Re: Silenced 12 guage

["Damien DYON" <d.dyon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian McDonald" <brian_mcdonald@shaw.ca>
/Snip/
> i seem to recall a silent shotgun shell from the vietnam era which could
> be fired from a conventional shotgun.  fairly low powered compared to a
> conventional shotgun but should do the job on door hinges.

yep, heard about this one too.

The principle was to contain most of the gas in the shell.
Imaging pushing inside the tip of a figer glove, seal the pelet in the
cavity, the blow inside the glove; the pelet will be pushed outside.


Before use
II=================I
IIXXXX ============I
IIXXXX I oooooooooooo/
IIXXXX ============I
II=================I

X  powder
o  pelet
=  folded casing



After use

II=================\==============I
II.......................................................................I
Plop ;)
II.......................................................................I
oooooooooooooooooooo
II.......................................................................I
II=================/==============I


Note that I didn't remenber the way the ejection was supposed to be handled
!

Damien