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hello everyone this is jeff of
taofledermaus
a viewer wanted to know if we could
drive a railroad spike into wood
using a shotgun slug let's find out
so what are we doing today all right
we're going to see if we can drive a
spike
give you some of these uh true balls
federals what what's the velocity of
those
those are two and three quarter inch but
two and three quarter inch one ounce
and uh muzzle velocity is 1300 feet per
second i thought they were more than
that
dang it i should have got the three inch
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okay i'm ready
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now i promise you danny did not take any
practice shots at all and he hit it the
first time that was fantastic
now the markings on the spike are one
inch increments
and that slug almost drove it in one
inch
just under one inch but it just sprung
right back
out it's because you didn't take any
practice shots and you nailed it
almost dead center on the first shot
bent that little spike
look how much it bent by comparison they
were both the same to begin with
yep tweaked it hard enough it knocked
the paint off so
it hit with a lot of energy but it
didn't drive it in it just bounced
it bounced out knocked that block out of
the back
that's that was some good shooting there
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all right that was a two and three
quarter inch
one ounce thirteen hundred feet per
second on that first
spike this one we're gonna go with a
three inch one ounce seventy seventeen
hundred
feet per second that's like a magnum
maximum max it's not magnum it's maximum
whatever
okay okay i'm ready
well he did not miss the shot he just
hit it a little bit high
and it basically split the slug in two
now this time it only drove it in maybe
half of an inch at the most and then it
of course sprung back out again
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you know i in the real time i thought
you missed
and it just hit that no you still hit it
just a little bit high
look at the damage though i think it
just it
split the slug and the rest of it just
went right in there
whenever you're ready
oh yeah
now this one hit almost the same spot as
the last shot
again the the spike went in about half
an inch
but it stayed in this time
so someone explained to me how a lead
slug hitting a
steel spike creates sparks that's a
that's a new one for me
i think because the wood's a little bit
dense
it's dense but i mean it was hard to
drive it in with a hammer
but i think a lot of the energy is just
it's like a water balloon hitting
something you know just a lot of energy
just
sprays outwards instead of transferring
to the
spike a little spark off of that one too
yeah it's sparked
well there you go i was curious what
would happen but
uh look at the bend difference
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this one was pretty flat compared to
this one because this one
before it got hit
and there you go so can you drive in and
a railroad spike with a shotgun slug it
not really
better bring a case of slugs yeah
and safety glasses well i hope you guys
enjoyed that
quickie video we enjoyed filming it
and i couldn't believe what a good shot
danny is he was on the money today
now coming up we'll be testing tim
hamilton's new
brass pellet shotgun slug design
and you will be even more impressed with
danny's shooting ability in that shot so
stay tuned for that
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from my understanding i believe that
officer greg is going to be deployed
to puerto rico to help out with the
disaster relief down there believe it or
not
so he'll be gone for a couple weeks but
i'm sure danny will be happy to fill in
in that meantime
thanks for watching