Talin342
Member
So I was checking out the Box of Truth website the other day and I got to thinking about his water jug setup to test expansion.
Typically the setup is to shoot at 1-gallon water jugs and replace the plastic as necessary. It's great, but honestly I really don't want to buy 10 gallons of water when I want to test one load. I read, in passing, someting about zip-lock bags. It got me thinking, would using water filled zip-locks be a viable alternative to 1-gallon jugs?
I was thinking that you could use quart or gallon zip-lock bags filled with water and hung from dowels (or 1x2 lumber) using binder clips. The bags would hang uniformly and you could design something that would hold the bags so they were consistently spaced and achive a uniform cross section. Though it might take two or three bags of water to equal the thickness of a milk jug, you would only pay for the bag since you could use tap water.
I was also thinking that you could fill the bags with a non-newtonian fluid (like cornstarch and water) it would for sure stop the bullet quicker and make one heck of a splash.
Has anyone ever done this before? Does the idea have any merit? Any suggestions?
Typically the setup is to shoot at 1-gallon water jugs and replace the plastic as necessary. It's great, but honestly I really don't want to buy 10 gallons of water when I want to test one load. I read, in passing, someting about zip-lock bags. It got me thinking, would using water filled zip-locks be a viable alternative to 1-gallon jugs?
I was thinking that you could use quart or gallon zip-lock bags filled with water and hung from dowels (or 1x2 lumber) using binder clips. The bags would hang uniformly and you could design something that would hold the bags so they were consistently spaced and achive a uniform cross section. Though it might take two or three bags of water to equal the thickness of a milk jug, you would only pay for the bag since you could use tap water.
I was also thinking that you could fill the bags with a non-newtonian fluid (like cornstarch and water) it would for sure stop the bullet quicker and make one heck of a splash.
Has anyone ever done this before? Does the idea have any merit? Any suggestions?