Destin and his team from Smarter Every Day took Dragon's Breath into the woods and videoed it with a variety of cameras.
Apparently Dragons Breath is loaded with particulated Zirconium, which is easily ignited. Zirconium has a wide variety of uses, including the nuclear industry, and is used along with the likes of Magnesium and Aluminum in fireworks. A Dragons Breath round essentially a firework launched from a 12 gauge barrel 
Try to shoot a duck with this and you’ll have cooked ducks dropping from the sky . One shot and the meal is ready:):):)
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0I believe they’re marketed as a signaling round, much like flares or smoke grenades.
0 0David
What if in home defense scenario you use this ammo and…miss the bad guy…what you’ll have is a burning house 
0 0Nice! Cool ! Beautiful ! …but it isn’t too smart to shoot this in the forest, is it?
0 0Certainly not for indoor home protection. Flaming burgler=burned down house.
What does the inside of the barrel look like after shooting a few of these?
0 0@JonMac
It is perfect for home defense in case of attack of werewolf or bigfoot.
BTW, look at this, at the and of clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4FjODPDFA&feature=player_profilepage
0 0No, Titanium does not burn…
0 0That is pretty cool. I’m going to do some searching to see if I can buy that around me.
0 0Happy New Year
Sorry, if not the topic … but …
Interestingly , synchronization of music and videos!
This is equivalent?
UFO. Travel in Space. UFOEVE Travel 1
0 0“Since titanium is reactive, why did Ruger use a titanium firing pin in their new SR1911? I’d be interested to know if a pierced primer would burn hot enough to ignite the titanium firing pin. Did Ruger test this potential failure mechanism? Has anyone in the firearms industry tested this failure mechanism? Is it possible or am I just paranoid?”
@Gunship Cowboy, titanium reacts with oxygen to form titanium dioxide at something like 1200 degrees celcius (in air). It isn’t going to burst into flames any time soon and I would stake my house on the fact that somebody will have considered that possibility before going ahead with the design.
0 0Sorry Mr. Dallas, but Titanium (Ti) most certainly does burn. The ignition temperature is fairly high, and of course the larger the piece, the harder it is to ignite (fine powder easier, ingot harder). Burning Ti produces heavy clouds of TiO2, a fine white powder, which is, incidentally, the base for white paint. If a bar of Ti or Ti-based alloy ignites, the correct response is to cut the bar ahead of the ignition point and move it away from the burning section, which is then allowed to burn itself up. Attempting to put the fire out is a waste of time and money, and can be very dangerous.
0 0Don Dallas, Titanium does burn, that is why machining it is very tricky, the actual milling can get it started on fire, and there is no putting it out.
0 0@Foetus
If I remember well, you’re not supposed to shoot DB from an auto-shotgun, because it’s likely to malfunction and end badly. You’re supposed to use them in pump shotguns.
But like I said, that’s if I remember well. In which case, it wouldn’t be good for use with the AA-12.
0 0David, if you fired that in your house, you’d certainly start a fire!
0 0Under Chrome there’s a blank space when I right click “Movie Not Loaded” is shown in grey.
Under IE I get a grey sided rectangle and little red X box in the top left corner.
Is this the video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhCygmhbCg
When I view your source it shows http://www.youtube.com/v/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhCygmhbCg&feature=player_profilepage&hl=en&fs=1&
I think you want to delete the http://www.youtube.com/v/ part at the start.
0 0Thanks y’all for pointing that out. Sorry about that. I have fixed the video.
0 0Steve, is there supposed to be an embedded video? If so, it’s not visible. I’ve looked in Firefox, IE and Chrome.
thanks
0 0I am not sure but I tried to load the page and the video did not show up. I refreshed the page a few times and still nothing. Is it just me????
0 0The video link is broken there is nothing there
0 0I don’t know if it’s just me, but the video isn’t showing.
0 0For those who remember using flash bulbs when taking photos, weren’t the the flash bulbs filled with a glob of zirconium wire that made the flash?
0 0Very pretty, but I still have no idea what practical application DB rounds might have.
0 0This would RULE for home defense. When you light someone up, you light someone up. Imagine the deterrent factor of a burning man running from your house in the middle of the night. Here in the Southwest, outdoor uses would have huge grass fire potential.
0 0Zirconium is one of the reactive metals, along with magnesium, aluminum and titanium. All of them will burn if ignited by an ignition source of high enough temperature. These types of fires are extremely difficult to extinguish. Using water is useless, as it flashes to steam upon contact. The fire usually has to be smothered with sand to cut off the oxygen supply and then usually it will continue to burn until all of the metal (fuel) is consumed. One of the best ways to prevent the fires is to not machine the material, i.e. create small particles which provide more reactive surface area.
Since titanium is reactive, why did Ruger use a titanium firing pin in their new SR1911? I’d be interested to know if a pierced primer would burn hot enough to ignite the titanium firing pin. Did Ruger test this potential failure mechanism? Has anyone in the firearms industry tested this failure mechanism? Is it possible or am I just paranoid?
0 0Firing those things from a AA-12 would be like a VERY expensive flamethrower 
0 0Video isn’t showing up for me.
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Happy New Year
Sorry, if not the topic … but …
Interestingly , synchronization of music and videos!
This is equivalent?
UFO. Travel in Space. UFOEVE Travel 1
That is pretty cool. I’m going to do some searching to see if I can buy that around me.
“Since titanium is reactive, why did Ruger use a titanium firing pin in their new SR1911? I’d be interested to know if a pierced primer would burn hot enough to ignite the titanium firing pin. Did Ruger test this potential failure mechanism? Has anyone in the firearms industry tested this failure mechanism? Is it possible or am I just paranoid?”
@Gunship Cowboy, titanium reacts with oxygen to form titanium dioxide at something like 1200 degrees celcius (in air). It isn’t going to burst into flames any time soon and I would stake my house on the fact that somebody will have considered that possibility before going ahead with the design.
Sorry Mr. Dallas, but Titanium (Ti) most certainly does burn. The ignition temperature is fairly high, and of course the larger the piece, the harder it is to ignite (fine powder easier, ingot harder). Burning Ti produces heavy clouds of TiO2, a fine white powder, which is, incidentally, the base for white paint. If a bar of Ti or Ti-based alloy ignites, the correct response is to cut the bar ahead of the ignition point and move it away from the burning section, which is then allowed to burn itself up. Attempting to put the fire out is a waste of time and money, and can be very dangerous.
Don Dallas, Titanium does burn, that is why machining it is very tricky, the actual milling can get it started on fire, and there is no putting it out.
No, Titanium does not burn…
@JonMac
It is perfect for home defense in case of attack of werewolf or bigfoot.
BTW, look at this, at the and of clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4FjODPDFA&feature=player_profilepage
I believe they’re marketed as a signaling round, much like flares or smoke grenades.
Try to shoot a duck with this and you’ll have cooked ducks dropping from the sky . One shot and the meal is ready:):):)
David
What if in home defense scenario you use this ammo and…miss the bad guy…what you’ll have is a burning house
Nice! Cool ! Beautiful ! …but it isn’t too smart to shoot this in the forest, is it?
Certainly not for indoor home protection. Flaming burgler=burned down house.
What does the inside of the barrel look like after shooting a few of these?
@Foetus
If I remember well, you’re not supposed to shoot DB from an auto-shotgun, because it’s likely to malfunction and end badly. You’re supposed to use them in pump shotguns.
But like I said, that’s if I remember well. In which case, it wouldn’t be good for use with the AA-12.
David, if you fired that in your house, you’d certainly start a fire!
Very pretty, but I still have no idea what practical application DB rounds might have.
This would RULE for home defense. When you light someone up, you light someone up. Imagine the deterrent factor of a burning man running from your house in the middle of the night. Here in the Southwest, outdoor uses would have huge grass fire potential.
Zirconium is one of the reactive metals, along with magnesium, aluminum and titanium. All of them will burn if ignited by an ignition source of high enough temperature. These types of fires are extremely difficult to extinguish. Using water is useless, as it flashes to steam upon contact. The fire usually has to be smothered with sand to cut off the oxygen supply and then usually it will continue to burn until all of the metal (fuel) is consumed. One of the best ways to prevent the fires is to not machine the material, i.e. create small particles which provide more reactive surface area.
Since titanium is reactive, why did Ruger use a titanium firing pin in their new SR1911? I’d be interested to know if a pierced primer would burn hot enough to ignite the titanium firing pin. Did Ruger test this potential failure mechanism? Has anyone in the firearms industry tested this failure mechanism? Is it possible or am I just paranoid?
Firing those things from a AA-12 would be like a VERY expensive flamethrower
For those who remember using flash bulbs when taking photos, weren’t the the flash bulbs filled with a glob of zirconium wire that made the flash?
Steve, is there supposed to be an embedded video? If so, it’s not visible. I’ve looked in Firefox, IE and Chrome.
thanks
Under Chrome there’s a blank space when I right click “Movie Not Loaded” is shown in grey.
Under IE I get a grey sided rectangle and little red X box in the top left corner.
Is this the video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhCygmhbCg
When I view your source it shows http://www.youtube.com/v/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhCygmhbCg&feature=player_profilepage&hl=en&fs=1&
I think you want to delete the http://www.youtube.com/v/ part at the start.
Thanks y’all for pointing that out. Sorry about that. I have fixed the video.
I am not sure but I tried to load the page and the video did not show up. I refreshed the page a few times and still nothing. Is it just me????
The video link is broken there is nothing there
I don’t know if it’s just me, but the video isn’t showing.
Video isn’t showing up for me.