THins that go Smash!

[Krag 1901]

High Tech craziness carried to an ext ream with Boolets!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQVrD7RnNI

Bullets HITTING Bullets in Slow Motion - THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOT

(Okay I can't type, sorry. Should have been "Things" not "Thins")

[Winger Ed.]

Cool.

There was a article in Rifleman many, many years ago about a musket on display at (I think) the Smithsonian from the Revolutionary War.

About 1/3 of the way down the barrel, its shot hit another that entered 'straight down the pipe' as it was being fired.
The top of the barrel was blown out, but the two balls were still in it and stuck together.

[bedbugbilly]

Now THAT is really INTERESTING! Thanks for the great post!

[MrWolf]

That was interesting. I kept telling the video you can't use copper jacket and need to use pure lead and slow them down but nobody listens to me

[gwpercle]

Cool.

There was a article in Rifleman many, many years ago about a musket on display at (I think) the Smithsonian from the Revolutionary War.

About 1/3 of the way down the barrel, its shot hit another that entered 'straight down the pipe' as it was being fired.
The top of the barrel was blown out, but the two balls were still in it and stuck together.

I remember seeing that rifle in the American Rifleman ... Pretty Amazing !
Gary

[JSnover]

I used to have an old Gun Digest, or one of those annals that contained an article called "The Ultimate Coincidence." An Enfield rifle mounted in a Sniper Plate was on display at an arms museum in England with an 8mm bullet lodged in it's bore. Happened in WW1 and was accompanied by an incident report with witnesses statements.

[Larry Gibson]

Fascinating!

[Land Owner]

Two WWII bullets that intersected like a cross is another interesting coincidence. There is a picture of that somewhere...

I saw the linked "Smarter Every Day" video and wondered if they were using modern smokeless powder instead of black powder with its much different pressure characteristics. The one instance in the video of STOP MOTION at impact was the most dead-on, truly impressive, but the velocities were still a bit too high for the alloy (if not pure lead) to meld as the Civil War relic, which was black powder and likely pure lead.

The relative distance between the video barrels played another role too. I doubt the Civil War shooters were a mere 21-feet apart.

How many other remarkable occurrences are "out there", which might be unearthed, given the totality of ammunition discharged? UXB's are still being found in France and England (of which I have seen video) from both WW1 and WW2.

[waksupi]

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The relative distance between the video barrels played another role too. I doubt the Civil War shooters were a mere 21-feet apart.

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Keep in mind their style of warfare included head to head charges, with close combat common.

[45_Colt]

Here's another example of craziness. An off duty deputy was being help up by two thugs, and one of the thugs pistol was disabled as it got a bullet right down the pipe:



45_Colt