Skipping buckshot (pardon the language)

[Scott Tschirhart]

We were taught this method of using a shotgun and pistol bullets back in the day.

https://youtu.be/0kdsrOUIWY8?si=sZQcfnjv04b5L513

[GunnyMack]

Never tried that but we used to 'frag ' chipmunks and squirrels with 22s when they would hunker down on the stone rows, ' barking ' squirrels when hiding it a tree too!

[Grizz]

We were taught this method of using a shotgun and pistol bullets back in the day.

https://youtu.be/0kdsrOUIWY8?si=sZQcfnjv04b5L513

makes me wonder if hard-cast shot would be an improvement, or not. and i wonder if this would be useful for shooting under cars?
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let's see, where can i experiment ?

[Sarge]

30 years ago a little MO Community College decided they were going to run a basic police academy. They hired a local police Lt. (Lt. Dangle type) to teach firearms. He decided to teach skip-fire with buckshot on the CC's pretty poor indoor range. He managed to hit a seam in the concrete floor, with the first shot, and a buckshot fragment came up and destroyed a four tube flourescent light, right over his head. He just sorta disappeared in this glowing cloud of vapor and was standing in a pile of broken glass, looking at the shotgun like it was possessed. It was hilarious.

[GunnyMack]

We were taught this method of using a shotgun and pistol bullets back in the day.

https://youtu.be/0kdsrOUIWY8?si=sZQcfnjv04b5L513

makes me wonder if hard-cast shot would be an improvement, or not. and i wonder if this would be useful for shooting under cars?
.
let's see, where can i experiment ?

Chicago, Detroit,San Francisco, NYC, or any other blue city.

Bet that Lt felt about as big as a snail dropping after that!

[Paladin]

We were taught that also and got to practice it at Ft Bragg near MOTT LAKE. It is GREAT for under cars.

[horsesoldier03]

He actually got good numbers of pellets on the cardboard target. Not bad considering the fact that he was using a tactiKool shotgun with no buttstock.

[Grizz]

He actually got good numbers of pellets on the cardboard target. Not bad considering the fact that he was using a tactiKool shotgun with no buttstock.

i would have liked to see the adjustment necessary to hit target 2

[Scott Tschirhart]

He actually got good numbers of pellets on the cardboard target. Not bad considering the fact that he was using a tactiKool shotgun with no buttstock.

i would have liked to see the adjustment necessary to hit target 2

Might not be able to hit the second one. The pellets tend to follow the plane of the hard surface and don’t bounce like a billiard ball.

[Scott Tschirhart]

I don’t think of this shotguns as “tacticool”. But I think it’s a useful tool.

[Grizz]

He actually got good numbers of pellets on the cardboard target. Not bad considering the fact that he was using a tactiKool shotgun with no buttstock.

i would have liked to see the adjustment necessary to hit target 2

Might not be able to hit the second one. The pellets tend to follow the plane of the hard surface and don’t bounce like a billiard ball.

Thanks Scott, that's good to know.

[BobM]

In 1989 the Ohio Peace Officer Academy taught skipping buckshot. I went through their shotgun instructor program in 1997, I don’t think they were teaching that by then.

[Scott Tschirhart]

In 1989 the Ohio Peace Officer Academy taught skipping buckshot. I went through their shotgun instructor program in 1997, I don’t think they were teaching that by then.

I think that’s pretty much what happened across the country. Probably a liability issue. But it’s still a good tool to have in the toolbox.