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DaleA · February 18, 2018, 07:55 PM

The following is a story told for your amusement…not necessarily true.

Years ago one of the gun magazines wrote about some law enforcement agency that had the shotgun rack in the patrol cars holding the shotguns muzzle down. One of the officers reported finding ball bearings in the car and wondered what had broken. Later on he realized the ball bearings were really the shot from the shotgun shells that had opened up after a time due to the bouncing and vibration in the car. They left it to the readers to imagine how surprised you’d be to grab the shotgun and fire it with no shot in the shell.

The story has several holes that even I can see.
1. Do LEO’s keep a round in the chamber of the squad car shotgun?
2. Would the crimp on modern day shotgun shells ever open up?
3. Wouldn’t a LEO instantly recognize the shot for what it was?

Anyway, that was the story in the magazine and I’m retelling it here for your entertainment and if anybody else remembers it and I got the story wrong, I’ll take the blame for having a faulty memory.

February 18, 2018, 07:55 PM	#12
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,316	The following is a story told for your amusement…not necessarily true. Years ago one of the gun magazines wrote about some law enforcement agency that had the shotgun rack in the patrol cars holding the shotguns muzzle down. One of the officers reported finding ball bearings in the car and wondered what had broken. Later on he realized the ball bearings were really the shot from the shotgun shells that had opened up after a time due to the bouncing and vibration in the car. They left it to the readers to imagine how surprised you’d be to grab the shotgun and fire it with no shot in the shell. The story has several holes that even I can see. 1. Do LEO’s keep a round in the chamber of the squad car shotgun? 2. Would the crimp on modern day shotgun shells ever open up? 3. Wouldn’t a LEO instantly recognize the shot for what it was? Anyway, that was the story in the magazine and I’m retelling it here for your entertainment and if anybody else remembers it and I got the story wrong, I’ll take the blame for having a faulty memory.