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Artist uses a .22-caliber shotgun as paintbrush

9 points by thankuz 16y ago

sweettea 16y ago
What in the nine hells is a .22 caliber shotgun? Shouldn't it be a .22 caliber rifle? A shotgun tends to involve multiple, random pellets, which doesn't appear to be what the article talks about.
- Retric 16y ago
  Shotgun = smooth boor and they do make them 5.5 mm (.22 inch). If you look at how he is using the firing a lot of pellets is safer and would make the same sorts of holes.
  - CWuestefeld 16y ago
    But seriously lacks accuracy... and he needs pinpoint placement.
    - thankuz 16y ago
      Doesn't seem to be an issue w/ him. Wonder what happens if he misses, or messes it up. Seems like it could take quite awhile if you weren't a great shot, and weren't absolutely dialed in each time. Laser sights maybe? Closer to the canvas target? Who knows.
    - sp332 16y ago
      Um... did you see the article? :-) He holds the gun very close to the "canvas".
- unwind 16y ago
  The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory_M6_Scout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory_M6_Scout seems to be .22 caliber shotgun, designed as a "survival gun" for downed pilots.
  - billswift 16y ago
    The Scout is a double barrel gun with a .410 shotgun and a .22 rifle; it is not a .22 shotgun.
- thankuz 16y ago
  Typically shotguns come in one of several calibers: 10, 12 & 20 gauge are the most common, but .410, 32, 28, 24, 16 & 10 gauge along with 9 mm and .22 rimfire calibers have been manufactured. He could have also been talking about what's referred to as an "over under" type shotgun. They are usually double barreled "over and under" rather than "side-by-side" and usually have a .410 on the bottom and a .22 long rifle on top. Either way, it would have been accurate, however I am not a rifle expert, nor can I see what rifle he used to produce the artwork.
  - michaelcampbell 16y ago
    Interesting; I used to have a .410 over/under, but both barrels were .410. I didn't even know a .401/22 combo existed.
- billswift 16y ago
  I haven't seen or even heard of any in decades, but there were some smoothbore .22 "rifles" and pistols made for firing shot capsules (they could fire ordinary bullets too). The ones I know of were intended for "snake medicine" where rattlesnakes were common. The reason for the smooth bore is that firing shot capsules out of rifled barrels leads to "blown patterns", that is areas where there are no pellets, especially towards the center of the pattern which is where you are actually aiming the gun.
  - thankuz 16y ago
    Well said!
Terretta 16y ago
Not a shotgun. [Creel] comments, “The gunfire itself dictates how and what can be done. I use .22 caliber bullets and have to take into account the size of the bullets as well as the energy of the blast behind the projectile. The bullets dictate the size of the images I make and the blast knocks the paint off around each bullet hole: this all has to be planned for when I am designing a piece.” Creel holds his rifle directly against 4 x 6 white aluminum panels and fires as many as 5,000 bullets per panel to create his a finished piece. -- http://www.handeyemagazine.com/node/104 http://www.handeyemagazine.com/node/104
- thankuz 16y ago
  ".22 caliber bullets" don't mean it wasn't a shotgun. It means he fired .22 caliber ammunition. Could have been fired from a shotgun (over under .410 w/ .22 long rifle maybe?)
  - Terretta 16y ago
    "the projectile" A shotgun doesn't fire a single projectile, unless this is some kind of weird shotgun slug in a .22 shotgun cartridge. Certainly seems more likely this particular headline and linked article are wrong, while all the other articles on the artist's site are right.
- hsmyers 16y ago
  If you look at the second to the last photo, you can see two things; it is a single barrel and the barrel in question is smaller in diameter than his thumb. I'd say that weighs heavily in favor of a 22 instead of shotgun...
harshpotatoes 16y ago
As always, I was hoping The Simpsons was the inspiration behind this. (for those who don't wish to watch, I'm referring to the make up gun Homer invents). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPpCvM1EVKE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPpCvM1EVKE&feature=relat... But, a human dot matrix printer works too.
elvirs 16y ago
i suspect he will loose hearing ability to some percentage after hearing hundreds of shots right next to him.
- thankuz 16y ago
  Well unless he's also a musician he should be just fine since artists usually rely on their eyes rather than ears. However, he, and anyone else using firearms, should always wear approved hearing and eye protection. That goes for onlookers too!
wglb 16y ago
Sorry, that is not a shotgun. It is a 22 rifle. You can get cartridges that have birdshot in them, but from looking at the closeup of the holes, those would be .22 caliber holes.

9 points by thankuz 16y ago

What in the nine hells is a .22 caliber shotgun? Shouldn't it be a .22 caliber rifle? A shotgun tends to involve multiple, random pellets, which doesn't appear to be what the article talks about.

Retric 16y ago
Shotgun = smooth boor and they do make them 5.5 mm (.22 inch). If you look at how he is using the firing a lot of pellets is safer and would make the same sorts of holes.
- CWuestefeld 16y ago
  But seriously lacks accuracy... and he needs pinpoint placement.
  - thankuz 16y ago
    Doesn't seem to be an issue w/ him. Wonder what happens if he misses, or messes it up. Seems like it could take quite awhile if you weren't a great shot, and weren't absolutely dialed in each time. Laser sights maybe? Closer to the canvas target? Who knows.
  - sp332 16y ago
    Um... did you see the article? :-) He holds the gun very close to the "canvas".
unwind 16y ago
The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory_M6_Scout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory_M6_Scout seems to be .22 caliber shotgun, designed as a "survival gun" for downed pilots.
- billswift 16y ago
  The Scout is a double barrel gun with a .410 shotgun and a .22 rifle; it is not a .22 shotgun.
thankuz 16y ago
Typically shotguns come in one of several calibers: 10, 12 & 20 gauge are the most common, but .410, 32, 28, 24, 16 & 10 gauge along with 9 mm and .22 rimfire calibers have been manufactured. He could have also been talking about what's referred to as an "over under" type shotgun. They are usually double barreled "over and under" rather than "side-by-side" and usually have a .410 on the bottom and a .22 long rifle on top. Either way, it would have been accurate, however I am not a rifle expert, nor can I see what rifle he used to produce the artwork.
- michaelcampbell 16y ago
  Interesting; I used to have a .410 over/under, but both barrels were .410. I didn't even know a .401/22 combo existed.
billswift 16y ago
I haven't seen or even heard of any in decades, but there were some smoothbore .22 "rifles" and pistols made for firing shot capsules (they could fire ordinary bullets too). The ones I know of were intended for "snake medicine" where rattlesnakes were common. The reason for the smooth bore is that firing shot capsules out of rifled barrels leads to "blown patterns", that is areas where there are no pellets, especially towards the center of the pattern which is where you are actually aiming the gun.
- thankuz 16y ago
  Well said!

Terretta 16y ago

Not a shotgun. [Creel] comments, “The gunfire itself dictates how and what can be done. I use .22 caliber bullets and have to take into account the size of the bullets as well as the energy of the blast behind the projectile. The bullets dictate the size of the images I make and the blast knocks the paint off around each bullet hole: this all has to be planned for when I am designing a piece.” Creel holds his rifle directly against 4 x 6 white aluminum panels and fires as many as 5,000 bullets per panel to create his a finished piece. -- http://www.handeyemagazine.com/node/104 http://www.handeyemagazine.com/node/104

thankuz 16y ago
".22 caliber bullets" don't mean it wasn't a shotgun. It means he fired .22 caliber ammunition. Could have been fired from a shotgun (over under .410 w/ .22 long rifle maybe?)
- Terretta 16y ago
  "the projectile" A shotgun doesn't fire a single projectile, unless this is some kind of weird shotgun slug in a .22 shotgun cartridge. Certainly seems more likely this particular headline and linked article are wrong, while all the other articles on the artist's site are right.
hsmyers 16y ago
If you look at the second to the last photo, you can see two things; it is a single barrel and the barrel in question is smaller in diameter than his thumb. I'd say that weighs heavily in favor of a 22 instead of shotgun...

harshpotatoes 16y ago

As always, I was hoping The Simpsons was the inspiration behind this. (for those who don't wish to watch, I'm referring to the make up gun Homer invents). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPpCvM1EVKE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPpCvM1EVKE&feature=relat... But, a human dot matrix printer works too.

elvirs 16y ago

i suspect he will loose hearing ability to some percentage after hearing hundreds of shots right next to him.

thankuz 16y ago
Well unless he's also a musician he should be just fine since artists usually rely on their eyes rather than ears. However, he, and anyone else using firearms, should always wear approved hearing and eye protection. That goes for onlookers too!

wglb 16y ago

Sorry, that is not a shotgun. It is a 22 rifle. You can get cartridges that have birdshot in them, but from looking at the closeup of the holes, those would be .22 caliber holes.