Tag: ballistics
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Practical Ballistics For The .22LR
Interesting: It’s crazy how much better CCI Stinger is than the cheaper options. As a person who basically only shot Remington 22 Thunderbolt and Winchester 555 white box, I splurged on some CCI Stingers one day and it was a completely different experience. Thoughts?
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ATF Bullet Casing Database Used To Solve Crimes
VICE news takes a look: Since it appears to be all firing pin indent related, it seems like one of those things which criminals could easily circumvent, if they weren’t so stupid / lazy. I wonder if there’s any sort of unique signature made by when the casing expands in the firing chamber which they…
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Point Blank Ballistics Are Nasty In Slow Motion
Oooooooo child: haha damn, Andrew gets it done in this video. 1:25 – LOL double barrel 1911 in the mix for this test. haha naturally the slow motion was scary. That gun is really cool as a proof of concept. I wonder how many of them they sell though? Actually probably a lot. 2:55 –…
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Mario Bros. Ballistics
How effective of a bullet is Mario Bros. “Bullet Bill”? A bullet the size of a small toddler. All in all it was pretty interesting… wow this blog got real sciencey today. :P Thoughts? Hat tip: Weerd
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Advanced Underwater Bullets For Shark Defense
High speed low drag… literally: Pretty useless video without any info along with it, but impressive to see the bullet penetrate 13 water jugs, a black plate of some sort and then a 14th jug behind it. I’m confident in it’s ability to slay Great Whites next time I roll backwards out of an airplane over…
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Doctor Talks About Gunshot Wounds
An interesting talk that is definitely worth watching: Every time I see one of these types of scientific videos where they talk about wounds, I realize how bad I never want to be shot. The rifle v.s. handgun pictures he shows are especially frightening. LOL at the zombie target joke at around 13:12. Summary: Handguns…