• PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    “Bolo” isn’t meant to tie something up like a normal bolo, it just allows the round halves to widen out and disperse energy across a wider area.

    I figured it was like chain shot, just without a clear purpose beyond “Because we can”

    • Death_Equity@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It does have some value(like shooting a turkey neck to avoid lead-tainted meat), but it is a novelty or exotic round at the end of the day since it is far too powerful a round to be used for squirrel privateering. Also most woodland mammal cargo vessels haven’t use sails for decades before the bolo round cartridge became viable.

      It may be a bit of a joke round, but it wouldn’t be very funny to find yourself at the business end of a derringer with one in the pipe.