Sawing off a shotgun

[Mike Barnes]

On planet Hollywood, the bad guy puts his shotgun on the kitchen table, picks up a hacksaw, and casually saws a few feet off the barrel.

Wouldn't the metal be too hard for that?

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Mike Barnes writes

No.

I'm more exercised by the guy elsewhere who drills holes in the end of a rifle barrel to form a silencer and then performs feats of accuracy irrespective of the effect burrs might have on ballistics.

I hope this is not a trawl by our law enforcement agency: identifying anyone with experience of such matters:-)

regards

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[John]

Perhaps you have only had bad experiences with a hacksaw. A good blade - with the teeth pointing in the right direction (away from handle) and the right amount of pressure on the cutting stroke is a formidable tool.

[John Rumm]

Of course this would not be uk.d-i-y is someone did not mention an angle grinder... That could make Purdey blush ;-)

[Dave Osborne]

Not at all.

Hardness implies brittleness. The "opposite" of hardness is ductility (or malleability, if you like). If you have a misfire, you want your gun barrel to split, not shatter.

[dom]

A subject worthy of discussion on it's own.

Eclipse is still the best IME.

they could market them "As used by the Securitas armed robbers

- we bet they wish they had one hidden in a cake now".

[John]

Have a read of this.

[Skipweasel]

[Dave Osborne]

LOL, is that James Purdey the Gunmaker, or Joanna Yummie off the New Avengers?

[Dave Osborne]

[Adam Aglionby]

Rember hearing a Police chief grumbling about small brain tea leafs who had raided a country house and stolen a pair of Purdey shotguns worth 30 grand, sawn off the barrels and used them to rob a post office for 1500 quid.

Adam

[The Medway Handyman]

Absolutely.

[Onetap]

The silenced Mk 5 Sterling SMG had a drilled barrel, but it was to dissipate some of the propelling gases so as to make the standard 9mm bullet velocity sub-sonic so there was no 'crack'. There was a separate silencer fixed on the end of the weapon. The holes were drilled so they were in the grooves of the rifling.

The more usual approach was to use sub-sonic ammunition.

[geoff]

In message , John writes

Paging Drivel, paging Drivel ...

[<me9]

Ssssshhhh!

[Skipweasel]

Nah - I'm not a fan of weapons.