Spinning bullets on a frozen lake?

s15driftking · 10-16-2010, 09:06 AM

what? it looks real... to me!

http://www.break.com/index/spinning-...n-lake-1936597

Superbad · 10-16-2010, 09:32 AM

It is just the bullet rebounds off the ice without deforming and continues to spin. The gun barrel has rifling to impart spin into the bullet as it travels down the barrel. The spin is what makes the bullet go straight.

kydsid · 10-16-2010, 09:34 AM

Does look real, but something odd in the sound of the weapon. The camera mic pickups the crunching of the ice under their feet but the weapon sounds well different. I dunno can't describe what I am thinking.

Interesting video and it does seem plausible.

T.G · 10-16-2010, 09:47 AM

Yay for the three future Darwin award winners!

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Originally Posted by kydsid

Does look real, but something odd in the sound of the weapon. The camera mic pickups the crunching of the ice under their feet but the weapon sounds well different. I dunno can't describe what I am thinking.

Interesting video and it does seem plausible.

Could be a low power or subsonic rounds, or just that the camera mic is being overdriven and a compressor-limiter circuit is kicking in, or both. Or it could be BS. Doesn't matter to me one way or the other.

688sonarmen · 10-16-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by T.G

Yay for the three future Darwin award winners!

Could be a low power or subsonic rounds, or just that the camera mic is being overdriven and a compressor-limiter circuit is kicking in, or both. Or it could be BS. Doesn't matter to me one way or the other.

Thats Sonar tech talk!

10-16-2010, 09:54 AM

Looks like BS to me. There's no deformation of the round at all.

s15driftking · 10-16-2010, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RazzBarlow

Looks like BS to me. There's no deformation of the round at all.

thats what I said.. but the 2nd one the capture on video seems to be gyrating meaning that it could not be spun by a machine planted in the ice.

shilala · 10-16-2010, 10:16 AM

That's pretty cool.

elderboy02 · 10-16-2010, 01:06 PM

It seems that the bullet should have rifling marks on it.

Also, the guys in the video are jackasses. The guy with the gun swept the cameraman a few times.

s15driftking · 10-16-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by elderboy02

The guy with the gun swept the cameraman a few times.

saw that!

TheDudeAbides · 10-16-2010, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by elderboy02

It seems that the bullet should have rifling marks on it.

Also, the guys in the video are jackasses. The guy with the gun swept the cameraman a few times.

A bullet can't pass through the barrel of a gun without picking up marks from the rifling. I'm calling shenanigans in the video.
-Dude

Emjaysmash · 10-16-2010, 01:14 PM

Sorry, I'm bit dumb when it comes to guns, but what does "swept" mean?

elderboy02 · 10-16-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Emjaysmash

Sorry, I'm bit dumb when it comes to guns, but what does "swept" mean?

Point a gun at someone.

Eleven · 10-16-2010, 01:26 PM

Ridiculously stupid.

@Emjay:

The shooter and the cameraman constantly crossed paths, with the loaded gun pointing directly at the cameraman, and probably the others there too.

That is what Swept means.

sikk50 · 10-16-2010, 01:56 PM

It looked like it did on the second bullet at least...

The only thing I have a problem with is the trajectory. The angle he's shooting at the bullet is going to disperse a lot of force and energy into the ice at a fairly extreme angle. This would cause me to expect one of two things: inbedding into the ice or deformation of the bullet. Additionally I wouldn't expect the bullet to bounce back like it did. We've all seen films of bullet skipping so idk just seems slightly odd

newcigarz · 10-16-2010, 02:52 PM

It was discussed on the mythbusters forum on Discovery channel.

Here is the thread.

http://community.discovery.com/eve/f...8619129301/p/1

DMK · 10-16-2010, 03:06 PM

The round would either penetrate the ice and be deformed or it would ricochet off if the angle was shallow enough.

markem · 10-16-2010, 03:56 PM

Myth Busters to the rescue!

http://gizmodo.com/5663836/the-incre...-bullet-on-ice

from the mythbusters forum

http://community.discovery.com/eve/f...8619129301/p/1

BigFrank · 10-16-2010, 07:38 PM

I was hoping someone would have gotten shot

Starscream · 10-16-2010, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFrank

I was hoping someone would have gotten shot

That's horrible, Frank, but funny as hell.

10-16-2010, 09:06 AM	#1
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10-16-2010, 09:54 AM	#6
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Emjaysmash The Hebrew Hammer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: M.J. Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 7,025 Trading: (76)	Re: Spinning bullets on a frozen lake? Sorry, I'm bit dumb when it comes to guns, but what does "swept" mean? __________________

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Eleven Solid As The Sun Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Scott Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,859 Trading: (23)	Re: Spinning bullets on a frozen lake? Ridiculously stupid. @Emjay: The shooter and the cameraman constantly crossed paths, with the loaded gun pointing directly at the cameraman, and probably the others there too. That is what Swept means. __________________ CA: putting the 'man' in bromance since 2008! --markem.

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sikk50 Just Bored Really... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andrew Location: The Jefferson State Posts: 2,084 Trading: (13)	Re: Spinning bullets on a frozen lake? It looked like it did on the second bullet at least... The only thing I have a problem with is the trajectory. The angle he's shooting at the bullet is going to disperse a lot of force and energy into the ice at a fairly extreme angle. This would cause me to expect one of two things: inbedding into the ice or deformation of the bullet. Additionally I wouldn't expect the bullet to bounce back like it did. We've all seen films of bullet skipping so idk just seems slightly odd __________________ "Not a Headache in a Hogshead"

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