reese

You guys have to see this video. Samurai Sword vs 9mm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...87790122256202

The results are quiet impressive!

Reillychem

It's unbelievable.

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Pebu

I believe it. A bullet would fragment when it hits just about anything.

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SkyRydr

That was pretty cool. :approve:

Thanks, Reese.

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Originally Posted by Pebu

I believe it. A bullet would fragment when it hits just about anything.

Nice video but, the fragments would still stop you in your tracks.

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reese

The idea of being able to cut open a bullet being fired at you is pretty sweet tho!

JMJSelect

I thought that the first shot was a test fire and that the samuria was gonna chop a bullet in flight.

then I saw that when the bullet fired that two holes formed in the paper, and then I was confused......


then they showed the sword. AH


they must have used a fragmenting bullet. lead I don't know. anything with a jacket would have ruined that sword.

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mofologic

must have been a bare lead bullet. curious what would happen with copper jacketed, much les ktw or nyclad.

JMJSelect

actually the show motion....

would a bullet thats spinning just get stop spinning like that when it hits something.

I would think that the spin would toss one half of the bullet up and the other down. at those speeds I would think that those distances would be great.

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reese

http://www.alldumb.com/item/12623/

This one is pretty kool...

Machine gun vs sword!

eddie1261

This reminds me of the guy in the sideshows that catches the bullets in his teeth. How do you practice this? Do you start with somebody softly tossing the bullets underhand, then work up to overhand, and then finally a "slow" gun? Same with the fat guy that gets hit with the cannonball.....

Pebu

With the advances in technology, they could make a bullet that would slice through that sword like butter. They also make a bullet that fragments into sand-like powder when you shoot paper. It's definately neat stuff.

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I was just gonna let you know that modern marvels had an awesome show about bullets. That's where I saw the fragmenting bullet..

Also, the spinning of the bullet (centrifugal force) helps pull the bullet apart..

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Originally Posted by reese

http://www.alldumb.com/item/12623/ This one is pretty kool... Machine gun vs sword!

I thinks it's pretty awsome that when they show the blade finally breaking in slow motion, it just looks like a piece of rubber. Pretty cool.

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aximbigfan

yeah, i belive it... but the thing is that the bullit was going near super sonic (if supersonic) and meatle is kin of brittle.. amazing the forces on the bullet.

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reese

I wanna see em shoot an AP bullet and see if it breaks.