Non-lethal Shells

[Baryngyl]

With that Dragons Breath it seems you could kill em and cook em all at once.


Michael Grace

 

[Webleymkv]

S&B does make some specialty loads with both rubber buckshot and rubber 12ga balls.

Shells like these used to be somewhat popular for police use, particularly riot and crowd control. Usually, rubber shot if fired at the ground in front of a mob in hopes that it will ricochet into the crowd and cause them to disperse without causing serious injury.

I would not use rubber shot in any circumstance that lethal force would not be justifed other than maybe for running off nuisance animals. The only possible place that I can see for rubber shot in a self-defense situation would be to immediately follow it with regular shot. By doing so, I could see someone possibly being able to claim that they tried using a non-lethal alternative before resorting to deadly force. It is, I admit, a far-fetched idea and I personally just load regular buckshot in my HD shotgun. I figure anything that needs to be shot probably needs to be shot with real buckshot.

 

[scorpion_tyr]

Putting "less than lethal" ammuntion in a LETHAL weapon isn't a very good idea.

 

[1776 Patriat]

"Putting "less than lethal" ammuntion in a LETHAL weapon isn't a very good idea."

X2!!!

 

[Hoskins]

Less Lethal rounds are utilized for riot control, military, & police applications...why someone would want these, other than getting themselves into trouble, is confusing to me. These things can easily kill a person at certain ranges, they are not to be triffled with.

 

[USAF_Vet]

most of those specialty shells could be grounds for a law suit. I use the EXACT ammo that the county Sheriffs department uses for that very reason. I've heard of people getting prosecuted for using specialty ammo.

 

[Smitty in CT]

I'm surprised, Firequest doesn't seem to market a load specifically for zombies -- they have everything else covered.

I need to get some silver-plated slugs just in case there are some werewolves along with the zombies....or wooden stake loads now that vampires are making a comeback...

But that leads to the more important question, is silver plating enough to stop a werewolf or does it have to be solid silver....

I bet there'd be a market for it, and let the marketing guys at Firequest loose on the descriptions and the stuff would be flying off the shelves...