Dragon's Breath (ammunition)
Dragon's Breath ( English for dragon breath ) is one in the United States offered shotguns caliber 12 are located in the cartridge propellants and flares, on zirconium based and in a manner similar to the signal and illuminating cartridges work. The range and extent of the burn-off of the mass with luminous effect should be up to 90 m. As a rule, however, significantly shorter ranges are achieved.
This cartridge should not be used in (semi-) automatic shotguns, because firstly, the recoil when firing is not always sufficient to operate the repeating mechanism, and secondly (if the repeating mechanism does work) the not completely burned-out charges pose a risk to the shooter Ejecting a case with flares still burning.
In some US states such as (California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa), ammunition is banned because of the high risk of ignition that can cause forest fires.
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian J. Heard: Handbook of Firearms and Ballistics: Examining and Interpreting Forensic Evidence , John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN 1119964776 , p. 76. Google Books
- ↑ Stephen Hunter: 'Dragon's Breath' ammo: a little fizzle, a lot of laughter ( September 29, 2019 memento in the Internet Archive ), in The Baltimore Sun , March 22, 1992
- ↑ NSSF Ammunition Laws by State (PDF file 3 MB) (accessed September 29, 2019)