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pallidin, on 21 February 2013 - 10:06 AM, said:

That's not true with all shotguns.

I was a at a private shooting range, and the shotgun blew a perfect 2-foot hole through an inverted garbage can from less than 20-feet.

It had a shorter barrel(though still legal) than long-barrel shotguns used for high flying birds. Not sure of the shot load.

That didn't happen.

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hatecraft, on 21 February 2013 - 02:54 PM, said:

That didn't happen.

Yes it did, and I remember it very well.

The back end of the large plastic garbage can was suddenly blown-out. About 2-feet in diameter; the very end of the can rim was still there.
We were 20-feet or less from it.
I did not fire the shotgun. My friend did.

This was in the 80's. I assume a legal shotgun. Not sure though. It was a shorter barrel than bird-hunting shotguns.

Edited by pallidin, 22 February 2013 - 08:38 AM.

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Can you buy a 2nd hand Apache Helicopter anywhere ?,if not I'll settle for a couple of Handgrenades.

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pallidin, on 22 February 2013 - 08:28 AM, said:

Yes it did, and I remember it very well.

The back end of the large plastic garbage can was suddenly blown-out. About 2-feet in diameter; the very end of the can rim was still there.
We were 20-feet or less from it.
I did not fire the shotgun. My friend did.

This was in the 80's. I assume a legal shotgun. Not sure though. It was a shorter barrel than bird-hunting shotguns.

Sorry, I misunderstood you.  I thought you meant that the shot pattern was two feet in diameter.  Sounds like it just tore the bottom of the can apart at the seams.  I assure you had he fired the exact same shell at the exact same distance, it would have left a hole not much bigger than a fist in a paper target.

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The inference of his statement was intended to say that the shot spread out in a 12-inch radius from the center point with only 20 feet of travel.   Ridiculous.

And if the can was inverted, how did he now shoot a perfect 2-foot hole through the back end of a garbage can?

That didn't happen.

Moreover, I've never seen a plastic garbage can with seams along the bottom of it.   Plastic containers are molded, so they don't leak.