Shotgun

10 New Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Films to Put on Your Radar

From alien signals and teen cannibals to vampires and aliens, here are our 10 favorite films from Fantastic Fest 2022.

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 29

Werewolf by Night Wants to Introduce Monsters Into the MCU

Plus, the next Final Destination movie has found a pair of directors.

io9 Gordon Jackson & James Whitbrook Sep 26

Silly Putty Exiting a Shotgun Looks Just Like a Tiny Dildo

Silly Putty does not make for a very effective projectile, and I’m also guessing it wouldn’t make for a particularly effective dildo, either. Yet somehow here it is, trying to be both. TAOFLEDERMAUS is a YouTube channel that exists solely to shoot weird shit out of guns. Weird shit like pieces of quartz, slugs made…

Sploid Avery Ellis Jan 17

What Happens When You Shoot a .50 Cal Right Down the Barrel of a Shotgun

I’ve never wondered this but I’m happy to see it actually happen in real life: what happens if a .50 call shot a bullet that went right through a barrel of shotgun barrel? If you aim it perfectly does it just go right through the opposite direction? Could you maybe even use the shotgun after?…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 5

What happens when you stuff a shotgun with a carrot like Bugs Bunny and then shoot it?

If you were a child once upon a time, you may have remembered Bugs Bunny cleverly stuffing Elmer Fudd’s shotgun with a carrot so that when Fudd fired his shotgun, it would explode in his face. But would that actually happen if you did that in real life? Demolition Ranch, answerer of life’s questions about…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 14

Video: The incredible 18 month process of making a shotgun

It takes decades of experience and hundreds and hundreds of man hours to make a William & Son shotgun. There’s an expert for the barrel, a master to handle the engraving, a wizard to finish it off and many more skilled hands involved in the entire process. We get to see a glimpse of how…

Sploid Casey Chan Nov 9

Ted Cruz Really Was Pointing His Gun At His Friends

Yesterday, we showed you Ted Cruz holding his shotgun backwards, blatantly flouting the first two rules of gun safety. Now, we have a new video from the same photo op perfectly demonstrating why this is a bad idea. Would you want to be one of the hunters he’s pointing his gun at? Since you can…

Tech News Wes Siler Nov 4

An Essential Guide To Gun Safety For People Who Hate Guns

There are at least 347 million guns in America. No matter your opinion of them, it is highly likely that you will encounter one at least sometime during your life. This is what everyone needs to know in order to be safe around guns. This is not a political argument. This is not an argument…

Tech News Wes Siler Oct 26

Military Gun Technology To Enter Civilian Hands, Affordably

Products like thermal imaging, weapon-mounted range finders and even a new handgun integrally built around its silencer sound like dreams come true to firearms enthusiasts, but to-date such technology has remained military-focussed and too expensive. No more. Six-year old Silencerco has quickly grown into the largest maker of gun suppressors in America. Not only do…

Tech News Wes Siler Sep 28

How To Shoot, Clean And Prepare These Delicious Bacon-Wrapped Dove Breasts

Want to start hunting your own wild game for food? One of the easiest and tastiest ways is with doves. We shot opening day of the season last week to show you how. Dove hunting is one of the oldest shooting sport traditions enjoyed in this country. Each fall, thousands of hunters take their children,…

Tech News Wes Siler Sep 10

How To Shoot A Shotgun

Unlike most other shooting sports, shotguns are fast-paced and full of action. Whether it’s trap, skeet, sporting clays or upland bird, you’ll be using a lot of shells, targets will be numerous and your success will be high. This is how to start shooting. Basic Equipment To start, a basic, pump-operated shotgun is going to…

Tech News Wes Siler Sep 2

Video: The beautiful craftsmanship of making a shotgun

Guns are dangerous but making a beautifully ornate gun is basically like unbelievably detailed artwork crossed with masterful machinery work. I love this video showing the steps it takes for a Holland & Holland shotgun to be made because it’s so cool to see all the different methods blend together. The metal of the barrel,…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 13

How To Learn Any New Sport Without Sucking

Want to do the stuff you read about us doing? There’s a practical approach to learning any new sport, one which breaks down the barriers, reduces risk and speeds the learning curve. It’s what we do, and it should work for you too. This year I’ve decided to pick up shotgun shooting, I need to…

Tech News Wes Siler Apr 6

You Don’t Know Turkey About Wild Turkeys

Did you know that turkeys kill rattlesnakes? Forgive me a little bit of a Ben Franklin moment, but I’m going to tell you about one of the most interesting wild animals that’s native to North America and what it’s like tracking them in the wild. Turkey Fact #1: They are actually named after the country.…

Tech News Wes Siler Apr 1

What’s Inside A Shotgun Shell And Why

A shotgun shell can achieve anything from lightly peppering a clay target at close range to taking down a deer at 35 yards. And that huge variance in capability can all come out the business end of a single gun. That’s because you can precisely tailor what’s inside a shell to your specific needs. Here’s…

Tech News Wes Siler Mar 27

What I Found At The Biggest Gun Show In Vegas

The annual Las Vegas Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade show is the biggest gun show in America, attracting 33,000 people each year. And Sarah Palin. I was about the only visitor not wearing a pistol, but I did manage to find some neat new stuff. Look closely and you’ll be able to see the author…

Tech News Corey Hass Feb 20

Hunting Ducks from a Folding Kayak

The folding Oru Kayak goes from flatpack to floating in just minutes. Tough enough for the real world? We took it down the Colorado River, armed with a shotgun, to find out. https://gizmodo.com/hunting-ducks-from-a-folding-kayak-1682584159

Tech News Wes Siler Jan 29

Slow-motion cutaway video shows how a fully automatic shotgun works

I can’t have enough of videos that show things cut in half working. This one shows a fully automatic shotgun in action. It’s sad to see how humans spend so much time and intelligence developing perfect death machines like these—but the engineering work is fascinating nonetheless. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Dec 8

From Sky To Table In 12 Hours

Saturday night, I had dove breasts and braised pheasant for dinner. That’s because that morning, I’d shot them, brought them home, cleaned them on my back porch, then sat and watched as my girlfriend made them for dinner. “Dove opener’s this weekend,” my friend Scott IM’d Thursday night. We made some loose plans and he…

Tech News Wes Siler Nov 25

One day drones will cast the skies and we’ll need this guy to fix it

If a couple of years ago everything was about zombies, now it’s drones. Drones delivering pizza, drones filming fireworks, and even drones taking selfies. And of course drones spying you. And killing people. This ad shows a drone hunter taking care of those flying bastards. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jul 31