Rio Royal ARMORED Slug - Will it defeat BODY ARMOR?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- A viewer named Mike kindly sent us a couple boxes of the Rio Royal MG Armored slug AND a new gel block. I've had my eye on this slug for years hoping I would be able to test them. We test these against a wide-variety of targets and I have to say I was surprised at the performance.
I miss Danny, bro. Get that feeling randomly when watching your vids.
Definitely man. Danny is a legend and was just a special easy to like dude
Right. I didn't even know him but I really liked him. Just a cool guy
@@robsorgdrager8477 I didn’t know him at all, just a fan of the channel. Danny was solid shooter and did a great job of holding up the front end of production. Seemed like a good dude too
Gotta have a good trigger man lol
Never met him, but felt like I knew him, my uncle, my cousin, dude I worked with lol. You know what I mean.
The last test results are really wild! I wouldn't have guessed that this slug would have reacted that way inside the gel. The amount of energy it dumped was very impressive. Great job Jeff and Briana! Cheers
20yrs ago we used a slug from this company for deer hunting and they performed well. I haven’t seen them for sale in my state in 15yrs or longer.
thanks Chad
You are not kidding after screaming through the vest I wasn’t expecting it to explode and dump all the energy!
Same here, some of those initial tests didn't reveal much besides penetration, but that gel test was wicked, would definitely make a highly effective indoor home defense load.
Right after you shot the wood, I thought “man it would be cool if they shot a regular slug to compare.” And what do yah know…. You guys rock!
I need to do that more. I have a bad habit of assuming everyone knows what a "regular" slug does.
@@taofledermaus most of us probably have an idea. But sometimes things react to a target not how we’d expect.
Good to see Breanna again. Super cool slugs! They look pretty brutal! I love that you’re still using Danny’s shotgun
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Great to see you again Bri. That little girl sure did grow!
That helmet had at least one more in it. I'm wondering how many 12ga holes our brave downrange friend can take.
Clearballistics should sponsor you for all the awesome high-speed shots you've shown of their fine products. Even just an extra block every few weeks to make sure that their products are always seen in the best light. Or maybe an outdoor oven so that you aren't smelling it while recasting for hours.
They've sent me a couple blocks and all those animals. I appreciate that.
@@taofledermaus good to hear.
Thanks to everyone for this video. Nicely done as always. Special shout out to Mike for sending in the shells and gel block.
thanks Mark
Y'all never disappoint your 12 ga fans so thanks and happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
thank you
Good to see Breanna in another episode. Penelope is adorable. Thank you for the content, Jeff. I hope you guys are having a good one out there. 🤙🏾
Thank you!
Intense results. Impressive impact on gel & water. Thanks Mike, Breanna & Penelope.
Yes!! bull’s-eye is back! Happy to see you Bri and oh my goodness has it been that long? She’s gotten so big already!
She didn't have any hair the last I saw her.
Maternity leave is over, soon Penelope will be sending slugs herself, lol
Armour penetration, energy dump, and good flight from a smoothbore. This slug's got it all, except for the rough finish.
Finish isn't that important when it holes a moose anyway!
Penelope. What a cool name. Congratulations. I know this is about a slug, but your bundle of joy captured my heart. Good day to you young lady...and mom!
Thank you!!! ❤️❤️
Great job Briana. Nice camera work as usual Jeff. Greg should be happy to see the patented finger wiggle used. 😊
thanks
Thank you Jeff! Great to see Breanna back on the channel! Thank you..
Thanks Dewey. I'll try to get her out more often.
Congrats Breanna on the fam!!!! I love the vids with you an OG. I look forward to the 3 of you shooting together for a long time. RIP Danny wish you were still with us.
It would have been really cool for Breanna to have been a part of the shoot with Danny's son. That would have been the best video on all of TH-cam even better than Demo, AK guy, and Kentucky videos period but I will give her a pass because she had more important things to worry about.
Congrats on the fam addition Bree.
thanks Terry
Thank you so much. I have been waiting so long for you to test these slugs to the point where I was considering sending you some of mine to test. I only have 25 of them though and bought them back when they were only $7 for a box of 5. These days however, if you can find them at all, they are MUCH higher priced.
Seems like a do it all slug. Dumps a ton of energy into the target, armor piercing, and a deep penetrating round. Pretty amazing.
My thoughts exactly!
Damn good shooting from Breanna as always, but that shot against the helmet was horrifying. The engery dump in the ballistic gel gummy bear and the block was impressive as well.
I replayed that gummy bear doing the "jiggly dance" over and over.
Great video. That pumpkin slomo shot was amazing- camera AND shooting. I like the change up with Breanna. She's got nice camera presence, seems comfortable, and is an incredible trigger puller. Another very informative and entertaining Taofledermaus video. Thanks so much 👍
thanks again Al!
Awesome slug when it works! Always nice to see Brianna showing off her shooting prowess again. I absolutely enjoyed the classic battlefield theme around the helmet test part of the video. Big congrats to Brianna and y'all on Penelope. Only a few more years and we'll all get to watch her first shooting experience. Happy Thanksgiving!
thank you Sam
Wonderful!! Penelope is just darling! I mean, our Officer Gregg is just darling, too, but happy to see you guys switch it up from time to time.
Thanks to Bre and Jeff for another informative vid. Love you guys. I miss Danny too.
thank you Chris
Ok, that was just extra cool! Really instructive series of tests...most people will never get to try all the variations you guys can set up. Great work, Jeff and Bri. I had the same problem with a rifled bore; for this slug, rifling did not make things better, contrary to popular opinion...🤨. Smoothbore it is, from now on. What it did in the gel block is exactly what RIO claims it will do in a "tissue" target...good to know that they weren't just making stuff up. Getting hit what that thing at home self-defense distances would ruin your whole day, I'm guessing!
Yeah, they seem like a good home def. round. Thanks again for sending everything Mike!
I sure as heck wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of those slugs. They look nasty. If you survived imagine the surgeon trying to get all that shrapnel out of you.
@@taofledermaus Hey, I'm just glad to see you guys having some fun with 'em!
another great video Jeff. Good use of everything. Interesting fact about 12 gauge slugs and them being so touchy like that of 22lr.
Thank you Brianna and little Penelope always a good video when you are shooting such a great aim this slug would work great for deer hunting looks like to me thanks for sharing hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving god bless
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Here's a bucket of complementary punctuation. By all means, feel free to grab you some, and use it next time! Makes reading your ramblings a lot easier!
It'd be useless for hunting. How much time do you need to work out where to aim at the distance you are from the deer when it always shoots high & right? Better off with a more accurate slug for hunting, the last thing you need is to be blowing the spine out of your deer when you were aiming for a heart/lung shot.
@@remcovanvliet3018 I love this. 8m always telling people that periods and commas are free. Even when speak texting, you can just say period, comma, exclamation point, etc.
@@Lucifurion You shoot a few and zero your scope. They are only shooting high right because they haven't zeroed that scope to that slug but it's easily done if that's what you decide to use in your shotgun.
@@remcovanvliet3018piss,off-you!grammer/karen we ain’t in English class
Jeff and Brianna you guys never disappoint. Fancy camera work and marksmanship as usual. Hats off to Mike for the slugs and gel.
thanks!
The energy dump from those slugs was amazing!
Thanks very much Jeff for bringing back Breanna! Keep her coming! OG too, he makes everyone including Breanna smile!
Great video! Good to see Breanna back in the saddle and that she and baby are doing well. Hoping to see more of her in the future!
She's great. I just realize she has a busy life so I don't bug her too much to film with us.
This is so cool! Happy to see Breanna back out on the range, as well!
I don't doubt that you've been asked this a lot, but would you consider doing any custom/exotic shells in 20 gauge? The only shotguns I have are ones I inherited from my dad, an original Mossberg 500C and a Winchester 1200, both in 20ga. I've always been curious about what cool shells I could buy/make for them!
I would like to see slugs in all gauges tested out. .410, 28, 20, 16, and 10 too.
He's probably done some videos before at some point. But not to the extent he tested 12ga. Search his videos I'm sure there will be something.
@@ericsfishingadventures4433 I've tried searching through his older videos, but can't find any shells/loads tested in 20ga, unfortunately
@@texasrex2222 eh I figured it was worth a look. Try all the tabs, videos, Playlist, community etc. Sometimes I've seen channel's have weird places videos in.
Maybe make some stuff yourself and test it. You can even film it and put it online. I'd be interested in seeing some strange 20g rounds.
Pretty impressive performance!
Nice to see Penelope being included in this too!
What a beast of a slug.
Nice to see @bullseyebrianna back on the range, always a fun video when she's there.
Great testing and very happy to see Ms. B back at the range. Love to the crew
thanks Kim
I love the Vanna moment with the helmet; made me chuckle.
The USS Seritoga in Bikini Atoll had its entire bottom blown out by the first underwater detonation atomic bomb test. I can only imagine how much hydraulic force was in that kind of detonation. Fascinating and terrifying. Great video as always. Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving from Surprise Arizona. 🍻🦃🌵👍😎
thank you!
Love to see Bre back on the range. And wow! What a great performance by that slug, penetration and stopping power, really cool!
thank you
Even if it didn’t penetrate, I can’t imaging surviving the chest crushing impact and shock. 👍
That’s why plates are good to disperse the impact force, Even those tacticon armament thin plastic light weight plates officerGreg shot on his channel.
The shockwave when it misses you will knock you out too
@@Bob.martens That’s been proven to be false.
@@TheFyresai I love when people share their knowledge here.
Massive heart and lung trauma…100% fatal.
Thanks Mike for sending those shells and gel block, made for a very cool video. Nice shooting Brianna, the slo mo was great Jeff, especially on the gel bear.
I’ve always wondered if a tungsten drill bit cast into a foster slug would be effective.
How about broken tungsten carbide bit buck shot into armor?
It’s crazy how that slug went thru a vest and stayed pretty much solid but when it hit the gel or fluid it dumped all of energy pretty much. 🤯 thanks for sharing
Those tiny magic mushrooms inside these rounds will blow your mind, man.
First of all. Penelope is absolutely adorable.
Second, that is an amazing slug
Third, even a standard Foster slug would stop an armor wearing target in his tracks without penetrating. The shock of that slug would be enough to take him out of the game.
Great video!!!
Great to see Breanna again! She still can't miss. Cool slugs with interesting properties. Thanks for finger wiggling the wood 😂. Great video 👍
thank you
Totally was not expecting the slug to dump everything so fast! That was really kool!!!
Love the channel and love the vids! Slug idea. Are you familiar with Dr. Ed Ashby and his studies on the effects/ballistics of single bevel broadheads for archery? Would be a very cool and interesting build if you could manage to fit something like that in a shell! Would love to see that in action!
Not really
Love the patience that she displays when she shoots. It’s impressive to see!
Awesome slug .Rio make some great shells .Speed is of the essence according to Weatherby !.But too fast and you will have failures too slow and you won't make it to the target .As always playing with powder charge and wads can make all the difference in the world .Why does the Diablo slug work ?????
So glad to see the sharpshooter mommy and that beautiful little mini me of hers. I am glad that we have an awesome TAOFLEDERMAUS family. It was great to see Danny's son come share some great shooting moments with us last time! Mike the Slug bringer...Jeff, Breanna, and OG and baby Penelope as a fan of the show I am glad you share your time with us and make us laugh and enjoy the great content. I hope we can have years of safe fun and laughs as time goes by...
If you get your hands on a large acrylic fish tank I think some of these round would look pretty cool shot into water. I know it'd be hard logistically but if done I think it could look pretty cool. Especially some of the explosive rounds.
“You normally don’t see the gummy bear react so violently”
Add that to the list of sentences that I never would have predicted I’d hear.
I don't recall ever seeing a giant gummy bear get absolutely wrecked like this in any previous video from any caliber on any channel.
Yeah, that heavy thing usually just falls over with most projectiles.
That little girl is just precious. Great job Momma Breanna...
Thank you 😊
Briaana: We should shoot that helmet.
Slug: There was a helmet there?
I am so glad you used the gel block in this one... This might be the coolest gel block test ever!
thanks!
Those were pretty impressive. Weird how it cut thru the vest nd helmet yet only went like 3 or 4 inches into the gel. Prob be a good slug for deer w a heart shot but you probably wouldn't have any heart left to eat haha
Great for invasive wild boar you don't plan on eating though.
Or an intruder you don't plan on eating either.
@@markfergerson2145 That's what the RPG is for
Brianna,Penelope and Jeff y'all rock! Always great to have bullseye Bri come bless us with her presence! Penelope has gotten so big! That one with the gel block was badass with how much that slug dumped all of its power in the first few inches and that screw going though the whole thing and sticking in the vest was mind-blowing! Love the channel! Peace. Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
thank you !
I have seen the RIO slugs for sale at various suppliers and gave them some thought when Brenneke or Winchester slugs were in short supply. Glad I had enough of my usual ammo and didn't need them. Not impressed with the RIO Royal very much but I appreciate you folks demonstrating them for us. Great shooting as always Breanna and love seeing your little one.
thanks
glad to see my friends in Cali having a great time. Awesome seeing the next generation being introduced to the safe, and effective use of firearms. keep it up
🔫LOVE FROM SAGINAW MI 🔫
Great to see Briana back .Always a great shot and a lovely personality. Thanks Jeff for another entertaining video
thank you
It's gonna take me life time to watch all of your crazy ammo videos.
Great and unexpected performance from the slug in the gel targets. Incredible energy dump.
Great to see Breanna back
thank you!
Great video guys. Love the enthusiasm after all these years.
thanks Spanky
I've missed Brianna's snork when she laughs. Glad to see she's doing well. Those slugs seem like a real kicker.
Great shooting Briana, Wow what a huge energy dump early in both ballistic materials, and the full penetrating tip was no joke
Amazing demonstration and explanation of hydrosplatic shock.
thanks!!
Now I am Definitely gonna be looking for these slugs wherever I can find them!!! 🤠👍
Watching the gummy bear fold almost in half was different. Impressive energy dump, and fragmentation.
I wasn't aware that slug had fragmented at the time and wondered why the bear reacted so much
It's hard to find something that's good for both hard and soft targets, and is stable. These are great! I'm very impressed.
Couldn't agree more!
Excellent shooting! And those slugs are wicked. Wow
Had a 37 Ithaca that loved Remington slugs. Sold it and bought a barrel for my A5 Browning. It loved Winchester slugs. All slugs of Foster type and smoth barrels.
Welcome back Brianna! The channel has missed you. Your daughter is adorable. So glad there was a cameo.
Thanks! Long time fan and watcher. I love the TAOFLEDERMAUS family and I look forward to years of laughter and safe shooting fun
Thank you Jeff for all your hard work. I really enjoyed Bullseye-Brianna and little cutie Penelope....and of course O.G.
Thank you for your generosity.
@@taofledermaus I have watched many of the channels videos over and over. I am glad that we can enjoy humor and learning and friendship during these crazy times...
@TAOFLEDERMAUS when a donation is paid, do you get the full amount? If there better ways to help please let me know...
I have to say I appreciate the time you took to edit that slow mow helmet shot. The old Battlefield music really brought me back
Automatic captioning has decided that your channel is called 'Tile Floater Mouse', Jeff. Gave me a good laugh, which I really needed today, after spending several hours in freezing cold, pissing rain, digging mud out of a jammed conveyor belt, this afternoon.
Hello guys, big fan of this channel for several years! I´m from Europe ( Portuga) and these slugs from my experience are very precise and effective on wild boar and red stag.
My first kill as a hunter has with these slugs, back then i only had a shotgun, a least here they where cheap and available
Did not expect it to fragment like that, pretty cool. Great video as always and cool seeing Brianna again. Thanks guys!!
thank you
Good to see Breanna and Penelope on the screen. Great video Jeff
I think the slug did the right thing for the penetrator pin. It forced the target to make it catch the lead full-stop to allow even more inertia for the pin/screw. The smaller surface area meant it would act as a sabot within the soft tissue. I’d love to see what this does to the gel torso.
Always love the hi-speed camera footage!
thank you
That is wacky. So it's both armor penetrating AND frangible, punishing to both soft and hard targets. Wild.
I am a retired LEO out of California, and for half of my career I worked at an agency located in the Eastern Sierra mountains. We dealt with a lot of black bears. Mostly our bear program envolved using bean bag rounds and pyrotechnic rounds to punish and scare the bears away from dumpsters and houses etc. But there were times when the bears posed a true danger to the public or they were seriously injured and in those cases the bears were put down as humanely as we could. On one occasion it took three Brenneke KO slugs and a point blank shot of 00 buck to end a 200# bear. The Brenneke slug was supposed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but they failed to put the bear down after three shots. I was involved in the post mortem and found that the slugs only penetrated 3 inches and deflected off of bone. One of them hit the spin causing partial paralysis, but not death. I felt this was completely unacceptable.
I began searching and testing different dangerous game rounds for smooth bore shotgun and the RIO Royal was tested. From 20 feet the slug would penetrate a creosote soaked railroad tie, 8"x8". Shortly after that a large bear was hit by a car and killed. I was able to test the round on the carcass. I was taking oblique shots at the heart/lung area and got 8" of penetration through hair, hyde and bone. I began issuing the RIO Royal to the troops. This was back in the early 2000's maybe 2003-2005. Rio Royal is a phenominal slug for thicker skinned game and car doors/tempered glass, etc.
Great to see Breanna and Penelope back on the range. Penelope has sure grown and /Breanna is still shooting great. That slug is certianly a devastating round. God Bless and all have a happy thanksgiving.
I could never give you folks a thumbs down as you always put your best effort into your productions. Nice to see Brianna and her baby. That slug was so weird that I'd be hesitant about using it on game unless they were wearing a helmet. Thanks
thanks Bill
Thank you for giving us an update on Breanna and her little one.
Welcome back Breanna. Its good to see a sharp eye sending one down range.
Thx Jeff and Breanna...1st time I've seen a gel block get screwed!😂🤣
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12:26 I played that WW2 game when it came out on PC in 2002. Battlefield 1942 -- I always played hard mode by using allied forces equipment and I always won in the end. I switched over to German or Japanese equipment and made mincemeat out of all of my competitors.
Very cool slug! I'd use them confidently with one tweak . A snap ring /e clip on the screw ,over a washer . I'd bet it Is made of hot sintered lead . It behaves as a heavy jacketed ,frangible core rifle bullet. Stays solid when it hits solid objects . Hits a soft target with a high moisture content , it all but explodes. See the Barnes mrp bullets and varmint grenade bullets for examples. Really cool stuff
Loving the burp pad😂. Penelope is a little beauty. “ I think we got him”. That’s a certainty.
Thank you 😊
Interesting AP like slug. Always nice to see Bullseye Breanna behind the gun, good shooting. Thanks Mike for donating goodies for the show. Cool stuff.
thanks
that was one cute baby !......as for the slug ,interesting that it went great with a smooth bore ,and 2 inches in and Pow !...(in gel ! )whoa !,not bad on the lead plate either !
Yeah red, it was fun to watch you shoot. just a goofy. We used to take a shotshell , put a drop some wax on the middle of the crimp, take a knife and cut around the brass, and punch the whole case shell, wad, and everything in front of the powder downrange.
It was lovely to see Brianna and her daughter lovely and an impressive shell
I have some Rio Slugs that completely surprised me. When shot at a 5 gallon water jug, it dumped all its energy immediately, shredding that huge water jug and sending water everywhere, including back at me from about 8 yards away. I was very surprised at just how well it out performed all the other slugs I tested. It has made in Italy cast into the slug and it looks nothing like the other American, Russian or European slugs that I have or have seen here on Taofledermaus.
That gel test is insane! The shallow detonation is wild.
The American dream, going out into the landscape and shoot guns with the whole family. xD
The sound of the shot is pretty snappy, it sounds powerful and sure is powerful too!
Nice video, Thanks for all you do. One thing I would like to see is on a clear ballistics block, is for you to sprinkle some M&M's on top to see if they would launch off in different directions like a wave effect.
Penelope is adorable! Good to see the next generation of Taofleder shooters coming up 🙂
Wow.
Just *WOW*
Those are some *impressive* slugs!