Rock Salt Shotgun Shells

"...Box of Truth tested dum-dum bullets and rock salt shot from a shotgun..."

"Sodium chloride is sold in several different particle sizes (gradation) and forms, depending on the intended end use. Discrete crystals can be seen in rock salt used for deicing. Fine granules are typical of table salt and even finer popcorn salt. Kosher salt, pickling salt and ice cream salt are slightly coarser. Small compressed pellets are used in water softeners and large salt blocks are used as salt licks for livestock. When viewed under strong magnification, all sodium chloride is crystalline. Very large cubic crystals, of two, three or more inches in size, can be seen in some salt mines. They are transparent and cleave into perfect cubes when struck with a hard object."

The idiot used ice cream salt. There are far more nasty versions to load up with, but rock salt shells are for the bang and boom effect, and not much else. The whole premise behind such a load is to deliver a warning rather than a deadly attack, so as usual, he misses the point by a country mile in trying to do the impossible. Only Hollywood offerings suggest otherwise, and anyone over the age of 9 and with something of a familiarity with firearms would know this. Remember, Box is run by, and for, the lowest common denominator. It's what gets the rubes a' clickin' and coming back for more.

In his defense, he stipulates that he already knew all of the above, but dashes that by conducting the test to begin with rather than moving on to something interesting and valuable to the everyday shooter. This offering, at least, doesn't rely upon shoddy backyard "testing" to make a recommendation that would in turn cause someone great pain and suffering in relationship to their health and dental record.