As mentioned by KFWA:
I wish I could recall the specifics, but years back I saw film of a gorilla hunt (obviously this had to be way back - probably 60's when such was still acceptable) where the natives were enlisted to help the great white hunters. The natives were all packing muzzle loaders and near any metal object imaginable was used as a projectile. There were screws, nuts, the old keys that wound metal strips off of Spam cans, folded nails, rolled sardine cans, bearings, etc all dropped down the barrel. With no wads atop the load, one had to carry his rifle at port arms to keep the contents from spilling out.
I can only imagine the sounds and carnage as half of the village dump went whistling off through the trees. If memory is correct, the mob did bag a gorilla. I don't recall if it died from trama or possibly from an accompanying case of blood poisoning from all the crap it was hit with.
As an aside - Anyone can handle a gunshot. It takes a real man to face lung cancer.
Last edited by 1minute; 02/21/18.
