Bullets hitting bullets (Smarter Every Day)

[ctechbob]

Destin is back with some pretty cool slow-mo footage of bullets smashing into each other head-on.

Not a ton to learn here, just a lot of cool videos.

Note: Watch through the Ridge Wallet ad at the end, they shoot a bunch of them with interesting outcomes.

 

[97prizm]

I started watching it. The framed civil war musket balls that fused together. What are the odds, a billion, a trillion to one this can happen?

 

[ctechbob]

I started watching it. The framed civil war musket balls that fused together. What are the odds, a billion, a trillion to one this can happen?

Chances that it will happen, someone will find it, someone will keep it, and it ends up in the Smithsonian?


Very small? Almost makes me wonder if it is a fabrication now that you mention it.

 

[tcp71]

The fact they re-created the direct impact with both bullets stopping dead in mid air was amazing. 20-25 minute mark.

 

[ctechbob]

The fact they re-created the direct impact with both bullets stopping dead in mid air was amazing. 20-25 minute mark.

Yea, I think that is just about the coolest slow-mo shot I've ever seen.

Also, what's cool about that shot is the way the copper jacketing separates. I'm assuming that it has been scored by the rifling, and that's why it breaks apart in strips.