We put a pinch (technical measurement) of magnesium shavings into some shotgun shells and loaded wax slugs into them. We filmed the action using the new Chronos high speed camera from 4000 fps all the way up to 17,000 fps.
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Magnesium in a shotgun shell - Poor man's Dragons Breath ─ TAOFLEDERMAUS
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