Shooting a Can of Berry Cider with an Exploding Pellet in Sub-Zero Temps - Video
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That was my thought when @HogKiller mentioned that. While ABSOLUTELY deserved, and if I had some 15 year old Bud Light cans around (About the last time my lips touched an Anheuser-Busch product), I surely would have put a Pink bow on it before blowing the snot out of it. That said, the cider I had was only OK, and was over-carbonated when I bought it, so I thought it would make good pellet-fodder. That was my last one, so I had hoped it would "go out with a bang"! It did! Woo Hoo!!
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My mom actually bought me the stuff to blow up, she was cool, of course this was a LOT of decades ago when Sophomore Science actually taught something useful.
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That is SOOO awesome!!! My mom passed before I got into this hobby, but I am SURE she would have embraced it as well. She loved to shoot, and to be able to do it with this accuracy and not have to wear hearing protection, she would have loved it. I mean, I didn't cut the shot. You "could" hear the shot from my 0.177 before the impact, but the Donny KOI keeps it so quiet, it is kinda insane. My camera was about 10 yards from the target, and I was 25 yards away for the shot. You may hear a "tick", but the explosion is SO much more audible. This makes shooting my 0.177 more fun all by itself, because it is so quiet...and accurate to about 100 yards in light wind. Unfortunately, the explosive pellets are really "wobbly" and are barely accurate at 25 yards.My mom actually bought me the stuff to blow up, she was cool, of course this was a LOT of decades ago when Sophomore Science actually taught something useful.
Let's hear it for Mom's that like to shoot!!
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I am obviously very L7, as I'm the only one intrigued by the exploding pellet, must be old news?
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These help a lot with pellet loading when you need gloves.
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There are a number of threads on here about them. Quite a few from yours truly. They were made in Russia, but are now available from Ukraine. It's basically a wadcutter with a small dab of tannerite on it. They are great fun, but not accurate for crap. I shot the can at 25 yards, and I feel pretty fortunate to hit it. The 0.177 that I used is accurate to 90 yards using diabolo pellets, so this tells you that it is the pellet, and not the gun.
Nice tip, @maxtrouble. I never really thought of that as I have been afraid of deforming the skirt, but as this post proves, that doesn't matter anyway. I'll have to give that a try.
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