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  • Published on Mar 4, 2026
  • This video breaks down every type of shotgun shell and explains how they work, from Birdshot to buckshot to slugs, it describes their difference and what they’re used for, and. Whether you’re new to shotguns or just curious, this is a simple, clear guide to understanding shotguns shells.
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  • @Amaruqdayofdevastation
    @Amaruqdayofdevastation 11 days ago +86

    0:14 ah yes hunting birds with a spas-12

    • @Amneiya
      @Amneiya 9 days ago +2

      4 guage Ks23 with rat snake shot

    • @Amaruqdayofdevastation
      @Amaruqdayofdevastation 9 days ago +1

      wrong that is a spas-12

    • @LThaPunisha
      @LThaPunisha 6 days ago

      ​​@Amaruqdayofdevastation He knows it's a Spas-12 that quite clearly can't be anything else. He was just adding another comedic shot gun.

    • @atomgrav6861
      @atomgrav6861 11 hours ago

      @Amneiya40mm Buckshot loaded with rock-salt

  • @GeoJohns-rt4rk
    @GeoJohns-rt4rk Month ago +1125

    Probably the most brutal stick figure animation I've ever seen.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +94

      Just to show how brutal shotgun shells are

    • @Musturd-o3w
      @Musturd-o3w Month ago +37

      You have not seen the bridge

    • @C4L1BRON
      @C4L1BRON 29 days ago +34

      you must be young then

    • @Luffy-ss4rq
      @Luffy-ss4rq 29 days ago

      man stay innocent there alot u don't need know

    • @aiden_table
      @aiden_table 29 days ago +11

      ​@Musturd-o3w or the cliff

  • @Eclipsaulnightmare
    @Eclipsaulnightmare Month ago +842

    I feel like you are underestimating how effective buck and slugs are, there was a test done to see how effective they are at certain ranges, buck goes up to 300 yards. Slugs on the other hand are 500.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +215

      Depending on the shotgun used they can have a longer effective range, but normally they do not exceed the effective range or rifles

    • @Eclipsaulnightmare
      @Eclipsaulnightmare Month ago +47

      ​@dataillusionfair

    • @thesadprepper3722
      @thesadprepper3722 Month ago +45

      @dataillusionBarrel length plays a role too on the effectiveness on the round

    • @Tactical_Tailgater
      @Tactical_Tailgater Month ago +15

      But even when they hit, they lose some power and are not the best option. Some give a buckshot the effective range of 35 to 50 meters. Which beyond that, a rifle is much more useful and predictable

    • @JosefGrossinger
      @JosefGrossinger Month ago +6

      Slug are like the rounds fired from a musket, only it has at least 12 times the power

  • @cougar9610
    @cougar9610 Month ago +477

    Slugs are not armor piercing but the shockwave will rupture everything in the surrounding area unless you have ceramic plate

    • @Tactical_Tailgater
      @Tactical_Tailgater Month ago +70

      There are armor piercing slugs too, but that's for the military

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +95

      There are version of armor piercing slugs, but normal slugs do not penetrate modern armor

    • @H20-w3d
      @H20-w3d Month ago +17

      Even if you got a ceramic plate, i don't think you'll stay in your feet if you get blasted with a slug, probably the impact alone will break lots of ribs and leave you out of battle

    • @Randomdudefromtheinternet
      @Randomdudefromtheinternet Month ago +9

      Basically a gun-propelled mace?

    • @agustinnarvaez5251
      @agustinnarvaez5251 Month ago +3

      So essentially overpressure but for humans

  • @HisDudeness2020
    @HisDudeness2020 Month ago +111

    3:08 Thats not a shotgun anymore, that's a damned Anti-Material Rifle

    • @KingLich451
      @KingLich451 28 days ago +10

      you should see ks-23 shotgun. Now that's a big boy shotgun.

    • @XDaveOnPC
      @XDaveOnPC 27 days ago +5

      3:17 I think the vehicle has effectively been 'disabled'... As well as its occupants.

    • @AgentCyanide
      @AgentCyanide 26 days ago

      ​@KingLich451 yeah, it's so sad they didn't mention 6 gauge

    • @QuestForFacts14
      @QuestForFacts14 26 days ago +3

      “It’s an anti-aircraft gun Vincent!”

    • @Hauntfps
      @Hauntfps 22 days ago

      laughs in ks-23, a literal anti-aircraft gun repurposed to shoot enormous shotgun slugs.

  • @commenter1324
    @commenter1324 Month ago +236

    Ever heard of a kitchen sink? Its similar to buck and ball. It has 1 musket ball 3 buckshot balls and then tons of birdshot balls.

    • @Tactical_Tailgater
      @Tactical_Tailgater Month ago +29

      Is that related to the expression "Everything under the kitchen sink?"

    • @lerandomguy2109
      @lerandomguy2109 Month ago +14

      It's a jack of all trades, master of none
      Lol

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +41

      Someone also suggested it in the comments

    • @jamesiewalters2360
      @jamesiewalters2360 Month ago +8

      ​@lerandomguy2109but still better than a master of 1...

    • @lerandomguy2109
      @lerandomguy2109 Month ago +2

      ​@jamesiewalters2360sometimes yes, but like in many, many cases... it's not lol

  • @avery4149
    @avery4149 Month ago +42

    It may not penetrate body armour, but if you get hit by one in the vest, you are probably on the ground grasping for air.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  28 days ago +7

      You're, they don't penetrate, but have powerful impact force

  • @somehandle215
    @somehandle215 Month ago +225

    1:15 did not expect

  • @SepmikGaming1
    @SepmikGaming1 Month ago +48

    just casually showing a Remington model 1100 when talking about buckshot... hehe

    • @jharedbangculeta6356
      @jharedbangculeta6356 19 days ago

      A bird shot is deadly when close combat and it's fatal no one survive a close bird shot attack

  • @Megatron-m5j
    @Megatron-m5j 22 days ago +8

    Dragon's Breath: I didn't ask how big the room is I said *"I CAST FIREBALL!!!"*

  • @immortalguard-w4m
    @immortalguard-w4m 29 days ago +201

    Was shot with a birdshot 3 weeks ago in the Iranian protests.
    Hurt like hell but didn't go into the flesh.
    So I can guarantee that it isn't fatal past 30 meters. At least with heavy clothing.

    • @s.j.j3598
      @s.j.j3598 28 days ago

      Really, that’s not what I’d expect that’s surprising

    • @RosalynTosh
      @RosalynTosh 28 days ago +22

      God damn, stay safe out there

    • @aldali724
      @aldali724 28 days ago

      🍪

    • @mrferrer9485
      @mrferrer9485 25 days ago +2

      💚🤍💔

    • @mrferrer9485
      @mrferrer9485 25 days ago +6

      You were so lucky that they didn't shoot you with an AK47. Cause many people died like that.

  • @Hauntfps
    @Hauntfps 23 days ago +9

    to make it unbelievably simple;
    birdshot- when you aren’t trying to obliterate intruder.
    buckshot- when you are trying to obliterate intruder.
    slugs- intruder is inside fridge.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  22 days ago +1

      How about API shells ?

    • @Hauntfps
      @Hauntfps 22 days ago +1

      @dataillusionfor when the intruder is in the basement. and you’re on the second floor.

    • @АлександрПерсиянов-л9б
      @АлександрПерсиянов-л9б 22 days ago

      It's a mistake to consider small shot non-lethal. When it hits an unprotected body (if we're talking about a human) from a distance of up to 30 meters, it causes multiple internal organ damage. The chances of survival from internal bleeding are significantly lower than from a wound from one or two pellets.

    • @Hauntfps
      @Hauntfps 22 days ago

      @АлександрПерсиянов-л9бi never stated it was non-lethal, i was only saying that objectively, you’ll do less visible damage with birdshot than with buckshot. i’ve been victim to a home invasion, i know first hand just how lethal small shot can be. hell, to be blunt about it, any bullet is more likely to outright kill you than maim you, especially if it lands center-mass.

  • @WatchingVideos-w9v
    @WatchingVideos-w9v Month ago +18

    Kitchen sink shells, a slug some buckshot and birdshot all in one shell

  • @jakevelasco4072
    @jakevelasco4072 Month ago +41

    Not sure if this counts as a shell for shotguns, but theirs a particular shell called the Coffman engine starter, which is a shell/cartridge containing a propellant called cordite, designed not for killing but for starting up pistol engines in vehicles. Several vehicles with piston engines that needed these shells to start up were mostly from the 1930’s to 1940’s, with such examples like Rolls-Royce Merlin engines used for the British supermarine spitfire, Hawker Typhoon and Tempest engines, and even some older snow tractors/Bobcats. I’ll be honest, it’s quiet funny seeing a shell pop as it starts an engine compared to modern engines, feels very grandpa like

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +7

      Those also are shells but not shotgun shells, thanks for mentioning them.

    • @cartoonkeeper
      @cartoonkeeper Month ago +2

      ​@dataillusiondon't forget the two types of shells that are used mostly in movies that being blank shells and dummy shells blank shells still having a powder charge but no projectile so they just simply go bang and give a muzzle flash and then you have dummy shells which don't have anything in them and are just there to have a scene where a character loads a gun sometimes that gun happens to be a shotgun

    • @emilysmith6897
      @emilysmith6897 21 day ago

      "starting up pistol engines" you mean starting up shotgun engines

    • @jakevelasco4072
      @jakevelasco4072 20 days ago

      @emilysmith6897 Sorry, piston engines

    • @nougat8311
      @nougat8311 12 days ago

      Americans they gotta put guns everywhere

  • @DoomguyDOOMEternal
    @DoomguyDOOMEternal 15 days ago +5

    5:07 Hell nah bro imagine getting shot with that

  • @pbh9195
    @pbh9195 Month ago +28

    3:34 John wick lied to me

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +6

      He lied so that you enjoy the movie

    • @Kratos_Messi7050
      @Kratos_Messi7050 29 days ago +10

      Armor Piercing Sabot slugs do exist irl

    • @Hauntfps
      @Hauntfps 22 days ago

      Armor Piercing slugs DO exist, they’re typically steel cored.

    • @garreswe
      @garreswe 19 days ago

      John Wick is complete fantasy. Bulletproof suits? 🙄

    • @TO-13
      @TO-13 11 days ago

      ​@garreswe don't take it wrong, it's possible to create such material as shown in the John Wick movies. Fantasy there mostly about how much of pain and traumas can everyone withstand.

  • @FlamingPhoenix1425
    @FlamingPhoenix1425 29 days ago +30

    2:32 just as the founding fathers intended

  • @atlasflatt5638
    @atlasflatt5638 Month ago +27

    this is super cool, my favs probably the buckshot. sorta inspired me to make a shotgun-only COD style game

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +4

      Why do you prefer buckshot ?

    • @atlasflatt5638
      @atlasflatt5638 Month ago +5

      @dataillusion mostly because it provides a nice balance in theory between stopping power for home defense as well as range and spread for hunting

    • @NekomaruKuroVT
      @NekomaruKuroVT Month ago +11

      Hey, I had an idea similar to that at one point! I was planning to make a DOOM clone called Shotgun Soldier that just featured a shitload of different shotguns, and the shotgun-minigun called Shotgunovich, from the RUclipsr named Liechtenstein.
      Unfortunately life got in the way and my game making career never even began...

    • @atlasflatt5638
      @atlasflatt5638 Month ago +3

      @NekomaruKuroVTthats a really cool idea!

  • @elric5943
    @elric5943 28 days ago +7

    "Can you even aim that thing?"
    "It's a buckshot!"

  • @Damn_handles_cant_be_short

    Your barrel diameter is the diameter of 1/ga pound ball of lead, for clarification. E.G. 12 Gauge shotgun has a barrel diameter similar to a ball of lead, and 12 of these balls would weigh a pound.

  • @SegaKid_V
    @SegaKid_V Month ago +48

    8:02 Mini shells (or Shorty Shells) are my favorite. Used in my my Mossberg Maverick 88 with a Defender Tactical adapter (you can also use an Opsol mini clip adapter plug). Could fit 12 rds instead of 7 rds in a tube.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  29 days ago +5

      You don't like strong recoil right ?

    • @KingLich451
      @KingLich451 28 days ago +1

      how reliable is it to eject?

    • @wowswc
      @wowswc 28 days ago +3

      If you need 12 instead of 7, you have bigger problems.

    • @SegaKid_V
      @SegaKid_V 27 days ago

      ​@wowswcMore rounds, more fun bud.

    • @deadbydanuwu5692
      @deadbydanuwu5692 25 days ago +1

      Yes and they also are better for women and shooters of smaller stature since the recoil is lesser.

  • @Ryoshi_Kuroyama
    @Ryoshi_Kuroyama 25 days ago

    for educational purpose well explained 👍👍

  • @zipper846
    @zipper846 Month ago +10

    you can now get dragons breath with buckshot included in the load

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +3

      Yeap, a dragon's breath can be combined with many other pellets

  • @JohnDoe-wx1jf
    @JohnDoe-wx1jf 26 days ago +12

    Every type? TAOFLEDERMAUS - "hold my beer"

  • @Ret4rdedN0blemen
    @Ret4rdedN0blemen Month ago +13

    Flechette basically an APFSDS for Human Body

    • @enrlichhartman
      @enrlichhartman Month ago

      Apdfsds is a single flechette and while a different kind of ammunition is way more stronger and Actually penetrate armor like ap, sadly not mentioned in the video.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago

      Thank you for mentioning it

  • @ArketypSWE
    @ArketypSWE 29 days ago +91

    Scandinavian hunter here. When u shoot buckshot or pellet cartridges at medium sized game like deer, they dont die from the flesh wound primarily, but by the neurological shock of the pellets hitting the skin. Thus penetration level is kinda irrelevant, and a larger spread with more smaller projectiles is as effective - as long as u shoot from correct distance to the target.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  28 days ago +5

      So you mean birdshot could also takedown a deer ?

    • @ArketypSWE
      @ArketypSWE 28 days ago +16

      ​​@dataillusionAbsofruitly. It wont be as effective tho. I mean, you could probably hunt deers by throwing tennis balls at them and they would die a few hours later of the stress of the mental trauma. And with larger game like elk/bear/moose your hunting dog prepare the game by barking at it, elevating its cortisol levels even more. And in Sweden at least u are not allowed to hunt games larger than a deer using a shotgun anyway. Because it dont have the penetration power to kill the animal, unless you shoot it point blank from maximum 10 meters, but u would never get that close without risking ur own life.

    • @jun701
      @jun701 28 days ago

      Very interesting hunting insight!

    • @dirgaprabawa678
      @dirgaprabawa678 28 days ago +1

      ​@ArketypSWE so I can kill a deer with a tennis racket and a tennis ball

    • @ArketypSWE
      @ArketypSWE 28 days ago +4

      ​​@dirgaprabawa678Yes. If u hit it and if it becomes shocked enough, it will die of organ failure within hours or days, and if it gets really stressed its heart will basically implode from within.

  • @CaptCha-p2q
    @CaptCha-p2q 21 day ago +1

    Great post… NO MUSIC or any other distracting element, just the core… Thumb up!

  • @ScrambledAndBenedict
    @ScrambledAndBenedict 29 days ago +1613

    Remember. A lock keeps a criminal out of your home for a while. A buckshot round keeps a criminal out of everyone's home forever.

    • @Black_Aces
      @Black_Aces 29 days ago +49

      Anyone who wakes up and decides to try to victimize and or steal from someone else 100% deserves one to the chest.

    • @ScrambledAndBenedict
      @ScrambledAndBenedict 29 days ago +56

      @Black_Aces For me, it's not even about what the criminal deserves. It's that the victim doesn't deserve liability. The victim of a crime should not be held accountable to the well-being of the criminal: the victim's life, well-being, and property are already in danger through no fault of their own, and so they should not be held to standards like "you can't do x or y to that criminal because of that criminal's rights or what that criminal deserves." One can say it's not justice to shoot a criminal and that criminal deserves their day in court, but it's also not justice for a victim to not be able to defend themselves and a victim deserves to live in peace.

    • @KaitouKaiju
      @KaitouKaiju 29 days ago +39

      Slugs for everyone

    • @AtomixTiger
      @AtomixTiger 29 days ago +1

      You americans scare me. There is no leniency in your justifications for robbing someone of their future. Bloodlust is what I call that.

    • @MangaGamified
      @MangaGamified 29 days ago +1

      ​@ScrambledAndBenedict the only cons of being a first world, well atleast for now

  • @Cyrukyen_Backup
    @Cyrukyen_Backup 28 days ago +11

    6:41 dip it in a jug of flex glue then shoot it, its awesome

    • @willowbadger1190
      @willowbadger1190 4 days ago

      What would that do? I thought they only ignited due to the magnesium being in so many tiny pieces

  • @MrBiomechanoid
    @MrBiomechanoid 17 days ago +1

    Great video, and i greatly enjoyed watching it, but there are some nuances that must get attention:
    -The shotgun slugs may vary in shapes and material, they are made of. With,yes, slugs that being shown, having a round or flat side profile, have low penetration, but high stopping power. But there are also solid slugs with conical side profile, and sabot slugs, that have high penetration, often enough to become armor-piercing(at least against kevlar armor).
    -For door breach, there are special door breaching slugs, that are designed to break through the door lock, to open the door to avoid overpenetration.
    -Like the buckshot, the flechettes may also vary in shapes and sizes. The flechettes shown in video have shown themselves poorly, because due to their shapes and loading, they are fired already misaligned with barrel, and have a great chance to start tumbling when they leave the barrel. The flechettes of larger diameter, and fin/tail design should be more effective.
    -There are also many, many other types of shotgun shells, that you didn't mention: Frag-12 shells(mini-grenade), flashbang shells, bola shells, etc.
    Also, several years ago, when i used to design weapons, i made a chart of shotgun shells-www.deviantart.com/biomechanoid1/art/12-Gauge-901222488. Some of them really existing, while others are purely fictional.

  • @handclank
    @handclank Month ago +34

    I like flare shell

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +2

      Have you ever used one ?

    • @yesiapunkrockeryesiam
      @yesiapunkrockeryesiam Month ago +2

      Why brother had the feeling to say this twice

    • @handclank
      @handclank 29 days ago

      ​@dataillusion unfortunately, I didn't own any type of guns, but I just like to let you know that I like flare shells

    • @Brigand17
      @Brigand17 22 days ago

      @yesiapunkrockeryesiam Problaby just a bug that causes youtube to duplicate peoples comments. Seen it many times.

  • @adoreslaurel
    @adoreslaurel 24 days ago +1

    Used to holiday on a farm down under, they had a Lee Enfield 303 rifle chambered to take a 410 used to "neutralise snakes in the wood pile,

  • @MangaGamified
    @MangaGamified 29 days ago +5

    I think my fave tactical shotgun was the KSG, and for prolonged storage and less maintenance probably an overunder and those stood the test of time.

  • @finesupplements9698
    @finesupplements9698 23 days ago +1

    What about Whale shot?

  • @CoClock
    @CoClock 27 days ago +8

    09:36 Attack on Titan Flashbacks

  • @Migigi2611
    @Migigi2611 29 days ago +2

    I love the format of these videos. They are simple, entertaining, and they cover the key points without any unnecessary bloating.
    Also the begining is very refreshing change of pace. No "Hello and welcome to blablabla dont forget to luke and sibscribe" just straight to the point right of the bat.
    It's such an amazing way to fill those 10-15 minute gaps in a persons day.
    Thank you very much

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  29 days ago

      I'm so glad you enjoy these video, it takes so much time and skills to produce them.

  • @zcom429
    @zcom429 Month ago +24

    Where the Frag shell ?

    • @Skle2al
      @Skle2al 21 day ago +1

      Ts not battlefield lil bro

    • @garbleflarfthecat
      @garbleflarfthecat 19 days ago +2

      ​@Skle2alen.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRAG-12

    • @Skle2al
      @Skle2al 19 days ago

      @garbleflarfthecatholy shit they’re real

    • @thehardcorenoobs1234
      @thehardcorenoobs1234 6 days ago

      @garbleflarfthecat didn't they use it that in expendables with the aa12 (granted it probably was exaggerated but that's where my mind went to when I saw frag 12)

  • @stephenanderle5422
    @stephenanderle5422 23 days ago +2

    What about rock salt?

  • @trollpatrol1177
    @trollpatrol1177 24 days ago +4

    I have seen bodycam footage of dragons breath shells still doing considerable damage to police vehicles, with some penetration still possible, from whatever white hot solid material that got fired through the vehicle door.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  22 days ago

      Some dragon's breath shells are combined with buckshot or birdshot

  • @Nabnabnabnabnabnabnab

    Very good information packed like buckshot, though complete video is interesting

  • @TurokMHA
    @TurokMHA Month ago +9

    Easily love the flare shot and APi. had no idea shotguns even used / shared flare shells.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago

      They are specialised shotgun for flare shells, but also a normal shotgun can fire it, if it matches with the barrel size

  • @Mr_cm-143
    @Mr_cm-143 28 days ago +4

    Did you know an API shell may actually sometimes be used by motorized infantry, including tanks walked they’re very useful against medium and light armor. They aren’t so effective against heavy armor from war thunder experience. 12:42

  • @acenjettgarcia8324
    @acenjettgarcia8324 29 days ago +6

    9:55 Turns out TF2 was't wrong about flares

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  28 days ago

      How ?

    • @The-Great-Center
      @The-Great-Center 28 days ago +2

      ​@dataillusionflare make people burn on hit in TF2

    • @Ferryman_Ultrakill
      @Ferryman_Ultrakill 13 days ago

      Now we just need a flamethrower that can shoot a large amount of compressed air and we have combo pyros.

  • @TacticalToast001
    @TacticalToast001 24 days ago +1

    8:30 there are still restrictions on tubes, and are usually illegal to take the plug out (for my region)

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  24 days ago +1

      No mag extension ?

    • @TacticalToast001
      @TacticalToast001 6 days ago

      @dataillusion No mag extension for shotguns 2 or 3 shells, you normmaly dont need any more

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  6 days ago

      ​​@TacticalToast001i think the government is against large ammo capacity

  • @DavidLaMorte-z3j
    @DavidLaMorte-z3j Month ago +4

    Training Blank shells are great for driving off bears and such without having to kill the wildlife. We use them here abouts to run off bears and train them to roam elsewhere. They also deliver a monster flash. Two blanks upfront followed by two OO shells and then a slug. That covers it.
    Y'all left out the breaching shells, which break out hinges or lockwork, and at close range (following entry) at devestating. Buck and ball 12 gauge is still available, great for home defense. I keep an old .410 on my quad loaded with 3, 000 ball for "just in case". Good informative video for folks raised by urban parents.
    ❤️🇺🇸💯

  • @scottmartin9041
    @scottmartin9041 Month ago +5

    You forgot to mention the frag-12 shot gun shell which is a fin stabilzed frag shell(660ft range) that arms shortly after firing and is perfect for your home defence needs, but somewhat expensive and hard to get.

  • @cicajmigogoogle
    @cicajmigogoogle 24 days ago

    Straight to the point, bravo!👏

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  22 days ago +1

      Thank you, That is how a video should be made

  • @indissolubilisociavit6560

    I remember playing tarkov and got point blank shot in the face by a slug. The faceshield stoped it but the force broke my neck and I died. So I got intrested in this topic and learned that these things are quite devestating even if you have armor on (broken bones and organs)

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  27 days ago

      You died bro😂, where are you commenting from?

  • @hmmdoh7835
    @hmmdoh7835 16 days ago

    Is it works if there mini bullets inside the shell to make them double ignite after initial shot?

  • @x.maklowicz
    @x.maklowicz Month ago +7

    What about explosive slug rounds - FRAG-12?

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +2

      I forgot about them, but thanks for mentioning

    • @colonel1003
      @colonel1003 Month ago +1

      usas 12 frag rounds

    • @Floridakid0625
      @Floridakid0625 29 days ago

      We all know that hickory flat boars will see this video and get ideas

  • @Hans-h3b2p
    @Hans-h3b2p 11 days ago

    I'm def on a watchlist now

  • @Mexican00b
    @Mexican00b 27 days ago +5

    Bird and buck shots are great for drones nowadays

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  27 days ago

      For sure

    • @jharedbangculeta6356
      @jharedbangculeta6356 19 days ago

      ​@dataillusion a revolver slugs shot can be deadly but more recoil you have to use two hand to use this diabolical shotgun revolver

  • @elitedestroyer0083
    @elitedestroyer0083 20 days ago +2

    Should've also explained chokes. Some shells can malfunction when shot on a choke/ improved barrel over smooth bore. Also rifled vs smooth bore barrels. From my limited knowledge though great video!

  • @Fishynoodles-k2u
    @Fishynoodles-k2u 26 days ago +4

    You should have talked about sabot slugs, and rifled shotguns

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  24 days ago

      Rifled slugs provide more accuracy, that's the only difference

    • @Fishynoodles-k2u
      @Fishynoodles-k2u 24 days ago

      ​@dataillusionim not talking about a rifled slug, some shotguns are rifled and take specific slugs called sabots that essentially just acts like a rifle in the end

  • @Lightning-u8k
    @Lightning-u8k 19 days ago

    flight control and flare are the best ones

  • @dadeyom
    @dadeyom 27 days ago +5

    My favourite is the dragon breath shell. Even though it's super ineffective, it looks so badass.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  27 days ago +1

      It depends on what you use it for. If it's for burning things, it will do the job effectively

    • @seendon5394
      @seendon5394 26 days ago

      Yeah but it makes your gun super dirty.

  • @ERIK-457
    @ERIK-457 25 days ago

    API and Buck and Ball are my favourite shotgun shells, API because it's API, and Buck and Ball because it's essentially a buckshot but with a central slug that i'd imagine gives you one shot with extra accuracy and range while giving you the spreaded extra pellets for more chance to hit and extra impact or just hitting a larger area in general.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  24 days ago

      API is great, but buck and ball isn't as accurate as real slugs

  • @Fs1lmao
    @Fs1lmao 17 days ago +2

    Here. 10:07
    What kind of death? Like in specific.

  • @shawnswan1894
    @shawnswan1894 28 days ago +1

    We need the api rounds for my shotgun on bo7

  • @Nerval-kg9sm
    @Nerval-kg9sm 28 days ago +5

    My dad was a cop, and even though he didn't shoot skeet much, when he did, he could hit the pigeons with slug ammo from a shortened 21" 12 guage.

  • @kirbo222top
    @kirbo222top 28 days ago +2

    mm, yes
    totally useful information that i will definitely use in the future!

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  28 days ago

      Glad it was helpful!. Which shotgun shell will you use ?

    • @kirbo222top
      @kirbo222top 28 days ago

      ​@dataillusionthe cheapest one😊

  • @scarunc
    @scarunc 29 days ago +4

    I think it's worth noting that the term "effective" is generally used to describe accurate (within a reasonable margin), reliable, repeatable shot placement, and consistent damage/energy transfer to the target from the firearm/ammunition combo. This is why we hear that the "effective" range of a shotgun (typically) is within 100 yards, depending on the combo. Now the "lethal" range of a combo is a different story. That's where the combo has the power to kill "up to (x) distance". The "lethal" range of most (if not all) guns will greatly surpass the "effective" range. Happy shooting 😁 USA USA USA!

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  28 days ago +1

      Thanks for the information, effective > lethal range

  • @brandonmasters7819
    @brandonmasters7819 24 days ago +2

    The blue or green is a misnomer. I have birdshot in blue. Remington has slugs, buckshot, and turkey shot in green. 12ga has multiple colors depending on manufacturer. I have red, green, black, blue, & white. 20 ga however is mainly yellow.
    You forgot sabot slugs that are mainly effective out of a rifled barrel.

  • @tonymoore2418
    @tonymoore2418 24 days ago +1

    Very good video, I bought a SDS links 12. Haven't shot it much yet no matter the setting it won't cycle anything but buckshot or slugs, but that's what I want to fire.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  22 days ago

      Thank you. The SDS link is like a saiga 12 right ?

  • @AlphaWolfA239
    @AlphaWolfA239 Month ago +14

    What about the 8 gauge or 4 gauge they exist too. Although 4 gauge I think it was common in Russia for the use of the KS-23 shotgun since the Soviet union and same with Russia's BFG-1 shotgun. While 8 gauge it's also kind of my favourite however it's like almost well some people say that it's extinct they used it for double barrel shotguns and industrial or something you also forgot one kind of other shell as well and that is brass shells like shotgun shells near entirely out of brass or something.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +6

      Even 1 gauge also exists in punt guns, I just explained the most popular gauges

    • @chickenlittle2206
      @chickenlittle2206 28 days ago

      Going with the Double D is never a bad decision.
      Two barrel two gauge.
      It exists.

    • @AlphaWolfA239
      @AlphaWolfA239 28 days ago

      ​@chickenlittle2206I know what a double barrel shotgun is Chickenlittle2206 I've seen them and used them in video games such as call of duty and fallout even seen them in use in movies.

    • @pietrayday9915
      @pietrayday9915 26 days ago

      Also on the inevitable "forgot" list are "bird-bombs", which are effectively firecrackers loaded into shell and primed for a lout secondary explosion and flash of light at a distance from the shooter, mostly used for scaring birds and other wildlife out of cornfields and the like. They're kind of fun to shoot on the 4th of July, too, along with 12-gauge flares.
      I used to have some 12-gauge tear gas rounds stashed away somewhere, too, but I think I gave them away to a friend for a gift. I've never heard any word on how effective they really are at much of anything other than starting conversations, though.
      The old-timers used to load shotgun shells with "rock-salt" (basically the stuff that gets sprinkled ont the roads in preparation for icy weather) - i take it the stuff doesn't penetrate very much in a "less lethal" sort of way, but will make the target pretty miserable by causing nasty shallow, burning wounds. According to fiction, a load of rock-salt was an effective way to escort prankish kids and worthless tramps off your property back in grampy's day (kids, don't try this at home....)
      There've been lots of other "novelty" type rounds I've seen over the years, such as a pair of slugs connected by a wire or chain (I think I've heard them called "bolo" rounds), and that sort of thing, alongside the more predictable "less-lethal" stuff like rubber bullets and beanbags, but honestly, flechettes are probably about as weird as a list like this needs to get.

  • @merylesther
    @merylesther 9 days ago

    Also i have heard dual shells from a game and they're like 2 big big buckshot rounds that fit into a shell

  • @Redstone_Fuchs
    @Redstone_Fuchs 29 days ago +4

    The Flachetts were surprising

  • @johnnyduffin8257
    @johnnyduffin8257 15 days ago

    I like the slugs and double shot. Very effective.

  • @rafaelcastor2089
    @rafaelcastor2089 Month ago +3

    Just in case the video doesn't already makes this clear, there are no true "non-lethal" shells for shotguns. What we have is classified as LESS-lethal, as it is still quiet easy to end up dead depending on distance and shot placement.
    It's like saying fighting bare-handed is "non-lethal"; If they want it to be lethal, it is lethal.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +1

      You're right by the way, they can also be deadly

  • @lerogers33
    @lerogers33 17 days ago

    Great explanations!

  • @biker_jacket
    @biker_jacket 21 day ago +2

    6:23 FLAMESHOT🗣🗣🔥🔥‼‼

  • @FranklinWrozek
    @FranklinWrozek 27 days ago +1

    did you know there were flechette rounds for the ontos used in the vietnam war and it basicaly cut down anything in the trees

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  26 days ago +1

      They were not that effective

    • @FranklinWrozek
      @FranklinWrozek 26 days ago

      ​​@dataillusion would 9600 flechettes be effective?
      Edit: the m50 ontos could fire a total of around 60k if fully loaded with behive rounds

    • @pietrayday9915
      @pietrayday9915 26 days ago

      I actually own a couple fistfuls of the original flechettes. A friend of mine loaded a bunch into 12-gauge shells and test-fired a couple (kids, don't try this at home, no way I was going to fire any of those things myself) - flechettes look vicious and were cool on paper and make a fascinating conversation piece, but really didn't penetrate much - plywood that birdshot could blast a hole through easily at relatively short range stopped the flechettes at the same range, with only a few sticking in the plywood and the rest presumably bouncing off sideways - they presumably didn't fly particularly straight. I don't think a longer range would have made a difference.
      I'm guessing my friend probably didn't load them very effectively, and that originally only a few were loaded into a 12-gauge shell in sabots that would help stabilize them, and then drop awaay after leaving the barrel. For those who are curious, the flechettes look like sturdy finishing nails, maybe an inch long, with a sharp point at one end, and little fins at the other, blunt side; a sabot for them might be about the width of a typical drinking straw (about the width of the fins), and would fit maybe seven flechettes in sabots into a typical 12-gague shell. I'm going to assume my friend simply crammed a bunch in a shell without sabots, and left it at that (again, kids, don't try this at home!), at the cost of stability and penetration, but I can't really imagine more careful loading would have made THAT big a difference.
      Apparently in addition to 12-gauge shells, the military originally loaded these things into 40mm shells that were, I assume, roughly the equivalent of 40mm shotgun shells, and really would have fit dozens of flechettes into a around. A 40mm round sounds like pretty scary stuff, and I wouldn't volunteer to be a target for one (nor even for the 12-gauge edition), but I suspect those "beehive" rounds (those things that are basically novelty 40mm inserts loaded with a dozen or so .22lr rounds that fire at the same time) are probably more effective.
      Anyway, the flechettes are an interesting bit of history, look damned cool, and make fun little gifts/keepsakes/conversation pieces to hand out to your friends at the range, but mostly strike me more as a fun "your tax dollars at work" anecdote than anything else.

  • @Sweetguy1821
    @Sweetguy1821 27 days ago +3

    These AI "informative" videos with stick figures are everywhere. I cant escape them 😂

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  26 days ago

      This one is unique, the animations are better

  • @NinjafarmYT
    @NinjafarmYT Month ago +5

    Watching this to find out what type of ammo I should use in Insurgency Sandstorm

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago

      If its a game it might work differently

    • @NinjafarmYT
      @NinjafarmYT Month ago +1

      ​@dataillusion You can shoot people from 50+ meters with normal buckshot in that game

    • @UnrulyRantLord
      @UnrulyRantLord 28 days ago

      I swear that's the only FPS I've played where shotguns actually make sense

  • @JNJNRobin1337
    @JNJNRobin1337 29 days ago +1

    will keep in mind for when i build that AA Gauge Punt Gun

  • @menacing_pyro
    @menacing_pyro Month ago +2

    Dragons breath shells could probably be decent if the shell also has buckshot or a slug in it too, that way you can set enemies aflame whilst still using the stopping power of a normal load.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago

      Dragon's breath can be combined with buckshot or slugs

  • @EngineerMelon-n1z
    @EngineerMelon-n1z 28 days ago +1

    Flere shell are deadly like a dragon breath shell, but is so very dangerous and is good to survive the Tiger attack or in forest may is good to survive, but different are hitting them and it is how shells be different and more

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  27 days ago

      They are not deadly as dragon's breath

    • @EngineerMelon-n1z
      @EngineerMelon-n1z 27 days ago

      ​Yeah but the side the they can be Buring in the, shirt and pants if it take too long or more, firing more of dragon breath shell but is, very good to burn the bunker, trench, house, and many more that dragon breath shell useful to kill the enemy on inside, and many of them fail to burn it but is not one that can does, Buring inside the tank may is good but is impossible to burn inside or there is a chance?

  • @GlitchGameryoutube
    @GlitchGameryoutube Month ago +17

    5:07 I finally know the flechette rounds are on the Halt in Helldivers 2

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago +3

      Are they less or more deadly ?

    • @GlitchGameryoutube
      @GlitchGameryoutube Month ago +1

      @dataillusion It fires stun rounds and flechettes

    • @wayner396
      @wayner396 29 days ago +2

      ​​@dataillusionthey're higher armor piercing but cause almost no knock back as they transfer less energy into the target. I prefer the other shotgun ammo types in the game.

  • @Uthael_Kileanea
    @Uthael_Kileanea 17 days ago

    I hoped to see a sabot slug. Something like a singular, precise flechette.

  • @nerdlingeeksly5192
    @nerdlingeeksly5192 29 days ago +9

    Anything you could use dragon's breath for you can accomplish for the can of hairspray and a lighter

    • @Hauntfps
      @Hauntfps 22 days ago

      no? magnesium shells also have loads(tho typically birdshot)

  • @Skibidichupapi
    @Skibidichupapi 17 days ago

    My fav is probably the flare shells

  • @masksurf
    @masksurf Month ago +2

    is this jimmy mcgill talking ?

  • @racay9082
    @racay9082 22 days ago +1

    Illumination grenades are cool. They light up the night .

  • @gaxthegax3688
    @gaxthegax3688 28 days ago +2

    Pretty gross AI script

  • @sherlys8022
    @sherlys8022 26 days ago

    Great channel, lots of great videos. New subs from Bali

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  26 days ago

      I'm glad you enjoy watching my content, thank you

  • @tapurate638
    @tapurate638 26 days ago +5

    I haven't seen anyone mentioning this, but this video is AI.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  26 days ago +2

      Only the voiceover

    • @tapurate638
      @tapurate638 26 days ago +2

      ​@dataillusion no, not really, the script is ai generated too.

  • @venobit
    @venobit 28 days ago +1

    Please more ammo videos

  • @crusty-memeshorts-f1z

    Hi I love ur vids ur vids teach me more than school

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago

      Glad you enjoy watching my videos. What are the things you like most about them ?

  • @Frontyxm-5
    @Frontyxm-5 21 day ago

    If you are on a stand your ground state API is perfect I love it for home defense

  • @ASpoon9112
    @ASpoon9112 27 days ago +3

    i can’t believe you didn’t include the confetti shotgun shell

  • @MrBoognet
    @MrBoognet 23 days ago +2

    A friggin cartoon with stick figures is probably the single best explanation possible for new shotgun shooters or someone interested in their first shotgun. Why the heck not...

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  22 days ago

      I hope you enjoyed the video, more of these are coming, what do you want to explain next ?

  • @crusty-memeshorts-f1z

    One Time my brother accidentally shot me with bird shot 410 ga

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago

      They can be deadly if shot in a sensitive part, where did he shoot ?

    • @crusty-memeshorts-f1z
      @crusty-memeshorts-f1z Month ago +1

      My leg it really hurt it was a light load

    • @SpencerJordan-g6b
      @SpencerJordan-g6b Month ago

      You're lucky it wasn't a 12 gauge, it would remove your leg. It's hard to believe anyone would actually carry a 410 with a 3 inch barrel and feel secure.

  • @ZX_45C
    @ZX_45C 5 days ago

    Alright, so. These types of shells can be used for tier list. But in my opinion, maybe you can do it.

  • @Dragonoo1990
    @Dragonoo1990 Month ago +5

    Awesome video , so much info.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  Month ago

      I'm glad the video was informative. What surprised you in the video?

  • @Iron-Bridge
    @Iron-Bridge 27 days ago

    Good ol' reliable buckshot and slugs are my favorite.

  • @MaxPace-wq8hx
    @MaxPace-wq8hx 29 days ago +6

    So sick of AI voiceovers

  • @rolandschlossmacher1859
    @rolandschlossmacher1859 23 days ago +2

    Flechtes were already used in World War I as the were thrown from planes into the trenches…they were much larger but it was generally the same system!

  • @tosoledo
    @tosoledo 29 days ago +2

    I thought the non lethal shell was a can of pringles.

  • @blueconverse8265
    @blueconverse8265 28 days ago +1

    My favorite are #4 buck shells.

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  27 days ago

      Why not pick a #00 buck

    • @blueconverse8265
      @blueconverse8265 27 days ago

      ​@dataillusionbecause you can always find #4 buck shells. #00 gets sold out.

  • @Jujutsuoverdrive
    @Jujutsuoverdrive 4 days ago +2

    The flight control one destroys the point of using a shotgun

    • @dataillusion
      @dataillusion  4 days ago

      They don't stay tightly group for a long time. At long distances they spread out