Badger Arms
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Was reading Hatcher's Notebook and wanted to see if I could duplicate what Hatcher did. I was really surprised. Let me know what you think.
http://youtu.be/qvpGzSl7TPk
http://youtu.be/qvpGzSl7TPk
We did that too. You'll have to wait for the video. I'm posting one a week but that one is pretty far down the list. Probably around Super Bowl time.cool! Now do the 45-70
Similar test I did a few years ago.
I guess that is proof that rounds going off in a house fire are not dangerous.
SAAMI did an interesting video of cartridge testing. Ignited individually, dropped from 65 feet in boxes and case lots, shot with a 308, ignited with blasting caps, and cases and cases and cases of ammo burned in fires, including a trailer fire full of ammo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOXowwC4c&spfreload=10
None of you have ever thrown rounds on a camp fire? It is pretty harmless, other than the pop you get like a fire cracker going off. It really is no big deal without the chamber containing the pressure.
ETA: please don't take this as me telling you it is ok to throw live rounds on a fire. That is your own decision, just don't expect anything spectacular if you choose to do so.
Harmless in that you are not likely to get harmed, but my testing shows that if you are in the path of a bullet or case, you are likely to get injured
I don't think the case will slow down within a couple of feet. Nor will the bullet. The issue with setting up a test that way is that it gets exponentially more difficult to reliably strike the 6"x6" gel block the farther away you get. I do not have a tanker of propane and half million rounds like SAAMI.Malamute said:I'm curious how much penetration would occur if the gelatin was set a couple feet away from the round when it popped.