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Hi guys,

I found something fun to mess around with . . . 12 gauge glowsticks !
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Non incendiary, non toxic and they fit great into cheap 2-3/4 target loads.

They are based on the Fiocchi Canned Heat Ammo available in the US. Here is a video of the canned heat in action:

Due to the "chemical tracer label we cannot get the shells in Canada, although I was about to source a couple thousand of the glo inserts !

Here is my step by step and crappy video of them in action.


Disclaimer: Don't be dumb and hurt yourself or others. Don't do anything illegal

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Step one :

Pop open the crimp and remove the shot
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Step two : Insert the Glowstick into the shot cup

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Step three: Fold the crimp up tight and then cut off excess that can snag while cycling
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Step four: Go shoot ! Preferably in the dark !


A couple things I have learned is that the sticks don't work well in 3 inch shells, they are pretty slow out of the barrel. If I had a reloading press for shotgun I think a better system could be developed but presently I have a lot of fun with just the cheapy target loads.
 
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Sounds like you are not being all that safe, there is no reason for them not to work in a 3" if the work in 2 3/4". For them to "squib" something is wrong. They should be weighed, then loaded properly with data in a shotshell press.

Neat idea though, maybe on July 1st at home ( if you live rurally ).
 
Your quite right that the proper method would be to use a press and calculate the load. Unfortunately I do not have one, the best I came up with was the 2 3/4 cheap stuff. The glow sticks were not lodging in the barrel on the 3 inch loads. I just found them much slower, so squib was a bad term to use. The glow stick are slow coming out of the barrel and were not traveling very far in the 3 inchers in comparison to the target loads.

That being said they are pretty hilarious at night, I can't see them being dangerous as a load per say . I'll try to work up a proper load for them, I have about 1000 or so
 
Canadianz said:
That being said they are pretty hilarious at night, I can't see them being dangerous as a load per say . I'll try to work up a proper load for them, I have about 1000 or so
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as long as the load is lighter then the factory load i see no issues.

now where did you get them?!!??!?!
 
My girlfriend was shooting this handheld, so they do travel pretty straight in an arc pattern. If your interested in some of the sticks I could part with some. I should try shooting something hard too, a splat would be funny.
 
I bought them from a supplier in the states who manufactures all sorts of glow products called Cylume. Shoot me a PM and I we can work out a deal if you want a few to try out. There kinda a neat novelty.
 
the target loads work better because they have faster powder and will build pressure behind the wad. heavy 3in loads use a much slower powedr and need the resistance of the heavy load to burn completely and make pressure
 
These should be legal in Canada. I can understand how the gov't would consider them tracers and therefore ban import, not that I agree with them, but I understand it. However, a case has to be made to them that these are non-pyrotechnic tracers and therefore should not be restricted. If the gov't is banning import of these then pointing out that classifying them as tracers is using an overly broad brush and likely outside their mandate. Really, these should be on every store's shelves. I know I would buy a bunch, not as a novelty item, but as a legitimate training aid to know why I can't seem to hit those stupid ducks that fly quacking by unharmed. A glow tracer would give me instant feedback as to what I am doing wrong, and would result in more, and more humane, hits.
 
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