Used batteries and stack of pennies as shotgun slugs ?

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Hi,

What do you think of the idea of using used batteries as shotgun slugs ? I looked up diameters online and it seems AAA batteries are good fit for .410, and AA batteries are good fit for 20 or 24 gauge.

And what if you glue a stack of pennies together ? It should fit in 10 gauge barrrels. A stack of 10 pennies should give you a 360 grain slug, and if you file the diameter down by 0.6 mm it should fit in 12 gauge barrels. You have to glue them together, otherwise they'll start to fly apart as soon as they exit the barrel.

You have to reload your shotshells of course. Anyone want to try this ? I'd like to know the terminal ballistics of such slugs, and how many pennies you can recover in spendable shape from a dead deer.

Update:
It has been mentioned that batteries may crumble under pressure and block the barrel. See http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3958545&postcount=7

I found out that Canadian Currency Act outlaws using Canadian coins for any purpose other than as currency, but we can just use foreign coins. See http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4018466&postcount=162
 
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The batteries is a bad idea. Think of what happens when it hits something. I mean, I drain gasoline into the grass and throw those god damned pay-5-cents-to-greenpeace shopping bags in the lake, but think of acids and stuff blowing all over you, and whatever pit you're shooting at. The next guy might not like a duracell surprise.

I have used change though. It makes a pretty cool sound..:ninja:
 
AManWithAGun should be AManWithTooMuchFreeTime ROFL.

I wonder if batteries would have enough structural intergrity to make it out the end of the barrel? They're not just gonna go "squish" and stick before the whole thing goes up and you end up trying to pick the Energizer Bunny out of your nose?
 
Brilliant! And here I was thinking of using jawbreakers or bits of wood dowel...
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Please don't do anything with your used batteries but recycle them. If you don't know where to take them send me a PM and I will be happy to try and track down your closest recycle station. Around water the law requires that you use "non-toxic" shot so the birds won't eat the pellets off the ground and put poisons into the food chain. Shooting batteries at deer is an equivalent ecological disaster, and is not going to be healthy for you if you eat the deer meat. If you are just shooting targets you will still be putting harmful chemicals into the ground / water. I encourage thinking outside the box, but this is a bad idea.

As for a stack of pennies - you could probably get them to leave the gun safely, but I am sure they would seperate from each other buckshot style, and their terrible ballistic coefficients would make for very poor projectiles. I would stick with buckshot.
 
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