Live Shotgun Shell in PLASTIC flare pistol - What happens?

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Published 2018-02-23

Many people asked us what would happen if a live shotgun shell was shot from a flare pistol. We would much rather show you what happens than have anyone get injured or worse trying it themselves. I believe that it should impossible to chamber ANY 12 ga shell into these pistols. Perhaps the flare shells should be triangle shaped instead of cylindrical just to make it impossible for someone to chamber a 12ga shell into the plastic flare pistol.

This was done under very controlled conditions and we suggest you do not attempt this yourself.

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All Comments (21)

@breakdownbreakdown9715 3 years ago

When you can’t decide which pyro secondary you want to use
@JD-ex7gp 3 years ago

Flare Gun with mini 12 gauge: "It hurt itself in its confusion."
@dylanrogers9712 3 years ago

“This is not Cocaine I promise you” Camera man: HA HA HA
@irismonicapalacio288 2 years ago

i work in a fishing vessel, and have 2 shotguns in my house. you dont have an idea how many times i asked this to myself and how close i was to do it. thanks, u guys saved my hand
@destroyer-tm1dx 5 years ago

I can definitely see this being useful for hunters to keep a few 12 gauge flares on hand in case of an emergency
@antiglobaljoel532 3 years ago

“Don’t try this at home.” Me: I lived 53 years so far by adhering to that admonition.
@mysterydude1 3 years ago

Years ago I bought one of these flare guns and removed the barrel. I had a friend of mine who was into melting and casting metal create an exact copy of the barrel, except out of iron. We fired about 25 rounds through it before the plastic handle of the gun started to melt.
@chasecharland1160 3 years ago

"for your own safety do not attempt this your self" Me: Hey Steve, can you come here for a sec.
@MrDeathray117 6 years ago

"I'm not covered in cocaine I promise you" is exactly what I would say if I was covered in cocaine...
@tommybear1097 5 years ago

So in theory you could use a 12 gauge chamber adapter to fire 9mm, 10mm, 44mag, 357/38 etc out of this flare gun because the adapters act as the barrel & breach while containing the pressures inside of it. They're short enough to fit in this flare gun and you can always bore the plastic barrel out so it will fit if need be. Since you don't need paperwork for chamber adapters or for a flare gun, you could have an unregistered single shot firearm and no one would ever know, to them it's just a flare gun. Interesting.
@thawngthabik4704 2 years ago

Time stamps: 0:00 beginning 2:17 Testing firing 2:56 Testing flare ammo on a shotgun 3:55 "Flare in Little Tony" 4:45 Shotgun ammonition on Flare gun (DO NOT ATTEMPTED) 5:33 Results 6:22 Close up view and explanations 7:41 End.
@Greychanic 3 years ago

My new real life side-quest: create a shotgun pistol by making one of these out of steel
@mattv2099 6 years ago

better go get some flare guns before they vanish.
@thecursed01 6 years ago

you could use it as a signal gun with those short shot shells. because that resulting screams of pain will probably be heard even farther away than the light of a sginal could be seen^^
@moistpancakes1383 3 years ago

Imagine threatening a store clerk with this and then having it go off in your face lmao
@strikex9543 2 years ago

See this is what YouTube was made for. Nowadays you see ppl do useless fake praNk, giving away car, extending thr vid to 10 min etc desperate to gain attention and veiws (expect Mr.Beast, if anyone gets me wrong).
@shubhammantri8673 5 years ago

Boi just fire in the air and let me see what you got in air drop.
@chris101ward 3 years ago

Me, looking at the busted up flare gun. My brain: Put another flare in it and see if it will shoot.
@Oddman1980 3 years ago

I had a pretty good idea what would happen in this video, nice to see a demonstration of what would happen.
@gumboot5944 3 years ago

Watching that flare gun blow up in slo-mo was so funny. You guys are great.