[petedeamon]

Really liked the coat hanger through the toes segment! I wonder what else this magical team of household medicos come up with...maybe a can-opener appendectomy?

[tecumseh35]

nice!

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by retrocube ↗

Nice set.

I'm not very knowledged on firearm use but can someone enlighten this for me?

Some of the pics at the bottom had a pointer to a shotgun cartridge. I always thought what comes out of the shotgun were buckshot lead pellets. Does this mean this was a point blank shot and the casing came with it?

Most shotguns can fire slugs as well, and some are even designed to fire slugs exclusively. In the pic you're referring to, it looks like a rifled slug; the ridges on it act the way that barrel rifling acts on bullets. Since shotguns are smooth bore weapons (i.e. no rifling in the barrel), the slug itself is rifled instead for the sake of imparting a spin upon the projectile as a means of increasing accuracy. And even with a point-blank shot (be it buckshot or slug), the casing still remains in the weapon after the round has been discharged. The lack of buckshot "peppering" on the victim's face in that particular pic further confirms that it was a slug round.

Incidentally (since I like to be over-informative), the wadding in a buckshot shell can also become a projectile in and of itself if it's thick enough, although it possesses minimal penetrative qualities since it's made of plastic and not steel or lead. Just one more reason why being on the business end of a shotgun is bad, bad news.

Oh, and I think the usage of the term cartridge in this case is a bit misleading. A cartridge is the entire assembly of a round: casing + propellant + primer + projectile etc. Only the projectile exits the muzzle (and wadding, in the case of a buckshot round). The rest of the cartridge remains in the weapon or is ejected once spent in the case of semi-automatic/automatic operation.

Hope this clears things up for ya.

[retrocube]

Originally Posted by Metal Mike ↗

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Thank you very much! I had no idea shotguns were styled to fire slugs also. Very descriptive and indepth detail of all the rest too. Much appreciated.

[SargeistExisting]

Coincidence every pic is of a *****? ****** will be ******.

[Torture]

wonder why most of those pics are from black guys...

[durt]

Good pics!
Thanks Sharon

[Badmouth Betty]

Bahaha you crack me up! Nice set.

[dogleg818]

Those were not shotgun cartridges they were shotgun wads which is what holds the shot inside of cartridges, cartridges are what's left empty at the gun after firing.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

That wasn't a wad. Wads are made up of white plastic, don't have rifling grooves, and usually break up into many pieces upon discharge. In the pic in question, it's a slug.

Read my above post.