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How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:59:10
by arlington22201
Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:54:43
by WRW
Hollow points and water...yeah.
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Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:03:08
by SHMIV
Interesting experiment. I wonder how it would fare with other calibers?
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Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:01:36
by WVUBeta1904
WRW wrote:
Hollow points and water...yeah.
Yep....water > bullets
Nevertheless, always enjoyable watching these types of experiments being carried out.
Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:39:55
by cwfunrider
Neat.
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Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:44:58
by Ironbear
Close.... I guessed three....
That slo-mo was awesome where the bullet, almost made it... but not quite!
Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:16:41
by Snakester
Very interesting .We need to try this at the next meet & greet !
Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:36:45
by trailrunner
I would have guessed three.
Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 03:30:28
by MarcSpaz
The guys from Myth Busters did a show where the tried to debunk the whole movie magic scenes with bullets whizzing by people under water as they swam away. They where able to demonstrate that regardless of the bullet, the more energy it makes, the less penetration into the body of water and the more damage to the round.
If I recall correctly, a low speed pistol round (900 fps) made it about 3 feet deep, but a high power rifle round (3,000 fps) barely made it past the surface. A 50 BMG disintegrated on contact of the surface of the water. It was really pretty cool.
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Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 03:50:13
by MarcSpaz
I found the info. It is "MythBusters Episode 34: Bulletproof Water". I was close.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythb ... lletproof/
Sorry I can't find a good quality copy... but her is a little clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvSTuLIjRm8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvSTuLIjRm8
Re: How many balloons to stop a bullet?
Posted: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:19:24
by Swampman
I LOL'd at the comment "it was ready to go for miles and miles and miles"
