{"id":3079,"date":"2020-09-29T07:56:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T07:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2020-09-29T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:59:56","slug":"less-lethal-loudout-shotgun-bean-bag-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/less-lethal-loudout-shotgun-bean-bag-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Lethal Loudout: Shotgun Bean Bag Rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Putting Bean Bag Shotgun Rounds To The Test<\/span><\/h1>\n

There are plenty of times when law enforcement finds itself in a tricky situation. They have a suspect who is broadcasting to the world that they mean to do violence, without the direct, imminent threat of lethal force. Maybe it\u2019s an angry man, armed with a knife who\u2019s behind a car, or a similar threat where approaching the suspect to make an arrest would seriously jeopardize the health of the officer.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s these types of situations where a shotgun bean bag round comes into play. Rather than fill up a shotshell with lead pellets that spray out when fired, or encase a big chunk of lead in a shell like a deer slug, a shotgun bean bag round is a soft cloth bag filled with lead shot. The bag fires out of the shotgun, flies through the air and the flattens out when it hits the target. Instead of penetrating into the target, and causing tissue damage or blood loss that might result in death, a bean bag round is designed to deliver a sharp, forceful blow to the target.<\/span><\/p>\n

Origins Of The Shotgun Bean Bag Round<\/span><\/h2>\n

The bean bag shotgun round is another round with its origins during The Troubles in Northern Ireland<\/a>. Like other types of \u201cless lethal\u201d shotgun ammo, it is not designed to penetrate into a target and cause lethal damage. Rather, the primary purpose of a bean bag round is to deliver damage to the target that stops short of lethal force. A bean bag round has a larger surface area than a lead deer slug. Therefore, it penetrates significantly less than a heavier, faster deer slug.<\/span>
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