[ineedasername]

He's got a couple of videos using it in different ways and it doesn't look like it would be too difficult to brace a lock in some way to use it, like using the tension in the chain or hasp it hangs from. But you're right, in some circumstances it probably would work. Seems dangerous though, both in debris flying off and even more so since it looks like a gun.

[tyingq]

"since it looks like a gun"

There are models that don't.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ramset-HammerShot-0-22-Caliber-S...

[benj111]

It basically is a gun though

"this technology relies on a controlled explosion created by a small chemical propellant charge, similar to the process that discharges a firearm"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder-actuated_tool