Ruger GP 100 .357 Magnum vs Car door window

[Kclaybond]

that glass just couldn't stand up to the power of a 357

[TheGenocide62]

wtf... a freakin 22lr can do that

[Tackdriver4000]

i want the last 53 seconds of my life back

[jsmonk]

Dang, I guess you can't rely on glass to stop a bullet. Hiding behind a window just gives you a false sense of security.

[nasonguy]

Lesson of the day, that window ain't gunna keep the .357 from blowing your mind... Actually, not much will stop a .357 from killing you, short of the engine in the car...

[shitpickle1128]

id like to see a 357 magnum go through sum bullet proof glass

[yankeeclipper2]

What lets see some real action , rock will do that to a car window.

[shitpickle1128]

will that rock go through the window and kill u ? maybe if it was huge and thrown by the hulk but if not probabl just break the window

[UNSEENPATRIOT]

I can get the same results with a pellet gun, I just don't have the brass balls enough to post it......

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Well, we had the door...and the gun...and we already shot the door (see that video on our channel). Did we learn anything...well not really, but we hadn't done it before so we figured "what the heck". Given that it's been viewed ~42,000 times (as of now), I guess some other people thought it was interesting too ;-)

[GrizzlyGunsmith99]

@StoppingPowerInfo roll the window down so its inside the door so with 3 layers sheet metal, glass and sheet metal it may be a substantial barrier. I doubt it would stop a 357 but might stop a 38 special or substantially deflect a .223.

[bluesxman10]

It was never a question of whether it would go through. I was more interested in how would the glass break. For example, there's very little that blows backwards and that is a very fine spray. The big pieces just hang in the air and then fall straight down. This was clearly a possibility but now we know because we could go back over the video.

[XwP1ayawX]

@UNSEENPATRIOT

Who cares, why do you have to bust balls? If you don't like the video don't watch it. What a douche

[99silverstone]

@XwP1ayawX douche is a French word.That makes it sound more funny

[midwestmushroomcloud]

shoulda shot the door!

[StoppingPowerInfo]

We did ;-) Check out our other videos...

[emmanuelnimmons]

take that, glass! shatter before me! lol 5 stars!

[swiftcoyote]

Oh...I thought this was shooting a car door and not the window. Next time shoot the door.

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Heh, good point. That's why we have one called "Ruger GP 100 .357 Magnum vs Car door" too ;-) Frankly, the window doesn't show squat (who didn't think it would shatter??) but we couldn't help it. I mean, we were there...at the range...with a .357 Mag...and there was this window...and it was coming right for us...

[JoeyWildstyle]

thats fuckin stupid some airrifles can do that

[zboyco]

if you notice the 357 magnum cartridge gives a sort of V shaped shatter pattern on impact..it had the same shatter signature when i shot a watermelon with it once

[Anubis78250]

It's just a peice of 1/4" tempered glass. Any caliber will break it.

The windshield of a car is laminated glass. Basically 2 lites of glass fused to a sheet of plastic. This keeps the glass together when it breaks and also gives it the ability to prevent penetration to a point. Mainly rocks on the freeway, even if the glass breaks you still don't want the rock to hit you in the face.

Tempered glass is made so that when it breaks you get thousands of tiny peices instead of deadly shards.

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Yeah, you're absolutely right. While most of our tests are compare different rounds, frankly, we figured what the heck, let's shoot the window too ;-)

[hawk7900]

well shoot something thick! and see if it penetrates...

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Check out the tile and wood videos. ;-)

[sphinkterclinch87]

some car windshields can bounce a 38spl

[MackreMentos]

Yea my friends car got shot at by a .357, 4 bullets went clear through the wind shield

[obeytheblood]

doesnt it mean that if the bullet goes straight through without making an entire damage to the window doesnt that mean it is stronger since?

since the velocity is at faster rate

[MackreMentos]

Not really sure, Depends on where you shoot the window, Now days cars have Blow-Out windows, So if hit hard enough by an object or in a car crash, the Glass blows out. So I'm not sure.

[muskiejack]

The point is?

[StoppingPowerInfo]

No point on this one really. We just were shooting the door with a .357 Mag (see the other videos to compare), and figured "what the heck, let's shoot the window too." ;-)

[bluesxman10]

It is interesting to see that is really doesn't spray glass everywhere, but instead the glass just shatters and falls straight down.

[Myself0101]

i think its part of the glass design

[Ubermensch4ever]

Nice vid dude...you should've also shown the .357 hitting the car door. =)

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Yeah, we did ;-) Check the video response.

[fatefinger]

How much would you pay for the gun you have with a 6" barrel used?

[StoppingPowerInfo]

No idea :-( I bought mine for $450 in the spring of 2007 if that helps (new).

[fatefinger]

Yeah but it's not a GP100 its a "security six" with a 4" barrel blued. It's also at least 20 years old. I have not seen it but my starting offer was $175 plus a $25 fee the gun stores here charge to take the gun out of his name and in mine.

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Well, I'd be curious if that offer works out.

[fatefinger]

Well we worked a on deal. $250 after everything. All it needs is a good cleaning. He says he hasn't shot it since 1988 so I'm expecting a lot of solid crud. But the guns in good shape and has been not used very much. It's a lot heavier than I thought. But I can't buy it for a month, I just got an ak47 and paid a little more than I was expecting and that hurt my timing, but he's patient.

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Cool.

[sotos1950]

ahh sarcasm .....pity the British government treat their citizens like children and tell them they are not allowed guns....Oh Freedom were is thy sting ...........thank God guns save lives..majority of gun owners are NOT criminals. JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT....hehe

[EveryMn]

Keep on rockin' in the free world. ;)

[reyeskid]

that is true, gun laws stop good people from protecting themselves, it they don't stop criminals seeing as how few of them actually go through the legal process to actually get one

[London1245711]

WOW i really did'nt think a 357 mag would break a car window! lol

[bddc201]

Interesting how much of the glass fell back towards the shooter, seems counterintuitive. Thanks for the cool vid.

[reyeskid]

cool video, seriously most the slo mo's on youtube are terrible but this is very good quality...

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Thanks.

[DobermansRock]

Greatest Pistol 100%

I have one and love it. And man can you shoot the big stuff throught it all day without a crack in the frame.

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Yeah, I've been extremely happy with it.

[mitercut]

cool vid nice slo mo

[StoppingPowerInfo]

Thanks.

[p0p633]

your videos suck. i can break glass by throwing a stone. shoot the fucking door. christ

[StoppingPowerInfo]

A) Look at the video that says "car door"

B) it's about how the glass shatters and the bullet path more than anything.

Thanks for the insightful comment

[wrdr21]

I totally agree.

[Montanaman1986]

Sweet. Nice penetration there.

What type of ammo was used (grains, bullet type, etc)?