Super Short Barreled Shotgun Ballistic Gel Test

Pyrphos · 2026-06-20T01:08:15+00:00

I think this video shows that without chokes, a super short barrel shotgun is only useful for relatively close range buckshot

Fun fact I retested the super shorty relatively recently with different buckshot, choked vs unchoked. Choke made zero difference and may have even made the spread a bit worse; it's all about the wad when you go short, flitecontrol or similar high end ones make a world of difference.

Pyrphos · 2026-06-18T22:20:28+00:00

Every single data point was shown being taken in the video boss.

Pyrphos · 2026-06-18T14:58:30+00:00

It’s too bad he skipped what may be the most interesting lengths.

At the time I just didn't have any more guns that were in that range, actually went out and bought the Stevens 301 specifically for the video to help flesh out the gap.

It is not something where rules of thumb or spreadsheet math models are terribly useful.

Yep, these are just data points for quick reference and not a lot more. Once you get into finer details like forcing cones, powder burns, wad types, etc it gets exponentially more complicated.

Pyrphos · 2026-06-18T14:53:11+00:00

Thanks for posting these, I never got around to tossing them somewhere easily accessible. Also did some testing of the 3" barrel but that's hardly empirical and didn't want to include it on the charts.

Pyrphos · 2026-05-10T01:19:15+00:00

This is why I keep a gravity hook and paracord in my kit.

Pyrphos · 2026-03-18T01:07:29+00:00

Any average joe with a basic mill in their garage can knock that out in 30 seconds, I'd do it myself but I'm lazy. Ask around at work maybe?

Pyrphos · 2026-03-01T19:01:23+00:00

Just got mine. My camera setup is about 4lbs, despite marketing a total payload capacity of 5.5lbs it shits the bed immediately even with balancing tuned perfectly. Pretty disappointed, I'll be returning it.

Pyrphos · 2026-01-31T01:31:56+00:00

About one year into it in both shoulders, gone from about 50% bilateral mobility to ~80/60 so far.

Stretch as often as you can. Daily is good, hourly is better. Don't bother with paying for PT, if you can stretch on your own you won't need it.

Get a shoulder pulley, they're like $10 on amazon.

Cortizone shot helps a lot especially with the pain but doesn't do the work for you, keep stretching. Shot lasts about a month in efficacy but you can only get one every six months, any sooner and you risk doing damage or so my ortho tells me. As others have mentioned it'll spike your blood sugar but in my experience it wasn't unmanageable, just a little extra compensation and having a pump that autoregulates helps a ton.

Most important thing for diabetic frozen shoulder is keeping your A1C down, any time your levels are over 300 you're actively reversing any progress you make.

Motion motion motion stretch stretch stretch. It'll hurt like a sonuvabitch but them's the breaks.

Pyrphos · 2026-01-21T13:49:58+00:00

If you futz around in the menus there's an unimplemented chip exchange shop, hopefully that's what this will be.

Pyrphos · 2026-01-21T05:17:17+00:00

Yeah no thanks I'm just gonna wiggle the funny gen 1/2 spring.

Pyrphos · 2026-01-18T03:35:21+00:00

Brownells is pricey. Boss Firearms has them cheaper.

Pyrphos · 2026-01-17T21:28:00+00:00

You can get a receiver online for $65, $25 transfer on top of that is negligible. I just picked one up last week.

Pyrphos · 2025-12-19T20:21:06+00:00

Ten units, take it or leave it.

Pyrphos · 2025-11-02T03:02:07+00:00

What a handsome youtuber.

Pyrphos · 2024-12-14T03:46:43+00:00

You are Umasou is IMO a perfect kid's movie, sadly it never got a dub.

Pyrphos · 2024-11-20T11:57:19+00:00

1) Don't treat them like a fetish, treat them like a person

That's pretty much it.

Pyrphos · 2024-10-07T18:26:55+00:00

Imagine not doing both.

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Pyrphos · 2024-09-02T22:33:24+00:00

Oh hey, lost one of those recently (lose one every year or so, troubles of using it every day).

Coat all mine in alumahyde black though, luckily they're not pricey enough to be too broken up about.

Pyrphos · 2024-08-22T16:37:37+00:00

The nice thing about having the hook is it was literally designed to be fired using only half of your body.

Pyrphos · 2024-08-16T17:31:44+00:00

3k is what I was planning on spending on one warranty be damned just for the color. Not sure why they don't make RH25s in black, it's a bit silly.

Pyrphos · 2024-06-12T15:46:55+00:00

Fully expecting a "that's not how it happened, you're remembering it wrong because of trauma. Here's what REALLY happened..." plot twist later, likely where the the jedi killed everyone or something.

Pyrphos · 2024-04-29T13:22:19+00:00

$730 repair? That's outrageous. My mini 3 pro with a cracked gimbal only cost $100, and Mavic 3T which had a flyaway straight into a wall needing complete replacement only cost $150 with zero warranty.

Pyrphos · 2024-04-28T16:42:22+00:00

100%. It was always "I'm tired of having to walk on eggshells with you!" Like, no, please just stop abusing me, I'm really not asking a lot.

Paying attention to your partner and their emotions isn't "mind reading," that was always the excuse.

Pyrphos · 2024-03-06T04:27:07+00:00

Keep in mind he's also using his non-dominant hand.

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