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  • čas přidán 25. 10. 2017
  • In this video we see what happens when a .50 bmg round is set off outside the chamber of a gun. Will the brass shell make the bullet travel at a higher velocity and be more dangerous than the shotgun shell?
    Shotgun shell video:
    • Shotgun Shell explodin...
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  • @taofledermaus
    @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +470

    I want to take a minute to thank (and welcome) the people who have taken the time to submitted non-English (and English) subtitles!

    • @bettyskelton4516
      @bettyskelton4516 Před 6 lety +2

      TAOFLEDERMAUS that shows the true explosive power of a 50. That brass she'll was obliterated

    • @user-vv6ik8dz6v
      @user-vv6ik8dz6v Před 6 lety

      TAOFLEDERMAUS вот это да что за изобретение

    • @sid2037
      @sid2037 Před 6 lety

      TAOFLEDERMAUS it got no barreled

    • @user-vv6ik8dz6v
      @user-vv6ik8dz6v Před 6 lety

      TAOFLEDERMAUS no English

    • @Jojobizzare80
      @Jojobizzare80 Před 6 lety

      did you find the bullet from the melon

  • @TheCammerhammer
    @TheCammerhammer Před 6 lety +1528

    Remember, kids: don't try this at home! Go to a friend's house!

    • @pietikke5598
      @pietikke5598 Před 5 lety +3

      Lol

    • @m0w0ss
      @m0w0ss Před 5 lety +20

      do it at grandmas

    • @philipauken5391
      @philipauken5391 Před 5 lety +1

      Guys, this comment was made last christmas, little late.

    • @philipauken5391
      @philipauken5391 Před 5 lety

      Mich Seavheu Uhh, what?

    • @southeasegirl2329
      @southeasegirl2329 Před 5 lety +2

      i had doing stupid things with 5.56mm ammo when I was 12yo
      i put bullet on door's hole and hit the prime with 🔨& nail 💥
      and that was scratch my fingers

  • @derekduffner6048
    @derekduffner6048 Před 6 lety +447

    4:36 cantaloupes are now illegal in the State of California and are classified as suppressors

    • @MarkLoves2Fly
      @MarkLoves2Fly Před 6 lety +2

      DEREK DUFFNER ROFL!

    • @atypical_moto
      @atypical_moto Před 6 lety +14

      I'm glad the oppression amuses you foreigner.

    • @lonewanderer3603
      @lonewanderer3603 Před 6 lety +46

      When you put that melon on the end you made it 100x more deadly. Just ask Hillary.

    • @wanderer4125
      @wanderer4125 Před 6 lety +11

      LoneWanderer360 Feinswine had to change her depends.

    • @jeremys.2451
      @jeremys.2451 Před 6 lety +10

      Poop.... thanks for bringing up california, now massachusetts will do the same. Dag nabbit.

  • @karlt8233
    @karlt8233 Před 5 lety +262

    When I was in the Navy we had to watch ordnance safety films a lot, and in one particular film a civilian tech rep at Pax River Md was loading a 20mm round into a hot lab test barrel by hand to measure cookoff times. As the civilian rep was inserting the round into the hot barrel the round went off, during the slow motion replay all you could see was an empty left sleeve of his long sleeve lab coat wrap around his back from l to r.. The after accident report said he lost his entire arm from just below the shoulder, lost hearing and vision in left ear/eye, perforated left lung and kidney. Guy was lucky he survived!!!! Seeing those rounds peel back like they did brought this memory back. When dealing with Ordnance safety rules are written in blood.. literally.

    • @Anonymous8317
      @Anonymous8317 Před 4 lety +21

      Ya, inserted partially or more into a barrel/pipe and such a large round. Definitely going to have some force coming out of that tube. That’s shitty

    • @Acolyte47
      @Acolyte47 Před 4 lety +7

      How to watch these vids as a civvie? Asking for a friend.

    • @timsmith9169
      @timsmith9169 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Anonymous8317 to the person talking about the navy and the 20 mm round .I was a Vulcan gunner 20mm Gatling gun .we had all kind of rounds for it hei wp frag just to mention a few .do to know was it a ap round hei I would think would of Kia him .the Vulcan could fire 4000 rds per min. 👍

    • @NatandGeorge
      @NatandGeorge Před 4 lety +5

      Rule 1: Don't be stupid.

    • @timsmith9169
      @timsmith9169 Před 4 lety +7

      @@NatandGeorge rule #2 listen to rule#1 wise words

  • @Expunge6667
    @Expunge6667 Před 5 lety +73

    The slow-mo made it look like the teddy bear actually died lmao

  • @ikegel1923
    @ikegel1923 Před 6 lety +1056

    taofledermaus: testing the effects of unchambered rounds
    the internets: should have put it in a tube
    logic

    • @taofledermaus
      @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +112

      Yep, people thinking we are doing it all wrong. lol

    • @garyjohnson1970
      @garyjohnson1970 Před 6 lety +48

      @Jake Heke I was more at peace before Facebook and CZcams, comments have destroyed my beliefs of human intelligence.........

    • @678friedbed
      @678friedbed Před 5 lety +2

      @@Hal-uu8de sing me a song.

    • @IrrationalBees
      @IrrationalBees Před 5 lety +13

      taofledermaus: testing the effects of an object exploding, scientifically
      youtube: guns bad, demonitize

    • @Wookie_oo7
      @Wookie_oo7 Před 5 lety

      @@Hal-uu8de This is the one I am interested in. How accurate is a pistol with only the bullet exposed

  • @wolfthorn1
    @wolfthorn1 Před 5 lety +307

    "Don't try this at home kids."
    Do this at work.
    Then when you blow your fingers off.... you can get workman's compensation.
    Don't work hard!
    Work stupid.

  • @flaplaya
    @flaplaya Před 6 lety +10

    I like how this dude gets right to it unlike other people who string you along for 7 minutes to see something unimpressive.

  • @rebelbull14
    @rebelbull14 Před 6 lety +14

    that was the most realistic teddy bear death I've ever seen.the hunch then pause before finally falling forward was almost unsettling honestly XD

    • @codyofmars
      @codyofmars Před 2 lety

      you could even see the pain on his face 🤣

  • @cullenoy
    @cullenoy Před 6 lety +370

    CZcams unsubbed me from you. This rampant censorship of channels viewed as not "child friendly" needs to be stopped.

    • @Tyranzor64
      @Tyranzor64 Před 6 lety +25

      Seaborg exactly there's a CZcams Kids for that

    • @cinnamon1209
      @cinnamon1209 Před 6 lety +33

      Liberals infringing on our rights.....

    • @davidmelton7574
      @davidmelton7574 Před 6 lety

      Seaborg got me to

    • @randomuser5443
      @randomuser5443 Před 6 lety +5

      It is not liberal friendly

    • @bohij3030
      @bohij3030 Před 6 lety +25

      @@cinnamon1209 Damn liberals busy causing ww3 by trying to reach the edge of the flat earth by denying god emperor trump and king ben shapiro's reign over this dimension

  • @TheNovaks47
    @TheNovaks47 Před 6 lety +39

    In the first shot, the slow motion made it look like the bullet was thrown gently by hand, rather than a cartridge, lol.

  • @ghost_ship_supreme
    @ghost_ship_supreme Před 3 lety +33

    Funny. I just watched the video on the perimeter alarm.

  • @Bob5mith
    @Bob5mith Před 6 lety +50

    Well clearly you should've used a rifled cantaloupe.

  • @Lb.q2
    @Lb.q2 Před 6 lety +105

    Where do I buy the paperclips? Theres no link in the description

  • @lonewanderer3603
    @lonewanderer3603 Před 6 lety +52

    All brass cases are "chamber formed" when firing, meaning they expand until they can't anymore and then the excess pressure forces the bullet down the barrel. That's why the first stage in reloading is resizing the brass to factory spec. If there is no chamber, the full force of the explosion is applied to the brass until it fails. Sometimes hot loads (that's for you, OG) split the brass case even inside a chamber.
    Oh and putting one of these inside a pipe could be considered manufacturing a firearm, which I think you mentioned in another video. Don't do it. Especially in the socialist Republic of California.

    • @RangerOfTheOrder
      @RangerOfTheOrder Před 6 lety +2

      LoneWanderer360 Idk about the SRC, but iirc according to federal regulations, you can make your own firearm as long as it's not an SBR, automatic, etc. I could go to the Homeless Deathspot and build a shot gun from pipe fittings.

    • @lonewanderer3603
      @lonewanderer3603 Před 6 lety +4

      DrivenByDiamond You're right, but I wouldn't do it in Commiefornia. You forget to dot an i or cross a T and they may look to make an example of you. Why isn't your plumbing pipe serialized? Where's your triple redundant safety? Why isn't your firing pin microstamped? Who knows how far they might take it.

    • @Synthmilk
      @Synthmilk Před 6 lety +4

      Don't you have a bear to go kill in it's den while it's hibernating?

    • @jeffumbach
      @jeffumbach Před 2 lety

      And one of the reasons why brass is so good for casings is because it's thermoelastic properties allow it to quickly shrink back down just enough to be easily ejected and then as said they're soft enough to cold-form later in a resizing die.

  • @ironwolfF1
    @ironwolfF1 Před 5 lety +7

    "The firing pin's bent."
    "Well damn...whatta ya think?"
    "I'm guessing we voided the warranty." ;-)

  • @rachelo_xuxu4592
    @rachelo_xuxu4592 Před 4 lety +5

    "Don't try this at home, we're what you call.. professionals or something." *As He's jamming a 50 BMG round into a little proximity gun* lol

  • @Zichoe
    @Zichoe Před 6 lety +453

    Tank shell next?

    • @flowerofash4439
      @flowerofash4439 Před 6 lety +19

      i would pay for that

    • @pz.vincesiqueiros7185
      @pz.vincesiqueiros7185 Před 6 lety +23

      What are we talking about? APBC, APDS, APHE, HEATFS, APDSFS, gotta specify man 😅

    • @dylang-s3821
      @dylang-s3821 Před 6 lety +2

      same thing

    • @pz.vincesiqueiros7185
      @pz.vincesiqueiros7185 Před 6 lety +13

      Dylan Grafftey-Smith if you're replying to me, your claim is false. And instead of telling you it's false I'll tell you why. See, when WW2 started Americans and British had only 1 kind of shell: Armor Piercing and what it does is simple, go through armor. If it goes through, it would damage the crew by the shrapnel from both the armor and the shell left overs. In contrast, Japan, Russia, Germany, and France had Armor Piercing High Explosive (APHE) and it did the same thing as the AP except it had a set length of MM that the shell would explode at thus being more effective at both disabling a tank and the crew. If the shell surpassed double the armor it was supposed to penetrate, it would explode Inside the tank.

    • @LuisGarcia-zd1ff
      @LuisGarcia-zd1ff Před 6 lety +3

      Who's mans is that🤣🤣

  • @Lucas-ck1po
    @Lucas-ck1po Před 6 lety +160

    This channel reminds me of my childhood when I made lots of experiments with pellet guns. One time, I shot at steel files at very narrow angles to see the projectiles grind away.

    • @WPCRpranks
      @WPCRpranks Před 6 lety +43

      Driver7 one time I shot a puddle with my pellet gun...it ricocheted and hit my step dads windshield instantly spider webbing it.

    • @Calebre_
      @Calebre_ Před 6 lety +6

      Steven lol

    • @Lucas-ck1po
      @Lucas-ck1po Před 6 lety +34

      Water ricochets are dangerous as hell. Once I shot at my grandmas pool and the damn thing ricocheted and hit a door only 2 meters from her. Her bad hearing made her not even notice but it scared the hell out of me because the pellet punched the the door very hard. After that I became obsessed with safety.

    • @17hmr243
      @17hmr243 Před 6 lety +12

      Driver7 would be nice to see that on slow mo file pellet

    • @volvo245
      @volvo245 Před 6 lety +2

      Driver7 I managed to ricochet pellet from a rottentree stump (small patch in it was still hard enough) right into the tip of my jaw. I saw it coming at me but couldn't dodge it.

  • @moparedtn
    @moparedtn Před 9 dny

    I love going back through the old TFM catalog and finding little gems like this one - again.
    This one isn't actually that old, relatively speaking (the channel being 16 years old!), but it
    does have the core TFM goodness - experimenting, laid back hosts (miss you lots, Danny!)
    and damn-near professional grade presentation. What's not to like?
    (Also cool to see I thumbed-up back when it came out, too... 🙂)
    -Ed on the Ridge

  • @cainotheconcernedcitizen5196

    That music was something else...
    Excellent content!

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone Před 6 lety +181

    On a farm, the other worker (18yrs old) found a full size rifle bullet (not sure what caliber). He wanted to empty the powder out and make a necklace out of it. From the workshop, I heard the sound of a power tool, then suddenly a deafening bang followed by silence. I ran over to see what happened, and found him standing in front of the vice, holding the electric drill in front of him. He was staring at the vice and looked white as a ghost and in utter shock. He slowly looked over at me, then back at the vice. So I also looked at the vice and saw shredded brass all over, with a bullet held in the jaws. After asking what happened, he explained he was trying to empty the powder, so he tried to drill a hole... right through the primer cap.

    • @dannyakatrikerred7381
      @dannyakatrikerred7381 Před 6 lety +3

      Gumboot Zone
      😳🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣
      🇺🇸😎

    • @idahojim1112
      @idahojim1112 Před 6 lety +29

      That took a lot of brains almost.

    • @RobertLowery
      @RobertLowery Před 6 lety +31

      In case it is not clear to anyone reading this, there is NO point at which drilling a live rifle/pistol/shotgun primer should be considered safe. Further more, please do not ever use power tools near gun powder.

    • @drew_porter806
      @drew_porter806 Před 6 lety +6

      Thank god the kid didn't kill himself jeez

    • @hermangoering7620
      @hermangoering7620 Před 5 lety +6

      Trying to be smartass resulting almost blowing his ass off hahahaha

  • @rb8199
    @rb8199 Před 6 lety +47

    You're supposed to microwave the melon first and then....... oh wait never mind

  • @pranaytomar2619
    @pranaytomar2619 Před 6 lety +3

    Sponsors 😂😂
    dude i love this channel, i'm subscribing. 🤘
    Be safe.

  • @stevenboggs5076
    @stevenboggs5076 Před 3 lety +1

    Cool test. Very informative about how brass cases fail. I wonder if they all fail similarly, or if some fare better than others?

  • @SurvivalRussia
    @SurvivalRussia Před 6 lety +47

    Awesome :) I kind of expected a bit ,ore velocity from the BMG, but I guess they put barrels on their machine guns for a reason. Have a great weekend guys!

    • @taofledermaus
      @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +2

      Thank you Lars!

    • @ayebraine
      @ayebraine Před 6 lety +2

      You get velocity from higher pressure and more propellant burning, and higher pressure is much better at tearing cases apart, spilling most of the propellant before it even burns )

    • @dominicdeluca6378
      @dominicdeluca6378 Před 6 lety +1

      maybe a smaller round with an aluminum casing?

  • @sharkkord
    @sharkkord Před 4 lety +32

    This man: gets 3.8 mill views
    Also this man: sponsors average paper clips😂😂

  • @jeffgoins8633
    @jeffgoins8633 Před 6 lety

    y’all are awesome thank you for these videos!

  • @Mastapoole
    @Mastapoole Před 6 lety +334

    Great video. Love seeing what actually happens in slo-mo with these.

    • @Danny_S.
      @Danny_S. Před 6 lety +4

      Agreed. I'm glad Jeff is still putting out content like this.

    • @theonlyreview7246
      @theonlyreview7246 Před 6 lety +1

      Mastapoole same happens, just slower

    • @miledbourdkan6014
      @miledbourdkan6014 Před 6 lety

      Mastapoo)نلمل ناوت اىز عاانىاه
      ن ةبىؤةى بىؤىىثتﻻب بىق تبق بنبن ث بىبتقىق ل بن ب قﻻرت

  • @bobbyhuffman6742
    @bobbyhuffman6742 Před 6 lety +109

    I love that y'all use slow-mo in every video. Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @Grayson203
    @Grayson203 Před 2 lety +2

    Fun fact, I had an accident sort of similar to this with an 8mm mauser round. Shrapnel from the casing went into my neck on the left side and grazed my carotid artery. Seeing danny show that big piece of brass that separated from the case gave me the chills.
    The incident was 100% an accident and I was the only one injured thankfully. But yeah. Brass in the neck doesn't feel so good.
    Was a pleasant surprise to see Danny again. Rip buddy

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine Před 5 lety +4

    The story Matt told you about was of an army private who used a .50BMG cartridge as a hammer to drive a nail, and it's a true story, you can find a picture of what was left of his hand after he hit the primer, looking kind of what you would expect someone's hand to look like after a tiny bomb goes off while grasping it.
    Don't use explosives as hammers, kids, even if that goes without saying.

  • @WAQWBrentwood
    @WAQWBrentwood Před 6 lety +50

    LOL, The way the "bear" just keels over after taking a .50 Caliber hit in the first shot!😱😂😱😂

    • @xxxggthyf
      @xxxggthyf Před 4 lety +2

      I want to know what my dog's teddy bear is doing in this video? If he sees it he'll be furious.

    • @NatandGeorge
      @NatandGeorge Před 4 lety +2

      best part of the video -- finishging the job T. Roosevelt refused to do.

    • @nwah816
      @nwah816 Před 3 lety

      Andy's toys watching by the window 😱

  • @JesseAndMike
    @JesseAndMike Před 6 lety +79

    Awesome! Love these types of videos! :D Liked!

    • @taofledermaus
      @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +3

      thank you very much Jesse and Mike!!

    • @rannz8
      @rannz8 Před 6 lety +1

      Its Cool to see you guys commenting on this, been a subscriber for years now.

  • @Veggum
    @Veggum Před 6 lety +1

    This is realy cool! Thank you for doing this, really solved my curiosity after seeing a video fo Edwin Sarkissian fail to shoot a 50BMG out of a flaregun haha

  • @majormitchell01
    @majormitchell01 Před 4 lety

    Great work fellas. As always. Love it.

  • @Thatoneguy-e2f
    @Thatoneguy-e2f Před 6 lety +25

    Hey fellow Reloaders Jeff has once fired 50 bmg range brass for sale

    • @Sableagle
      @Sableagle Před 6 lety +4

      Just leave it in a bag of rice overnight and it'll be fine.

  • @mattv2099
    @mattv2099 Před 6 lety +421

    Sick operation, doctor

    • @taofledermaus
      @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +7

      Thanks!!

    • @galacticgaming5058
      @galacticgaming5058 Před 6 lety +3

      MattV2099: Guns & Food is the clippazene guy

    • @eyescream5313
      @eyescream5313 Před 6 lety

      MattV2099: Guns & Food. I thought you was in jail. D:

    • @glockman1727ak47
      @glockman1727ak47 Před 6 lety

      "bullet is nothing without the chamber and the barrel, Gun is nothing with out the operator " Arnold Voice

    • @mattv2099
      @mattv2099 Před 6 lety +5

      Ty Shaffer nope. Done producing vids unless you decide to pay me to make vids

  • @andybreglia9431
    @andybreglia9431 Před 3 lety +1

    This makes a good demo on what can happen if you eject too soon after a hangfire. This is why you wait ten seconds before cycling the action. Good demo, don't let the naysayers tell you otherwise.

  • @zevac
    @zevac Před 3 lety +6

    3:31 I like that halo grenade sound effect

  • @bruhcanyouBelievethis
    @bruhcanyouBelievethis Před 6 lety +23

    That intro was 🔥🔥🔥I'm so happy I subbed to you guys I'm so sick of the ads

  • @xjet
    @xjet Před 6 lety +309

    So you won't be reloading that brass then? :-)

    • @taofledermaus
      @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +16

      lol

    • @snipa298
      @snipa298 Před 6 lety +17

      I suppose if you were really dedicated, you could melt it down and recast it into some blanks so you could form it back into a shell. But then again, effort. :/

    • @deathrebel9899
      @deathrebel9899 Před 6 lety +4

      xjet no he shoot the shattered brass out of a 12gauge

    • @TheNovaks47
      @TheNovaks47 Před 6 lety +9

      Well, the bullet is reloadable for once, lol.

    • @MrManueleh
      @MrManueleh Před 6 lety

      Could cut the brass below the split and load a 20mm projectile. In world war 2 they cut the brass down of 30-06 and made shot gun shells for 45cal machine guns.

  • @ivanstepanovic1327
    @ivanstepanovic1327 Před 4 lety +3

    If that trigger mechanism wasn't fixed firmly, the brass would just fly backwards and the bullet would stay in more or less the same place. Action and reaction.

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 Před 4 lety

      The bullet and case would fly in opposite directions from the explosion.
      The bullet wouldn't just stay in the same place.
      That makes no sense in real world physics.

  • @Tintdaddy88
    @Tintdaddy88 Před 4 lety

    Subscribed for the short sweet and TO THE POINT videos. I love when I don't have to fast forward through a bunch of talking and advertisements

  • @spcnasty9412
    @spcnasty9412 Před 6 lety +13

    A few years back the army posted a safety flash about .50 cal rounds. Some guy used one of them to try to hammer a pin into a machine gun mount on a vehicle. The primer detonated and the guys hand came apart. They showed his hand and it was missing a few pieces.

    • @thebottlewithoutalix2806
      @thebottlewithoutalix2806 Před 5 lety +1

      And the mental department had a boom.

    • @chucktodd7329
      @chucktodd7329 Před 5 lety +2

      2011 Iraq theater Army Spc dismounting M2 from HMMV used .50cal round as hammer against pintle mount pin. Result, no right hand, med discharge.

    • @anthonyvandyke5108
      @anthonyvandyke5108 Před 5 lety

      Looks like they need some saftey training

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore Před 6 lety +68

    Great video!

  • @billrobelen4948
    @billrobelen4948 Před 4 lety +2

    Before watching this video, I knew a bit of what would happen. In my armory, we used to have a safety picture warning of what not to do, showing the mangled hand of a soldier who had used a live round as a hammer. The round went off, and the casing exploded like a grenade. I have also seen the damage to a M2 which was only slightly off on the headspace. Fortunately, the person firing the weapon was wearing eye pro, and was uninjured.

  • @Tactix_se
    @Tactix_se Před 4 lety +2

    That was the most iconic bullet firing sound i have ever heard!

  • @CanadianRedneck15
    @CanadianRedneck15 Před 6 lety +6

    Very entertaining, thanks guys!

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear Před 6 lety +65

    just as I thought it would but cool nonetheless.

    • @taofledermaus
      @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +3

      thanks!

    • @quinnwall5771
      @quinnwall5771 Před 6 lety +2

      Dude everywhere I go ur already there lol, I thought I was the only one that watched all this shit >

  • @nancywang141
    @nancywang141 Před 6 lety +35

    Poor teddy bear

  • @comcastjohn
    @comcastjohn Před 3 lety

    Loved those vids. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @TheOlsonOutfit
    @TheOlsonOutfit Před 6 lety +23

    What a handy bullet extraction tool >.>

  • @Dr_Xyzt
    @Dr_Xyzt Před 6 lety +4

    Thanks guys, Great safety example. I'm amazed at just how much un-burned powder just sits around. Could you do it with a .223 and see what it does to a 2x4? I've always wondered what would happen with one of these during a mis-handling scenario.

  • @Jermo7899
    @Jermo7899 Před 2 lety +1

    That teddy bear took that shot like a boss! 😎

  • @qouavang3646
    @qouavang3646 Před 4 lety

    We are professionals lol but has his hands in front of the bullet while the primer is ready to go 😂 still great content taof!

  • @2007joequimby
    @2007joequimby Před 6 lety +26

    "We're what you call professionals....or something" : )

    • @michaelr.1709
      @michaelr.1709 Před 6 lety

      Yes, Paul Harrell is going to sue them for trademark infringement.

  • @schiz0phren1c
    @schiz0phren1c Před 6 lety +4

    Coming soon from Taofledermausco!- the "Danny Boy Special" Cantaloupe!...the Cantaloupe with FIFTY calibres of Flavooooour!
    nice engineering work there sir,
    another great experiment from Taofledermaus!

  • @blowngasket299
    @blowngasket299 Před 3 lety

    Always wondered. Thanks for showing

  • @jameslee9452
    @jameslee9452 Před 3 lety +1

    No actual teddy bears were harmed in this video. I think.

  • @johnthomas425
    @johnthomas425 Před 6 lety +73

    That's impressive but was it a gluten free mellon? It makes a difference. Stay safe

    • @taofledermaus
      @taofledermaus  Před 6 lety +2

      lol

    • @Sableagle
      @Sableagle Před 6 lety +1

      You joke, but I've *seen* gluten-free chick peas. 10kg box of frozen chick peas, gluten free. You know, for those people who are tired of the adverse reactions they have to normal, high-gluten chick peas prepared in a factory that's internally coated with bread flour at the start of every shift.

    • @andrewp8284
      @andrewp8284 Před 6 lety

      I hope it was a free range melon

    • @andrewp8284
      @andrewp8284 Před 6 lety

      And a grass fed melon

    • @sebyep7332
      @sebyep7332 Před 6 lety

      John Thomas Gluten makes your penis fly away.

  • @TY-kc9rc
    @TY-kc9rc Před 6 lety +9

    I'd be interested in seeing what happens on the opposite end of the spectrum, like the common 22LR

    • @DonziGT230
      @DonziGT230 Před 2 lety

      A firecracker with a little bit of brass shrapnel.

  • @3rdcoastambit220
    @3rdcoastambit220 Před 6 lety

    Actually gotta really thank yall for bringing these to light. I've installed them on all my windows with a 12ga OC round attached. Makes a hell of a bang and maces the crap out of whoever triggers it.

  • @shimathefox7149
    @shimathefox7149 Před 5 lety +3

    Best part of the video is the paperclips, three exciting colors 😂

    • @kpatty9987
      @kpatty9987 Před 3 lety

      Late af reply but also how he says "now 70 percent lead free" 😂😂

  • @FiveStringCommando
    @FiveStringCommando Před 6 lety +5

    Only three colors? What a rip.
    My favorite paper clip company has six.

  • @neumy1944
    @neumy1944 Před 6 lety +12

    Holy Cats! Melon suppressor? Taking the Risks so we don't have to.

  • @dixieboy5689
    @dixieboy5689 Před 3 lety

    Incredible. Wonderful. Remarkable. Great vid. Love this guy.

  • @Anubis78250
    @Anubis78250 Před 5 lety +5

    2:20 Clearly you can see a quantum singularity form as the shell explodes swallowing the bullet.

  • @Nozzlejockey2
    @Nozzlejockey2 Před 6 lety +47

    Love this video. wonder if you stuck the 50BMG in a gummy bear like you did the mellon. would be some great distortion to watch in slow mo. you know how much I love the slomo gummy bear shots. thanks keep on a shooting.

  • @ililiililliliill9498
    @ililiililliliill9498 Před 6 lety +3

    Omg very exiting colours with those paperclips!

    • @scottplagmann3411
      @scottplagmann3411 Před 3 lety

      Maybe we will be seeing those paperclips in a 12ga round soon

  • @albertobernal2537
    @albertobernal2537 Před rokem

    The paperclip "sponsor" got me there for a sec. I was like, "Uhmmm, ok..." xD

  • @regularguy8110
    @regularguy8110 Před 6 lety

    ...and this is why Headspace and Timing adjustments on the Ma Deuce (M2) are soooo important. Great demo.

  • @dimesonhiseyes9134
    @dimesonhiseyes9134 Před 6 lety +45

    you still did something wrong. I don't know what it is but this is the youtubes comment section so I feel I have to say something

  • @MrBillllyBoob
    @MrBillllyBoob Před 6 lety +3

    This is a perfect example of a CZcams video done right :)

  • @waterishdrake8693
    @waterishdrake8693 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Love that he got straight to the point

  • @jimmyBurnett
    @jimmyBurnett Před 7 měsíci +1

    I did this test about 50 years ago. I was 12. I put glue on it, laid it down, and lit it. The case went farther than the bullet. Neither could really harm you. It needs a barrel to trap all of the explosion completely behind the bullet to get full power. Gas will escape the easiest way it can go. Path of least resistance.

  • @theunrkegorkkr6403
    @theunrkegorkkr6403 Před 6 lety +9

    So the barrels of guns prevent that spread witch pushes the bullet at a greater force for speed.

    • @tiltil9442
      @tiltil9442 Před 5 lety

      Maybe. Great research subject!

    • @radiatedronnie2855
      @radiatedronnie2855 Před 5 lety +2

      yes, this is how a firearm works. The projectile will go the way of the lowest resistance, in tha case :forward out of the Barrel.

  • @LoadsofBacon
    @LoadsofBacon Před 6 lety +89

    Turning CZcams up to 11!

  • @AffordBindEquipment
    @AffordBindEquipment Před 3 lety +4

    When a fire went through a town here in Calif this last year, it hit a gun store and the rounds cooked off for quite a while. If the shell is heated to ignition, would the result be the same? I saw folks standing about a block away watching the fire. Safe or not?

    • @mlgjan5046
      @mlgjan5046 Před 2 lety

      safe, watched a video about that, apparently rounds not sealed in chambers are harmless, the casing is the fastest thing cuz of it being lightweight and the bullet is just thrown away, can't even go through plywood. when it's sealed and in a barrel it expands straight giving the bullet very high velocity

    • @AffordBindEquipment
      @AffordBindEquipment Před 2 lety

      @@mlgjan5046 agreed. but if 10,000 rounds of ammo are going off and casings flying everywhere, is it safe? Not sure I want to stand around a watch. And if the mass behind the casing causes it to remain stationary, what happens to the bullet? Theoretically, it may be safe but then plane flight is really safe except when it isn't.

  • @robertlewis4666
    @robertlewis4666 Před 6 lety +1

    Gives me goose flesh watching you guys pushing the round harder into the melon while fitted to the loaded trap.

  • @randomgameplay5465
    @randomgameplay5465 Před 3 lety +3

    Glad Scott is ok

  • @dougcompton6207
    @dougcompton6207 Před 6 lety +3

    if you watch the slow mo you can see the bullet go into the gel.
    good video keep up the good work

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith Před 2 lety +1

    So today I learnt that if you hold a .50 round in you hand and set it off, your hand will get blown up. You learn something everyday.

  • @stevehammond9156
    @stevehammond9156 Před 6 lety

    While training out in the field, the barrel on one of M2's was worn and worked itself out (we were firing blanks), greatly increasing the headspace. The next time the weapon was fired, the round went off and exploded, showering the gunner's legs with brass. It produced some pretty bad wounds in his legs.

  • @konkelkent
    @konkelkent Před 6 lety +12

    In the slowmo it did look like it penetrated the ballistics gel?

    • @poppabloodvessel7072
      @poppabloodvessel7072 Před 6 lety +3

      konkelkent it flew straight up

    • @saragorn5033
      @saragorn5033 Před 6 lety

      I thought it flew backwards after disconnecting from the brass

    • @hawaiianstylen
      @hawaiianstylen Před 6 lety

      It flew backwards

    • @MullinPerformance
      @MullinPerformance Před 6 lety +5

      You can see it going into the gel. I don't know what other people are looking at but you can faintly see it thru the gun powder flash.

    • @philverhey7335
      @philverhey7335 Před 6 lety +1

      on that shot, a large piece of brass flies straight up, the bullet flies [to it's perspective] right .... away from the camera & is largely obscured by the powder & smoke.
      Nothing goes into the gel

  • @brianhoward1889
    @brianhoward1889 Před 6 lety +5

    Love the shirt!

  • @thommothomason7297
    @thommothomason7297 Před 5 lety

    I Love slow-mo, cool video guys

  • @ktm42080
    @ktm42080 Před 6 měsíci

    Another great video, I'm watching these older ones and appreciate you guys being safe and getting right to it. Also where can I get those exciting colorful paper clips? The local Staples only has silver and completely lead free, they are bland when I chew on them. I enjoy the metallic lead taste over plain ones.

  • @CATASTEROID934
    @CATASTEROID934 Před 6 lety +3

    Incidentally the guy who was injured after he had a .50 BMG go off in his hand was using it as a makeshift hammer to dislodge a pin or something, was either army or marine corps. but the report went into some pretty gnarly detail.

    • @orangejoe204
      @orangejoe204 Před 6 lety +1

      Google "Weapons Safety Message 10-2" and you'll have all the gory details. Dude was Army deployed in OAF, no mention of MOS or unit, round was an AP-I silver tip. At least half the gun owners I show it to say "NAW, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" and then this video shuts them right up. Any round will blow like that if cooked off in a fire, but only .50BMG has the pressure to serve as a mini-grenade.
      In fact, the combined weight of all the smokeless in there is roughly equal to the Mark 2 pineapple grenade, which (to save TNT flake for larger shells) was initially loaded with 324 grains of "EC Blank" super fast double-base. EC Blank is naaaaasty shit and the bane of dumbasses everywhere. 10 grains in a .30-06 case with a teeny cardboard wad on top produces a report that is actually slightly LOUDER than USGI ball .30-06 and makes an outstanding signaling cartridge... if you're shooting it from a Springfield. Semi-auto rifles didn't exist when it was invented, and firing a single EC Blank loaded .30-06 in a Garand (which happened quite a bit) would instantly destroy the gas system and splinter the top handguard. God only knows what carnage would have erupted when somebody mixed up the coarse-powder blanks for grenade launching on the M1 with one of the old EC Blanks and tried to shoot a grenade off the end... I'm thinking body parts. And that's 10 grains.
      Now imagine 324 grains in a cast iron pineapple. Serious shit.

    • @Deltaworks23
      @Deltaworks23 Před 5 lety

      I saw the picture of the aftermath; the guy's hand looked like ground beef. What an idiot.

  • @mastermoarman
    @mastermoarman Před 4 lety

    Cool. Now wondering what would happen if you just had primer and no powder? In like pistol or rifel?

  • @andrewjacob8087
    @andrewjacob8087 Před 4 lety

    Girls with Teddy bear: cuddle
    Boys with Teddy bear: 50.cal BMG goes burrr

  • @Fudmottin
    @Fudmottin Před 6 lety +4

    A bit more destruction than I expected. I guess the 750gr bullet provides just enough back pressure. A .30-06 probably would not have split the case. Don't ask me how I know this.

    • @Iceberg86300
      @Iceberg86300 Před 6 lety +1

      Fudmottin how would someone other than yourself know this?

    • @Fudmottin
      @Fudmottin Před 6 lety +2

      By experiment.

  • @daviddonaghy7568
    @daviddonaghy7568 Před 4 lety +3

    Loved the way the stuffed bunny "died".

  • @luisarroliga8456
    @luisarroliga8456 Před 6 lety

    Great video love the background music

  • @One_KHRN
    @One_KHRN Před 6 lety +1

    Subscribed! Liked and shared....😊👍🏻

  • @flyingpeter
    @flyingpeter Před 6 lety +7

    you should try to replicate the story of the guy exploding his hand with a balistic gel model (of a hand of course)

  • @BEder-it4lf
    @BEder-it4lf Před 6 lety +71

    Dead Teddy.

  • @MisterAMuck
    @MisterAMuck Před 3 lety +1

    I've seen this 100 times as a teenager. Used to burn .30 06s one at a time in old washing machines. A State Cop's Son brought boxes of them to School for us to "play" with. That was in the 70s in the 8th Grade. When we were still a free Country. Many great stories. Thanks for this great video!!

  • @daviddonnelly2700
    @daviddonnelly2700 Před 3 lety

    Though the firing pin was not in battery holding the cantaloupe balanced and stable with your hand directly in line with the 50 BMG gave me the heebie jeebees. Braver man than me. I wouldnt have the cojones to do that. Great vid guys.

  • @Trad-Am
    @Trad-Am Před 5 lety +7

    The moral of this is, cantaloupe's make great suppressor's!😂