High Speed Video of Pistols Underwater - Smarter Every Day 19

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Come on, we've all wondered this. There's been dozens of videos and discussions on the internet about it, but what actually happens?

I'm shooting with a high speed camera made by Vision Research.
http://www.visionresearch.com/Contact... - Click here and tell them Destin sent you! That will be fun.
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AWESOME MUSIC INFO:
"Rep By Pop" Written and recorded by James Cleary and A Shell in the Pit with bass by Neil Towers. You can get the song here:
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Several before/after experiments have been performed, but they all have one flaw. It's extremely difficult to visualize what is going on with the flow-fields of the weapon blasts during the time of firing.

We planned and assembled several different assets including a high speed camera over a few months and then ran a test designed specifically to allow the viewer to observe the gas dynamics in great detail!

Needless to say, this was a blast. Well, two blasts if you want to be technical about it (and we usually do).


I performed an experiment to see what the differences were between semi-automatic pistols and revolvers. The advantage of shooting under water is that you can see the boundary of the gas flow fields almost perfectly.



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Warm Regards,

Destin

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  Science & Technology

[uberfreak81]

Wow! I can't belive how great that offer was! Not only did i not get my iPad, i got... Yes, you guessed it! A free viruses!

[Andrew Brenneman]

I was gunna eat that bagel that he put sharpee on :(

[renaud techer]

where did the bullets go ? trees ?

[ShubsAwesomeVideos]

which software do you use to edit the highspeed footage?

[xXODeathGodOXx]

Just cut the end off...

[crispycornbread]

yay ruger!

[Angel Gee]

i cant believe you ruined a perfectly fine.... BAGEL!

[ChrizoPrime]

So, use a semi-auto when I go shark shooting. Got it thanks!

[TheSwan Seth]

I hope you didn't waste that donut!

[Abraham Lincoln]

Neither of those idiot, it operates either by the inertia of the bullet, or the gas expansion of the round going off. Hence recoil and blow back operated -_- You know what what happens if you shoot a gun under water a lot? It explodes, you know why? Gasses can't be released from the barrel, instead has to expand outward.

You ever heard of a squib? No, obviously not. Try jamming mud down your barrel, see what happens. It will explode. Not all guns are idiot XD

[Abraham Lincoln]

I'm surprised it cycled for the fact that their stand did not seem that stable system. Recoil is a little bitch when it comes to limp stability.

[Abraham Lincoln]

Compression has nothing to do with it idiot, it has to do with the fact is 1,000 more times dense than air (Roughly 829), it's like if you ran under water, what will happen? Will you go faster? Or would the density slow you down?