still be lethal if hit in the head.
I've been out of that business for so long that I no longer know what they use today. Bean bags, maybe?
I've been out of that business for so long that I no longer know what they use today. Bean bags, maybe?
Those temples are the Achilles heel.
Yeah, they use bean bag rounds now.
Yeah, they use bean bag rounds now.
Ya, you hafta make sure the marble is small enough to fit all the way down the barrel. I would also use a patch or the glass could tear up your barrel.
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rafterob
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Last wooden bullet I shot was my ramrod!
aussie pete
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That's what happens when I didn't measure those marbles....!! LOL
They were blanks.
I remember reading that the Japs used bamboo bullets late in the war, and that they were a bugger to cut out of the GIs because they would splinter when they hit someone. My swim coach back in HS had a big 3" circular hole that was about 1.5" deep in his back - I had just read about the Jap bullets, and always wanted to ask him about his wound, but never got up the courage to ask!
Marbles work OK in a plastic shot shell wad. I put a card wad under and and one over to keep it from rolling out or melting the wad. Don't ask about accuracy. I'm just playing with a matchlock and if the shot goes towards the target I'm happy. Big bang and lots of smoke.
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