Today is inauguration day. A sacred day that every American should hold dear. This is a culmination of our democratic process that proves our system of government is the only government where our citizens choose our leaders from the best choices available and in no way could be manipulated by outside forces to sway the outcome in their favor.
There is no room for argument that the two best choices to lead this great nation are
- A lifelong politician who is bought and paid for by China, gets his family lucrative overseas business deals by abusing the powers of his office, who wants our Federal Reserve to prioritize income equality over job creation and curbing inflation, and who will appoint only LGBTQ+ PoC to cabinet positions regardless of qualification.
and
- A wealthy reality TV star who can't keep his mouth shut when he should, claims to be pro-2A but wants to take your guns first and have due process later and also bans mechanisms for shooting guns faster than your finger can pull the trigger even though it's still your finger pulling the trigger, reminds us who is our greatest ally, and played the victim game until the very end.
Surely this is result of a purely democratic selection process and in no way was orchestrated by the rich and powerful as a way to maintain control of the lowly citizens.
carry on friends, ask some gun related questions while I continue to live in willingly ignorant bliss.
Iraqivet8888 and and I think Taufledermaus have some tests with cut shells. Taufledermaus has a multitude of videos on unconventional shotgun loads and wax slugs and have ballistic tests on them.
I haven't made cut shells, but have made a few wax slugs. I chickened out and never shot them though after I saw a video of someone's barrel blowing up shooting them. People talked about it and attribute it to low wax/shot heat in the production process not making a firm bond to the shell and allowing the projectile to slide down the barrel if tipped down and causing a kind of odd powder burn and overpressure kinda like a squib. Anyways, I know that cut shells are cheep, quick, and simple, but they can cause higher barrel pressures and more stress on your barrel since you're forcing the the additional thickness of the hull down the barrel. I'd stock up on birdshot, make wax slugs when you have the time, and cut shells when you don't. There's only that one instance I know of with that guy having problems with wax slugs. I've thought about making an induction heater to heat the shot inside the shell just enough to melt wax so you could just drop the wax in till it's full and make wax slugs faster and easier.