I was at my local 3 gun shoot last weekend and laying on teh signup table was this weird looking thing. It looked like a small cloth Octopus.
I picked it up and it had shot in the head of it. It was essentially some thin fabric tied like a Bindle with the excess forming some legs.
Big lightbulb turned on,,,
! It was a Bean Bag!
I have seen plenty of bean bags but never one that looked like this. Most I have seen were canvas squares like Ravioli with shot inside. This one actually looked like it could be relatively accurate, and the legs would "Drag Stabilize" it.
Maybe it was a "Long Range Bean Bag?"
I'm always looking for different rounds that I can load myself and launch with my shotguns, and these looked like good candidates if I can figure out how to make them. Getting hit by a 1oz load of shot contained in a sock running at 3-400 fps would definitely make an impression, but probably not be lethal.
BPI has had those little missile looking rubber slugs on their website for a long time and they are never in stock, so they are out. I have looked at making my own using TPS Wads filled with silicone, however they wouldn't fly strait on a bet, and I haven't figured out a way to make them "weight forward" like a Foster Slug so they would fly strait.
Anyway I am looking for suggestions and info on these types of projectiles, and any and all ideas are welcome.
Randy