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Exotic Shotgun Ammo (Gimmick Or Legitimate ???)
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- Published on Apr 18, 2026
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I hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!
np, hello btw how are you doing?
Can you bring out the street sweaper again?
LOVE THIS!!! Thank you Scott for keeping us updated on your new stuff
I did! Thanks for uploading another awesome video!
You should get an original springfield trapdoor rifle and do a video of you shooting it
Fun fact, the “Rhodesian Jungle” ammunition has the bird shot in the top to shred any vegetation in the path of the real pay load so it stays accurate.
That explains the name
....well played shotgun shell, well played.
In reality tho I fear that the smaller shot is slowed down by the air far sooner than the larger shot. And likely arrives last
@DasHugh I don't think it was ever effective enough otherwise we would be seeing it in today's use in some parts of the world. Cool piece of history though.
@jaquavise1147 yep. I guess flachettes was their attempt to go thru the bush rather than cut thru it
That tenderizer round would be awesome to see shot at a plethora of different things. The amount of energy that round dumped into that ballistic zombie torso was incredible
@Slak1941 That guy said something very stupid about Scott's incident with the .50.
@isosev what did he say
@isosev so what? It’s just scooters mistake
@Euan_Miller43 He took down the video because of the backlash. Go look it up if you are interested. His behavior made me immediately unsubscribe from his channel and I was a long time subscriber. I will never watch another one of their videos.
ruclips.net/video/n0SK1JJGb-o/video.html
@isosev What did he say then?
I think it's safe to say: unless you feel up to cleaning blood and gore off your walls, ceilings and cats don't use the tenderizer round indoors!!
I'd appreciate it if you'd stop commenting on his videos for a while. Happy new year.
@sarcastaball why exactly
@codyofcreation6074 I don't have to explain myself to you.
@sarcastaball ok so basically you’re asking someone to not comment on a form of content and entertainment cause you want them to conform to your perfect ideals, got it
@Cody Of Creation whatever floats your boat little buddy
That Piranha round seems fantastic for home defense: low risk of over-penetration and a 500/10 on the pain scale.
If the nails don’t get you, the tetanus probably will
From a legal standpoint probably not the best round to use.
Legally probably shouldn’t do it
it's also a 1000/10 on the felony scale.
@QTEilafine, I'll just nail him with a slug
For home defense, the Tenderizer seems to be the most effective at proving you have the talking stick
Imagine taking the Tenderizer at point blank.
@Nightwalk444 no
@Nightwalk444 doubt it will do that much more damage. Giving it some more range will probably be more destructive
@piscessoedroen i'd love to see it compared to sniper rifle rounds at medium to long range
imagine a tenderizer as a sniper or Magnum round
That tenderizer round was devastating! You should see how many stretch armstrongs it can blow through.
dude, that round fucked that zomboi up!
Tenderizer was epic man you should almost have a fresh zombie skeleton for that round alone ….video was awesome!!
3/4 oz solid slug. If it were the made of tungsten it would probably be closer to 2 oz. That would be awesome!
@djtrac3r935 If it was A headshot it would have kicked his head to Jupiter
@Jetexion preach man
I have been ragged on more then once for letting my special needs son watch your videos but I do because they are clean with no profanity and derogatory statements. He loves your vids and idolizes you for being who you are, you make him laugh. He is unable to fire a firearm due to his disability but loves watching you. Keep up the good work Scott, your lifetime fans from Canada.
Sorry to hear people give you a hard time about letting your son watch Scott's videos, I presume you preview the videos to ensure not something that would be harmful for your son to watch. I agree nice to watch videos without foul language. You do what you feel is best for you and your son in both education and entertainment videos. 👍🏼
Tell them to mind their business man. They don't understand what a special needs child involves. They get bored easy when physically they don't get the life of other people then followed by severe depression and loneliness.
Scott's a person, giant, humble human being. A beautiful person from my observation.
I've made .22 safe for a chicken to shoot.
You can give the boy a proper childhood experience, just like everyone else. I'd you really want too.
Scott's my favorite because he is clean. Hard to find clean family friendly entertainment that also educates these days. I'm proud to be one of the Kenfolk!
15:05 dragon's breath PLEASE
They are illegal almost everywhere. Lol
not in kentucky
Seeing people like Scott get super excited about candy is a precious gem of the internet
I think it might be a family guy bit dudes
@SienaaBee yeah I was a little disappointed the T-rex didn't catch him in a box
Mr cheese cake operator...I'm not sure you are but it's OK.
Yea, but the comment is a little cringe.
@BenDover-fc9df deal with it mate
Definitely surprised we didn't see any Dragon's Breath rounds this time! Definitely want to see one of those on one of those gel test dummies next time.
That’s what I was hoping for
Gotta go for the hellfire shells. Basicly dragonsbreath kicked up to 11 with metal fletchets added
Same.
Dragon’s breath is a WIDELY used round. I think he was going for Unique, but put Exotic instead. It’s a very popular round.
The gun from Fortnite?
A lot of 12 gauge owners also have .22lr models laying around, and there is a lot of exotic ammo for it too. I think this idea would make a great sequel to this video.
👍👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
Yes please!
Where can you find exotic 22 ammo
Local sheriff's department gave me what's called "pepper shot," a .22 round with a little over a dozen very tiny BBs inside a plastic or maybe gel .22 sized projectile. Things were stupidly effective, no more pigeons at the abandoned house next door, and by lowering the squirrel population around town they quit blowing up transformers. $20 in ammo saved the town 10s of 1000s in repairs and man-hours
4:00 19th century doctors
Genuinely surprised there weren't any dragon's breath ones in the mix. Not a defense round but exotic and would have been hilarious.
I was just about to say the same thing! I wondered if those rounds would actually set something on fire.
Dragon's Breath is pretty much a gimmick round anyways.
@therealkillerb7643 it is why they are banned in certain states since morons caused wild fires with them that resulted in deaths
I thought that was going to be the finale, but I guess not. The tenderizer was cool though
@therealkillerb7643 they do, fpsrussia did a video on them
The moment someone handed Scott a slow motion camera, the world became a better place 👍
9:45 Hearing that giggle, while you're taping up a partially destroyed ballistic gel zombie, will never cease to put a smile on my face.
8:41 now thats a good shotgun ammo
In conclusion, I wouldn’t want to be on the other side of any of these shells. That 404 tenderizer was an absolute menace though. Also that’s a top notch tape job to hold up against multiple shotgun blasts💀
404gr
Prooves that the right tape even saves you from falling appart from shotgun shells
410?! That’s a 12 gauge!
@ghostdog2041 I meant 404
You wouldnt want to be on the other side of any bullet
Dude! I remember the tenderizer from Taufledermaus. Glad to see that ballistic machinist decided to sell them commercially. They're some wicked rounds.
I've seen Taofledermaus shoot most of these shots. If not all.
@biscoitodesal they did shoot most of these, but the tenderizer stands out in my mind because it was absolutely brutal to the targets they shot it with. I don't remember the rest impressing me as much. That said, Scott shooting the zombie target showed them all to be a good bit more impressive than they first appeared.
Does he sell them everywhere or on his own site?
@lordfordification Im not sure, I didn't even know he went commercial with them until this video.
Dang, they are sold out and on pre order
The flachette rounds were used during Vietnam because they had lower recoil and were extremely adept at penetrating heavy vegetation. Originally, they were designed with stabilizers on the back end and dumped onto trenches in World War 1 or 2 (can’t remember which). They were extremely effective because they could punch straight through a soldiers helmet, but were eventually deemed illegal in battle. It’s actually a pretty fascinating piece of warfare history.
higher grain than these ones, i think though
it's used in tarkov
Lmfaoo. You think the US follows it’s own rules??? Especially overseas?
@portugal5698 show me one instance of these being used by the US military on foreign soldiers after they were banned by the Geneva Convention. Or were you just trying to be super cool and edgy because it’s popular to bash America? Figured so.
@heathermillsphantomlimb Oil lover POV
As a fellow recoil junkie, I learn so much from your videos. But really, I come for the humor. Especially when you you exclaim OOOH!!! when something spectacular happens. And props to your dad for firing the 700 nitro express!
I vote on having Matt do a throwback to his olden days and he makes some exotic shotgun rounds for you to test.
A man of culture I see
I believe Matt went over why he couldn't do that anymore, it'd be "manufacturing ammunition" and that's against YT ToS now.
"Sissy Boy Matt" Meh...
@ZerotheWanderer taofledermaus accepts strange rounds sent in to them and loads them up and tests them, no problem. They get custom slugs from the USA and many foreign countries.
@markfergerson2145 they occasionally make their own too. Scott should ask them for some wonky and rare rounds
We had a 105mm main gun round called "beehive" that dispersed 8K steel fleshettes with a fused bursting charge for use against troops at relatively close ranges
They had them in 40mm as well.
I wonder if they use those in the 105 howitzer found on the ac130 gunships 🤔
You ever seen one used on a person 😧
The last use of them was on the original Abrams tank with the M68 105MM cannon. Carried I believe 5 of them as part of ammo load out on my tank in Korea back in 1994. They had a fused nose cone that could be set to explode from muzzle end out to I believe 3000 meters (memory may have failed me there). You set the desired range and the round would detonate 200 meters short of that for maximum spread of the flechettes.
We load them on the apache in the 2.75 rockets. Under Geneva laws, you can't use them directly on people, but if there's "foliage" then it's perfectly A OK
4 minutes after posting and this video already has 71 comments and over 1,900 views. Scott, your followers absolutely love you and your content! Keep up the good work!
He has some kinfolks 😁👍
He is a legend, already, in this kind of business🙏
Because hes a stud and eat, breathes and bleeds freedom and America.... God bless this man 🇺🇸
@NathanSmith-kg9ojyou must have been a professional hype man
I love that a Low Price Mav 88 handled all that!
8:50 "Medic!"
The medic: 9:42
“Don’t be such a baby, ribs grow back!”
@willieearles3151 no they don't
Tf2
The Slow motion on the Tenderizer was just crazy, the damage was over the top.
Taofledermaus has a better slow motion of this round!
ruclips.net/video/4BbNhop0Zkg/video.html
The "double slug" sounds cool/devastating; but it's only useful if the two slugs actually spread out - if they travel in the exact same line it's no different than shooting with one slug.
That should have been the first one he tested. I think being on the same line is fine because when the first slows down and expands, the second one would crash into it causing greater expansion and energy dump while exploding the first in every direction. Both shots in this test basically passed through without hitting anything.
Bullet rule - more is more.
I don't think it's anymore effective than a single slug. I've seen this load tested before and the second slug went through the opening created by the temporary stretch cavity, doing nothing to aid in wounding. At long distance (for a shotgun) maybe it would increase your chance of hitting something important.
Also, it seemed like a fairly light load, especially compared to the Ballistic Machinist's rounds.
Except you can say "Nice Pair."
Wow he really just let those intrusive thoughts win for the last couple minutes
The Macho Gaucho---me and my brother called it the 'chain shot', after a type of cannon shot used to destroy sails and rigging on sailing ships---was very effective, and the Tenderizer was brutal.
Yeah the are interesting when they deploy right, but they very often just stick together so at what point do you go, "Well its a lot cheaper to buy 000"
When I was a kid I used to se these sold as Gobbler-
Guillotines.
"Our zombies turned into a mummy" lmao THIS is why I love this channel so much, Scott is hilarious!
I remember these being sold by Firequest. They did have a "Dragon's Breath" round that was full of magnesium powder. Haven't seen one lit off in a while.
if I recall right dragons breath was made illegal due to it being decided something along the lines of cruel and inhumane.
tho with science there's always a workaround.
FIREQUEST still sells them all.
@commonsense.1014 yeah,incendiary rounds are illegal and an issue with the convention.
@AndromedaGaming2248 convention only matters during war
Firequest and than renamed the blamo ammo company.
I had found a set of 3 fill your own slugs in a pawn shop that still carried the firequest name.
I asked a cop who was present in the store was he sure they were level.
Spy: "it could be you, it could be me, it could even be-"
Soldier: 12:43
I would love to see the “dragon” or flamethrower exotic rounds. Also the rock salt rounds would be interesting to see.
I was thinking the same thing, then remembered where he's shooting these lmao
Dragons breath would be fucking awesome!
After reading “exotic rounds” I was almost expecting a Taofledermaus collaboration. Best experimental/exotic round testing channel on RUclips!
Another great video Scott!
Those lads are amazing
TF has tested all of these before, so that would be redundant for them.
After the way Jeff responded to Scott’s video after the Serbu exploded I highly doubt that will _ever_ happen. lol
For background see this video. I’d link the original video but apparently Jeff took enough heat for it he took it down…
ruclips.net/video/n0SK1JJGb-o/video.html
Jeff did test a lot of Ballistic Machinist's rounds
My opinion the tenderizer was the WOW round. Great opener again Scott. Better and better
I think the 12 gauge car did the best
Just shows how serious a shotgun is even when using gimmick ammunition wow
There was one type of round that I remember my dad purchased. He had it in 12 gauge, and also .45. it was essentially marketed to those who are older and only need one shot to make it count.
The round basically would split apart like an x with a wire holding all 4 pieces together, and would turn your .45 into a shotgun, or a shotgun, into a bigger shotgun.
ruclips.net/video/HF7lsTviMhQ/video.html
This video has it in there, it is referred to as "multiple impact rounds"
Jesus, I wouldn't wanna be on the receiving side of that!
RIP rounds?
@wife_7617 That name works!
@andriealinsangao613rip rounds are actual rounds. 9mm rounds.
1000 years from now archeologists will be digging up the land that is your range and say to themselves, “what the actual **** happened here?”
On a slightly more serious note, ballistic machinist claims its brass pellet will penetrate Kevlar, so it might be interesting to see what this shell can do on body armor and various other targets.
so we can predict things that happened millions of years ago but we cant infer some recreational shooting? lol
😂😂😂
As technology advances, humanity is on a slow decline. There would be other inhabitants by then or at least post apocalyptic stone age.
@cute_smol_kat We can guess at things that happened millions of years ago.😉
6:11 nailed it 👍
0:20 Scott oh S%IT
8:55 i think those bolo rounds almost beheaded him b4
I was literally searching for this type of video last night and hoped you had one. Now it has come true.
Funnily enough I was too. I ended up watching a bunch of videos from various obese, mouth-breathing yokels instead. Gun videos without Kentucky Ballistics is an unpleasant fate. 😂
I do need to have my STI tested for more boost. Lmao 😂🤣
You might like Taofledermaus
@Preussenpenner I have been watching them, I like their sense of humor too
The tenderizer did not lie holy hell
Best thing about a 12 guage: even if it's just marbles or thumbtacks, it will still work
Beans!
I am both amazed and horrified by the effectiveness of the flechette and piranha rounds. Also, I absolutely love how over-the-top the moment at 14:45 was.
Flechettes are truly one of the meanest things you can do to someone lmao
@WeAre1Legion yeah, messing up a guy with a shotgun is pretty mean.
It's never over the top on this channel
Look up SCMITR rounds, they were rzore blades fired out of the AAI CAWS.
Horrified lol
5:55 *NaiLEd iT*
That last shot looked like Murdoch’s second shot on his son! Nice!
9:02 “ope, there goes his head” *un-chambers shotgun*
When I read "exotic rounds" I was kind of expecting some good ol' Dragon's Breath lol, but these were all really cool rounds to see in action. I think I liked the piranha shells the most out of them all.
Also, good to see some Maverick action! I got one myself earlier this year and I love it. I want to give it some good upgrades someday in the future if I can get the money
I was expecting the dragon breath too. Nevertheless, those were some cool loads..
Ikr those are the types of rounds i love too see
Oh weird, when I read "exotic rounds" I was kind of expecting tassles and lace
@DisgrunteledDachshund Say,has anybody seen my sweet Gypsy Rose?
Flechette is not hard to say!
14:50 Best fatality ever seen
From my professional observation, I think mr.zombie survived!💪💯
The “Tenderizer” didn’t just tenderize it, it PURÉED IT!!
Question: How do you dispose of demolished zombie torsos without local authorities thinking that you are dumping bodies?
Well I suppose the same way you do dead bodies. But I would label them "Not a human I promise" hahahah
Thats the neat part u don't
The piranha round to me is the most terrifying, you have a decent chance of living through getting shot by it but you absolutely do not want to live through that.
Edit: if you're shot from a distance, I hadn't seen the point blank shot to the head when I made the comment.
Same here, that round should be straight up illegal considering how horrifying the damage from it is. Its light overall, its the part where you have to remove all of the needles thats just nightmare fuel.
@PearlJam2k6 ohh definitely I can't imagine how long the surgery would be to remove all the nails, if you even could. I'm 99% sure those rounds would be considered a war crime
@locketom: Got my shotgun loaded with dragons breath, first round. Buckshot second round. In a home invasion, I may burn the house down, but the guy coming thru the door will be fried to a crispy crunch then blown apart. Dragons breathe advertises it burns at 5000 degrees. Taking that at point blank range would be horrible.
I mean there's a reason that flechettes are banned for use in war
0:07 kids be like🤣
I think it would be cool to see what these same rounds to in ballistic gel blocks to see what they really do in ballistic gel since we already know their effectiveness
10:10 garand thumb needs to learn some of that kentucky medicine
I'm upset that you didn't get the Dragon's Breathe rounds, you would have had a blast using those to light the zombie torsos up. But those exotic rounds were great.
9:44 that moment of satisfaction when one end of the tap met another 😂😂
The ballistic machinist rounds are the most deadly I have seen. The “tenderizer” round sent bone fragments flying!!! Love it!
Honestly amazed at how straight that tenderizer went into the target.
Yeah you'd think it would tumble after being fired. Although I don't think that would make it any less lethal lol
I'm still amazed by the Tenderizer. It's awesome to see it on a ballistic torso. I first saw that shell tested by Taofladermaus (or however you you spell it 😂)... with impressive results.
8:50 the chest of guy who found the cure for cancer
(the fbi found out)
Ever since you guys added the slow motion cameras, the videos are so much better than most of the other gun tubers. I love how you’re channel has grown so big!
10:18 had that zombie taped up like red from pineapple express😂
10:58 impressed with his tape job (:
Same here!
R.I.P MR ZOMBIE
Gotta love the rude sound effect @5:04
12:42 Boom..... headshot
14:07 🦆face
Those flechette and piranha rounds are scary! id love to see more of the tenderizer though.
12:54 is why we are all here! lol Great Work!
9:31 when you have 1hp left in a video game and heal with bandage:
The one round I was hoping to see was the “rubber Bucky” rounds
Field expedient "slugs"
- Take inexpensive trap/skeet loads and cut around the shell at the wad but not all the way through.
Upon firing the entire front of the shell leaves as one, essentially acting as a slug.
This was the way old timers used their shotguns to harvest deer during the great depression due to the only available ammunition at the time and the need to provide for their family.
EDIT: WARNING - Cut shells can be extremely dangerous, do not attempt and leave this technique in theory. Only professionals in controlled environments may attempt.
Stay safe
“Cut shells”
Better to buy 7 1/2 loads open with a small Screwdriver and dump them out fill with equal or lesser weight of buckshot or carpet nails!
Cut shells can be extremely dangerous. Might want to warn people of that and go look up some of the failures of them.
@Washawaysin Thank you for pointing this out, I will edit this comment to reflect this warning.
@Washawaysin yep overpressure can cause burst barrels at best death at worst!
scott really enjoyed himself with the door breaching rounds lol
You never disappoint. That tenderizer is impressive…Thanks Kentucky
I think Scott passed the med school finals with 10:15
One of the first videos I've seen where the flechette round actually did its job. Thanks for the vid!
8:45 "this is something you havnt seen before"
Me, who watches taofledermaus:
Try me
14:10 that is some smooth transition from slowmo to normal speed well done! Also awsome rounds lol
12:47 “hey guys, I guess that’s it”
The tenderizer is one serious round.. The energy is insane
I've looked at this ammo before on their website, and I was always curious as to see how it would perform and to my suprise, Scott the madlad went and bought em. True hero
Would love to see more of that tenderizer round. The shockwave was insane. Maybe how many zombie it can go through/balloon?
IIRC Taofledermaus tested some of the prototypes for that round. They were nasty then, and equally nasty now.
@vicroc4 this is true.......
That thing took about as many rounds as a zombie in the Resident Evil 2 remake before his head fell off
The tenderizer seemed most impressive. I’ve made my own flechette rounds before. Back in the day I had some dragons breath rounds.
I really can’t thank you enough. You are my window into the fun side of firearms ownership
Piece of candy😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 love the intro Scott 👍
I just finished watching this. The ballistics tell me that that dummy is well peppered and well seasoned.😂
You have the best job in the world
I'd love to see you try this with a pack of 12 gauge HESH rounds. They're basically slugs with a .22lr blank inside and are designed to explode on impact, kind of like how anti-tank rounds work.
That sounds awesome, hope Scott sees this
HESH actually is not the main ammo used against tank, HEAT is more common but I got the point.
10:53 had me dying lmao
HEY SEL
That maniacal laugh as he's taping the torso 😂
10:42 "On today's video I'm going to see how bulletproof a nun is"
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The piranha round popping that zombie skull was epic! But you forgot to hit Mr zombie with a dragons breath round... Lol great video Scott!
You're officially the new Demolition Ranch. The crazy shotgun shells were always his best videos.
You've probably already heard of them, but if not the Taofledermaus channel has vids of crazy shotgun rounds they've made and fans have sent in
If you say full-a-shit fast enough, youll basically say flechette correctly and it looks like its correct 😂