I have to wonder if it was not the HEAT, but rather the huge magnetic impulse the metal was subjected to as it carried all that current for a millisecond.
Prior to his being drafted into the US Army for WW1, MOH recipient Sgt. Alvin York, who at the time was drunk and on his way to kill a man, was riding his horse in a thunderstorm when his blackpowerder rifle was struck by lightning. The barrel of his rifle was bent over and split by lightning. York took it as a sign from God to change his ways. He became a deeply religious man, causing him to request to have a deferment as a conscientious objector to the war. He was denied his deferment.
Looks like bugs bunny got a hold of it
Muskets and lighting, very very frightening.
Galileo!
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Magnifico-o-o-o!
Classic, right there is a prime example of "They don't make 'em like that anymore".
That musket has a severe case of projectile dysfunction
Elmer fudd type gun
I have to wonder if it was not the HEAT, but rather the huge magnetic impulse the metal was subjected to as it carried all that current for a millisecond.
That's an interesting thought. Alas, history is my area of expertise - not science, so I have no clue!
The magnetic field from the current pulse is probably correct.
Amazing
Prior to his being drafted into the US Army for WW1, MOH recipient Sgt. Alvin York, who at the time was drunk and on his way to kill a man, was riding his horse in a thunderstorm when his blackpowerder rifle was struck by lightning. The barrel of his rifle was bent over and split by lightning.
York took it as a sign from God to change his ways. He became a deeply religious man, causing him to request to have a deferment as a conscientious objector to the war. He was denied his deferment.
Hmm, that's interesting.
Dam that's crazy
It sure is!
How do they know it's lightning
The soldier survived, so that's the story he told about the gun.
@@HighCaliberHistoryLLC Ok so just someone's word sadly that comes with a grain of salt
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I won't lie the way the bayonet is curved it looks basically fake
It's very much real. Lightning does wild stuff.