"carl mciver" wrote
What's the thing called that's holds shot in a shell? I'm drawing a
blank here.
If it's holding shot in a shell it's a shot cup. If it's surrounding a
single bullet in a bore it's a sabot. If it's supporting ammo in a gourd gun
it's a chunkinpunkinpushincusion.

They use that to keep the pressure from destroying the pumpkin
before it can get very far up the barrel. In fact, that's part of the
range
problem, because that usually falls short while the pumpkin continues on.
I
guess they started tying the thing with a cable or something to the gun so
it wouldn't classify as part of the projectile, thus getting around a
technicality. If that's what they have to do, and technicalities mean
that
much, then those guys don't just put some serious money into it, they put
some serious emotion into it as well!