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To: Ilaine who wrote (70126)2/20/2009 7:02:29 AM
From: Ish  Respond to of 71178
 
I had a friend who owned a laundrymat and wanted a shotgun load that would sting crooks at close range. We loaded up some shells with popcorn. At 20' the popcorn would blow through 1/4" plywood.

I used to have some loads that would shoot about 100' and then would explode like a cherry bomb. Great for chasing critters out of the yard.



To: Ilaine who wrote (70126)2/21/2009 1:10:19 AM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71178
 
Doc Holliday (of OK Corral fame), I was told, loaded his twelve-gauge with a stack of eight silver dimes. It made for a fast-spreading "buckshot" round whose short-range effects were devastating.
It would be my weapon of choice in vampire country.
Sawed-offs were illegal by around Prohibition time. Thirties, if memory serves.


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