The Box O' Truth #25 - Breaching Rounds

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The Box O' Truth #25 - Breaching Rounds - Page 1

My friend Darkmage sent me a note asking, "Have you ever shot Breaching Rounds?

How would they work as anti-personnel rounds? Would they be "safer" for use in a home?"

Well, I didn't know. But Darkmage offered to send me some rounds to test. He ordered them from The Sportsman's Guide.

They are listed as "military over-runs" and that's what the package looked like.

We cut one open to see what it looked like inside.

This is it.

We weighed the capsule and it weighed 400 grains.

We then cut it open and it was filled with some type of metal powder.

Well, time to visit the range.

I set up a standard lock on a 2 X 4.

These rounds can be used against locks like this, and can also be used to blow open a standard door knob lock.

The door knob locks are shot between the door knob and the door jam, destroying the bolt and opening the door.

First, we would use the breaching round to blow off the lock. That's what it is designed for.

I read an interesting article on the internet about how these rounds are supposed to be used. Here's the link:

http://www.combatshootingandtactics.com/published/Shotgun_Breaching.pdf

These rounds should be shot onto the lock from 6 inches or so. Some folks contacted me after the "Locks O'Truth" to tell me that the way I was shooting the locks was not the best way to blow them off.

I already knew that. I was simply shooting them the way they are often shot in the movies.

If you really want to blow one off, you shoot down onto the top of the lock, as I am going to do today.

There should be minimum possibility of back-splash, but I'm not taking any chances.

I wore a face shield and used a piece of board as a cover.

Here I am, ready to go.