Very cool! Of course it invokes my hatred of the NFA! Can you think of a better sporting purpose than shooting double-trap with a 40mm Birdshot load? The object of the game would be similar to standard shotgun trap, but a perfect score would be breaking both birds with ONE 40mm shot rather than two scatter-gun shots.
But of course the people who DON’T engage in sport shooting are the people who make the rules…hence why the “Assault Weapons Ban” banned, restricted, and made some various shooting sports a pain in the ass.
That’s the same logic of making ME the commissioner of Baseball. Don’t watch the sport, don’t play the sport, don’t really LIKE the sport…so why not let me make the rules…great idea, huh?
Man that was a fun video, love that last slow-mo of the chalk round heading down range. Thumpy!
Actually, the 40mm M576 round is very unimpressive compared to a standard 12 gauge. The M576 only has twenty #4 Buck, versus 27 #4 Buck in a typical 2.75″ 12 gauge.
I’m aware, but for the “Sport Load” it would be a massive shot-wad filled with birdshot inside a standard 40mm case….maybe even a lengthened one as the COAL would be shorter without a grenade attached to the shell.
I always wondered why the 40mm buckshot rounds were so wimpy. Seems you’d want to pack them full to get maxim spread and damage.
tho I doubt they get issued very much in the field….
I’m guessing that it would create excessive chamber pressure to have that much buckshot travelling at a high enough velocity.