.223 gel test: 55 gr Hornady FMJ and bonus fruit cocktail rocket.

[chopinbloc]

Video link for unsmart phones.




.223 hand load fired from 16" 1:9" twist AR-15 into calibrated 10% ordnance gelatin. Surefire FA556AR sound suppressor was attached. Bonus fruit cocktail rocket.

Hand load details: Hornady 55 gr FMJ loaded over 23.7 gr IMR 8082 XBR, Wolf primer.

BB calibration: 596.1 fps, 3.7"

Impact velocity: 2,773 fps
Penetration: 13.6"
Retained weight: 22.1 gr
Max expansion: N/A
Min expansion: N/A

Okay, so I had a couple of 6lb, 10oz cans of fruit cocktail that had swollen and I thought this would be a fun way to dispose of them. Obviously what happened was that the bullet poked a nice, small 0.224" hole in the front of the can and blew a much larger hole out the back of the can, the pressurized contents then jetted out both holes, but much more mass made it through the larger hole, propelling the can toward me in obedience to Newton. If I had two brain cells to rub together, I might have predicted that result. If you're gonna do something stupid, though, might as well get it on video.

 

[Jackal]

Ok, that was funny.

 

[cfullgraf]

I watched the video before reading the entire post. It did not seem that the fruit cocktail can was following Newton's laws.

Then, I read...

Okay, so I had a couple of 6lb, 10oz cans of fruit cocktail that had swollen and I thought this would be a fun way to dispose of them.

Entertaining. Glad only the fruit was injured in the video.

 

[Doc7]

Very nice, lol

 

[chopinbloc]

I watched the video before reading the entire post. It did not seem that the fruit cocktail can was following Newton's laws.

Seemed that way at first to me. I was surprised, to put it mildly. It was only after reflection and the aid of a barley pop that I came up with the hypothesis in the description. That could be all wrong, too but it's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[ironworkerwill]

Mighty fast botulism missile.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Fermenting fruit = gas + alcohol.

Sounds like rocket fuel to me.