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Actually, get those hard as rock Bazooka bubblegum I chewed as a kid - that lost its flavor in two minutes and became hard in three.

Chew a few of those and ball them up together, mass is expected to exceed that of lead for sure!
 
Well, around here there is an ample supply of taconite balls that fall from the transport trains. A bit irregular and somewhat variable in size but would work well as a substitute in a smooth bore and a shot cup to protect the barrel
 
Now if it was solid "sour ball" I might believe it but 30 yards with a hollow jaw breaker is blowing bubbles IMHO. Something to think about trying with the .69 smoothbore next time I get it out.
"REAL" jawbreakers aren't hollow and don't have gum in them. ;)

I remember getting the "normal size" hard jawbreakers out of the penny machines but the solid large ones were a nickel and you couldn't bite through them until they were about half the size of a small jawbreaker! Remembering how hard those jawbreakers is just enough experience to wonder it they would work in a pinch....I'm thinking it would be way to large a spread at 30-yards, or was he using just one single large jawbreaker?
 
Now if it was solid "sour ball" I might believe it but 30 yards with a hollow jaw breaker is blowing bubbles IMHO. Something to think about trying with the .69 smoothbore next time I get it out.
granted it was the last century, and almost the one before that when i last had a jaw breaker, but my memory is that they were solid to the core and probably weighed 180 grains. now i have to find some!
 
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You're the man Mark !
Thanks.....I'm going to put something together one day next week.
( I stay out of the zoo bottoms during deer season on weekends....
Too many trigger happy shooters out there & I like to keep my skin the way it currently is....)
I'm certainly NOT going eat much of this is candy...so..you know where its going...LOL
I'll post something in about a month.

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Thanks.....I'm going to put something together one day next week.
( I stay out of the zoo bottoms during deer season on weekends....
Too many trigger happy shooters out there & I like to keep my skin the way it currently is....)
I'm certainly NOT going eat much of this is candy...so..you know where its going...LOL
I'll post something in about a month.

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Smarties might work. Use a cushion wad under them to keep from making dust. Like having buckshot.
 
"REAL" jawbreakers aren't hollow and don't have gum in them. ;)

I remember getting the "normal size" hard jawbreakers out of the penny machines but the solid large ones were a nickel and you couldn't bite through them until they were about half the size of a small jawbreaker! Remembering how hard those jawbreakers is just enough experience to wonder it they would work in a pinch....I'm thinking it would be way to large a spread at 30-yards, or was he using just one single large jawbreaker?
The solid red "Atomic Fireball" I remember from the 50-60s would make a pretty good projectile. Those babies were HOT:eek: and turned white when the red outer coating was gone.
 
The solid red "Atomic Fireball" I remember from the 50-60s would make a pretty good projectile. Those babies were HOT:eek: and turned white when the red outer coating was gone.
We used to make our own atomic fireball in Lawrence County TN back in the eighties. It came in mason jars though...
 
Well, don't know if it's true or not, but I had one take away from this story. Once deer season is over, and I'm squirrel hunting with a sling shot, I'll be trying jaw breakers for ammo. Never know it just might work.
 


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