Testing strange objects using a smoothbore per a viewer's request:

[B P Maniac Shooter]

This week.....I'm fulfilling another viewer's request testing some strange objects using a smoothbore.
Enjoy:

 

[longcruise]

Hilariously funny. Not a wood arrow?? FAIL

I cringed at the idea of putting such things down a bore. Better yours than mine.

A fun episode. Thanks for doing it.

 

[BigAl52]

You have more fun with that smoothie than man should be allowed. I dont own one but watching you sure does peak ones interest in one. Im not sure I would shoot some of what you are shooting out of mine but I have often wondered how accurate they are with ball and patch to 50 yards. I have however seen guys on the forum here shoot quite well with theres. Thanks for the video Mark it was interesting as always

 

[ZUG]

A lot of fun for sure -- I feel sorry for that gun!

 

[Whitworth]

That was quite entertaining. Always wondered about using pebble shot, he answered that . Makes me think a few loads of sand should clean up a rusty bore

 

[Johnny Too-Tall]

You have more fun with that smoothie than man should be allowed. I dont own one but watching you sure does peak ones interest in one. Im not sure I would shoot some of what you are shooting out of mine but I have often wondered how accurate they are with ball and patch to 50 yards. I have however seen guys on the forum here shoot quite well with theres. Thanks for the video Mark it was interesting as always

He is the reason I own one watching all his crazy videos.

 

[wiscoaster]

Always find your videos fun and entertaining. Thanks for posting!!

 

[Banjoman]

Thanks Mark! Another great video!

My results using cut shot and gravel were very similar to yours. I got a little better pattern using brown paper wadding but not enough to write home about.

I’m guessing that back in the 18th and 19th centuries folks did what they had to do for survival. They couldn’t always run to a gun shop or place an internet order for supplies.

Keep em’ coming!

 

[bpd303]

Reminded me of what my brother and I did with an old Springfield musket back in the day. If it would fit down the bore, it got shot out. We once killed a free ranging chicken across a rock pit lake with a glass marble. The old farmer took exception to that and we got our first taste of rock salt out of his shotgun.

 

[Rob M.]

Well ain't hat somethin !!! Pretty cool bud. Funny ...ya get guys on here afraid to shoot bare ball outta their smoothbores and your shootin rocks and arrows !! LOL !! After watching Chris Kristpherson" Billy the Kid " shoot Bob Ollinger with " 16 thin dimes " from a 12 ga. I had to try that a bunch of times , LOL .... Was cool too cause usually VDO won't play out here in the boonies but tonight it did !! Great VDO ! Thanks ...take care ...

 

[wiscoaster]

The best thing about this video was getting the idea to use dryer lint as wadding. I'll have to remember to collect some for that next time I clean the filter. I'll bet it works pretty good.

 

[Banjoman]

Well ain't hat somethin !!! Pretty cool bud. Funny ...ya get guys on here afraid to shoot bare ball outta their smoothbores and your shootin rocks and arrows !! LOL !! After watching Chris Kristpherson" Billy the Kid " shoot Bob Ollinger with " 16 thin dimes " from a 12 ga. I had to try that a bunch of times , LOL .... Was cool too cause usually VDO won't play out here in the boonies but tonight it did !! Great VDO ! Thanks ...take care ...

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[bpd303]

I've used dryer lint as a fire starter with flint & steel, not as good as char cloth but did work.

 

[yellowhammer]

This week.....I'm fulfilling another viewer's request testing some strange objects using a smoothbore.
Enjoy:

Mark, the Indian Shot Plant, Canna indica, has seeds so hard that people used them as ammo: LINK

Seeds:

 

[yellowhammer]

From the link above:

The seeds are small, globular, black pellets, hard and dense enough to sink in water. They resemble shotgun pellets giving rise to the plant's common name of Indian shot. The seeds are hard enough to shoot through wood and still survive and later germinate.

 

[Ed C.]

Next time out try a pack of dimes. Supposedly what one of Billy the Kid's guards had loaded up for Billy but then got killed when Billy made his escape and turned the gun on the guard. Oh, just scrolled up and see Rob M. already tried that.

 

[French Colonial]

Love your videos Mark....

I will not be buying any of your used firearms, but love your videos

 

[Banjoman]

Hey Mark! I’d love to see some up close pictures of the guns you use most in your videos, especially the smooth bore. I just think the patina of we’ll used guns is interesting. Yeah, weird I know. How about it?

 

[Rob M.]

Next time out try a pack of dimes. Supposedly what one of Billy the Kid's guards had loaded up for Billy but then got killed when Billy made his escape and turned the gun on the guard. Oh, just scrolled up and see Rob M. already tried that.

Works in a 12 gauge !!

 

[Rob M.]

Hey Mark! I’d love to see some up close pictures of the guns you use most in your videos, especially the smooth bore. I just think the patina of we’ll used guns is interesting. Yeah, weird I know. How about it?

Here's the patina on one of my " just built , brand new " trade guns ...if I saved the pics of the phone that is ...think I did ...let's see ...