Shotgun Shell exploding OUTSIDE a gun - What Happens?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ส.ค. 2017
- This video illustrates what happens when a shotgun shell accidentally goes off outside a gun. It is surprisingly innocuous.
This was done under very controlled conditions - do not reproduce this yourself.
Be sure to watch what happens with a .50 BMG is set off under the same conditions. • .50 BMG Shell explodin...
We will be demonstrating the Fith Ops trip alarm more in another video but check out this site. They have a lot of cool specialty shotgun ammo too! It was nice of them to send us this to test out!
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I had a house fire, and had several thousand rounds of various caliber explode in the fire. I told the firemen before they went in the house, but they weren't concerned at all. Unconstrained shells exploding like this just dont concentrate the energy in one direction just as this video shows, and against their fire protection, there was no increased danger from the shells. I had never thought about it before - Good to see this video to see it firsthand and slowed down!
Dang
The casing typically becomes the main projectile that's what Brandon Herrera said any ways
Oh damn
this is not the real truth. if the impact mechanism had not been fixed and the bullet jammed, the shell would have flown away from the shot because of the physical reaction and because it is lighter. (used google translator)
@@mikehoncho3099 WOW! Mine were in a basement, so there was no way out, but yeah, mine were all over the basement too. I kept a few just for memories.. bad memories, but memories none the less.. Coming up on my 8 year anniversary of our fire.
I would imagine those devices are more for making some noise to scare off an intruder in your home or to wake you up/scare of an animal at a campsite if you set it up with a tripwire, as opposed to actually hurting someone
I agree. This device is an alarm, not a weapon. The video is good but their conclusion presumes things erroneously.
@@josephnoneofyourbeeswax8517 I assumed there are special 'alarm shells' to go with this thing and using bird shot is not the right thing to do / illegal?
Generally speaking, one is not allowed to set traps for humans. In fact, trapping animals requires a license, as does shooting them. I don't know of any jurisdiction that issues licenses for killing humans.
@@kennethquesenberry2610 ok, so what you mean is that I better pack up my tripwire-and-Claymores assemblies from the backyard?
@@joostdriesens3984 I'm assuming your one of the good guys.
I appreciate that you gave him cool looking glasses.
How loud is this? I was going to do something kinda like this and I'm wondering if I can get away with it in my backyard.
Its as loud as it would be in a shotgun.
I did a test once of firing a de-powdered,de-pelleted, primered shell in a shotgun. I was shocked at how loud it was! A flame even protruded from the end of the barrel.
You may have the neighbour’s calling the cops on you if you do a test in your backyard...assuming your backyard is in a residential area.
Hey bud, no. One fan!
Hol up
A bit more quiet then a 12 gauge bird shot
Wasn't expecting The backyard science in the comment section
i think these trip alarms are more or less just to alert the occupants with the sound of a shotgun shell, and also to scare anyone trying to bust into your home. Hearing a shotgun shell go off next to your leg would be real scary. Great video
Interesting video. Maybe similar setup with high power rounds as the crimped bullet in the harder casing may produce different results. A gunshop had a fire sparked by someone grinding and I happened to drive past at the moment. Sounded like a massive gunfight. Five people died in the process. Can you imagine ammo going off in every direction. Allan
@@bobthompson8528 probly crap my pants before i got the first step moving.
Slip a piece of pipe over the shell tho and....
@Bob Thompson Great way to go to prison lmao. Only dummies would do that
ADT is for when you're away and ACP is for when you're home.
that's great!
TAOFLEDERMAUS hey keep up the good vids been watching since the beginning
cdawson198600 that should be their slogan in states with castle laws.
ADT rips you off, simplisafe charges $15 a month for monitoring and home set-ups are a couple hundred bux
mr bad example and you can set yourself one up for free. The monitoring really won't help.
Interesting experiment video. Thank you guys
We used the 12 gauge boat flares in ours. Angle them up and they'll still go a good distance.
My friend also reloaded a few shells using Pyrotex black powder. Put them in a 2 inch piece of PVC and dude, loud is an understatement.
"Warning: Do not try this in your home".
Duh, everybody knows you should go out in the back yard...
Yessss my neighbors probably hate me but nobody complains 🤣
Why don’t we go to friend’s house?
@Анастасия Тропина stfu
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Everybody, over to Bill’s house, his wife is at her sisters for the weekend, he’s got a keg, a pool, and a good tall fence so we can do all sorts of stupid shit and put it on the TH-cam.
Safety squints on, mother on speed dial. Cooooooorntact!
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TAOFLEDERMAUS can you try this with buckshot and slugs? I know the results will probably be the same but ya never know!
TAOFLEDERMAUS you should try this with a steel tube cut to size that just fits the size of the exposed shell, I believe this would give the effect that is expected from this device
focus you fack!
Kevin Patterson I don't think it's intended design is to be a weapon, I think it's an alarm for use with special blanks (black powder I think).
Great video in the MythBusters tradition.
One hint, spray your crash-test-dummy (I never did catch his name) with white paint before each test. That way you can quantify the damage from this particular test.
Spray paint melts styrofoam (in general), though it could be dipped in enamel or whitewash in a bucket easily enough
So this is the one of few videos we see Jeff the camera man in, it's good to see ya man, thank you all for continuing our education in meny different ways. Keep up the good work. My thoughts for a future video is being this thing back but wrap the cartridge with black electrical tape, I think that'll be interesting.
Why not use fiberglass tape. Much tougher. (Don't do it at home and take all safety precautions on the range.)
Surprisingly I've never seen this done on camera before. Very cool slow motion on this one. I used to use shotgun shells as exploding targets for my airgun/.22
Thank you very much! Do you plan to get one of the Chronos cameras from your fellow Canadian, David?
I'm in Michigan, but close enough to Canada. Sure would like a Chronos, I think there's still a waiting list though.
NightHawkInLight i watch. Your videos also...
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Be very careful. When I was 10 I lodged one in the crack of a log thinking I would split it. I shot it with my Crossman .177 and the primer went into my thigh. It burned like hell and hurt even worse when I dug it out. I had to keep it a secret from my parents or they would confiscate my rifle.
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaake! The manekin was already dead, did nobody notice he had a screwdriver stuck in his neck? No way he could have survived that!
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Hahaha dude take a break... Go smoke a fatty hahaha all right now.... Easyyyyyy
This actually seems like a perfect system to scare away critters or potential assholes trying to break in.
Something to consider:
If you can get it to discharge with electricity, NO Holder, the weight of the shot exceeds the hull and the hull will launch backwards rather quickly, and that MAY be more efficacious.
It's a shame what TH-cam is doing to us content creators. Great video bud!
You still a guy with a camera. "content creator" kids run more successful channel's lol.
Interesting I’ve never seen a video of this done before. However for the case of a misfire randomly going off on the ground it would do even less damage, the shell in this test is being held firm, if there’s nothing holding it then the casing would go flying back, this dissipating the energy even more. Better to be safe though, if you get a misfire dispose of it safely
Thanks for the warning! I was gonna explode all the shotgun shells lying around in my house
Nice job! I asked myself many times what happens when shell explode without barrell, then now my question answered:D
It is not just the length of the shotgun barrel that causes higher velocity for the shot column. The restriction caused by both the shotshell crimp and the shot wad obturating the barrel creates the pressure required to complete the burn sequence, allowing the powder to create pressures many magnitudes greater than that displayed in the video.
the sunglasses did not even break!
Pellets did not even go into the foam
Safety glasses
The terminators first choice in style
Always wear sunglasses when burglarizing a home
I looked for this a few months ago and I couldn’t find it anywhere glad to see it in my recommended
Really cool to see this in slow motion! Liked as always! :D
thank you very much Jesse and Mike!
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JesseAndMike wtf, what are you doing here? XD
Holy smokes HOW have I never seen this channel before? Subbed happily!
Lol, I don't know but welcome aboard!
i been here 10 years, where you been?!?!?!? LOL
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I saw this done with a similar device with a 7.62 x 39 round in it. It was an old Russian military round that had a steel cartridge case. The case didn't rupture and the bullet did quite a bit of damage.
The parimeter alarm is used when camping, by using a blank shell or just a primer. If an animal trips it it can scare it off, or mainly it will wake you up when you are sleeping, so you can deal with what ever tripped it, if necessary.
In my Arizona hunter safety class, about 38 years ago, the instructor did this in a paper bag while holding in his hands. Mind you this was when the world used evil and thick paper bags that most have never known. You could actually put 20lbs. of dog poop in one as long as it did not get wet. Everyone got down and not a pellet penetrated the bag.
COULDN'T HE FIND ANYTHING BUT DOG SHIT SHOOT AT? MESSED UP...MAYBE THEY CAN GET ONE OF HOSE PEACEMAKERS LIKE I SAW HOSS CARTWRIGHTS BEHAVE...HE ACCIDENTALY DROPPED IT IN A SOTVE AND IT FIRED 14 TIMES BEFORE IT STOPPED....BULLETS CAME THROUGH THE IRON STOVE AND WENT EVERYWHERE IN THE CABIN....I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY TO WATCH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THINKING THAT AMMO WOULD SHOT OUT OF A FIRE UNCONFINED IN A CHAMBER.MY DADDY NAND GRANDADY WERE BOTH FOREMEN AND I KNEW THAT SINE ..LIKE AGE 9? WHAT DO THEY TEACH YOUNG FIREMEN NOWADAYS....AND STILL...I CANNOT FIND A "HOSS CARTWRIGHT MODEL" 14 SHOT SINGLE ACTION ARMY NOWHERES...IN THE 70S.MAYBE IT WAS A BROWNING P-35 DISGUISED AS A COLT?.DANGIT.
@@millardfillmore1331 GOBLERSR DO IT FOR DALE
Since shotguns are low pressure I wonder if you could make a faux chamber by wrapping the shell in several layers of duct tape.
Very informative this guy has a twin brother an officer for Game and Parks for the state of Nebraska tripped me out I thought it was him I'm glad you showed this video that's why we should protect secure our live ammunition.
I like how self aware you guys are and not afraid to poke fun at yourselves. Cool video.
Primers can create 40-60 Bar pressure inside the loaded shell. Smokeless powder requires substantially high pressure level to burn fast, but if there's nothing to keep the pressure (just soft thin plastic shell walls) then it wouldn't burn... That explains bunch of unburnt powder you see after the cartridge blows up.
science sucks, why can't things just "blow up!", i was at a job making sapphires, it takes two frikking weeks to make a sapphire! paint dries faster!
cool can't wait to show this to my friends at SCHOOL
You mean, can't wait to try in school
Cool
@@felipeescobar2026 you can join but bring your own things if you want ti
Can't wait for show and tell at my kindergarten school
@@harvelein Killed someone at school.
There are some great old training films from Firemen's Associations showing fireman walking unconcernedly through a home on fire, with ammunition, which is scattered all over the floor, popping off. They're seen just stepping over groups of shells, seemingly with a concern for the slip-and-fall hazard of the cylindrical metal cases. It's wild, but very instructive. No barrel, no problem.
Tell the fireman you have a couple dozen propane tanks, even the 1 pound units, and that's another story.
@@robertspendlove7508 indeed! And the acetylene, and the oxygen. And the propane tanks are 90lb. Yes, ammo just doesn’t keep me up at night.
Military use to have something similar for a perimeter alarm. Kinda like a high powered party popper with strings on both ends to tie it off. Worked good on sliding barn doors
I died at the *_super faux motion_* part lmao
Why?
Pure Slow Motion Why?
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You are by far one of the best gun related channels on youtube, and you could even call it family friendly. How you only pull in that little amount of money for the enormous effort you obviously put into your videos and the amount of subscribers you have you should have more than enough funds not only to pay for the content you create for us, but pay your bills too. It's depressing that is not the case.
When I say I make TH-cam minimum wage, I'm probably bragging!
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Have seen home-made mole traps that use a similar set up but put the shell in a shortened piece of pipe. The pipe contains the shell and it works like a "very short" shotgun to kill the mole. They only use low brass shells in them though, to keep from blowing the whole thing up.
You can do that with this trip device as well.
AMAZING EXPERIMENT... THANK YOU!
all cool things shotgun related. thanks guys!
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Those devices are designed to be used with 12 gauge blanks, thats what I use in mine for out camping for perimeter alarm
Thank you everyone for RATING then video! And thanks to everyone who has added non-English captions! You are the best! There is a FOLLOW UP video where we shot a SLUG and BUCKSHOT at the end of the video!!!!
Could you put paint balls inside of a shotgun shell instead of slug or shot? Do you think a paintball being fired from a shotgun shell would be fatal?
We tried that before and they just shattered. Too high of g-forces for them to survive.
Shot gun shells are perfect for booby traps. Pot growers put trip wires, in their fields, that will trigger spring traps that use simple impact to trigger the shot gun shell. They use this method all over the world.
wtf is wrong with the libtards that run this site? even YOU have been penalized? i hear patreon is just as bad but i do look forward to the day when another site bests youtube.
TAOFLEDERMAUS
There is a Mythbusters episode on this. Typically the casing becomes the projectile because its lighter than the lead bullet. Due to the lack of weight of the casing, it's very much non lethal.
I am remarkably surprised how the majority of the shot went forward rather than spraying in every direction.
That has always been my fear with an ejected hang-fire (not that I’m not going to still treat every hang-fire as if it might do just that).
For full context I’m a duck hunter. So something like that happening in a blind is a nightmare scenario.
I've been watching your videos for a few years now, but I think you've done a sort of, face reveal more in the last month then in all those years of wonderful videos. Great vid, especially the *Super Faux Motion* shots. Always fun to see OG in a vid never know what he'll say. *:-)*
thanks!
Dsdcain and Danny . those three clowns have the best humor of near an channel I've ever followed.
Fantastic idea for a video! That high speed is really cool, physics rules!
Thanks Mike!
No chamber pressure or bbl for direction.
A Gibsons disc Store burned down outside of my home town back in around 77.They had a large sporting goods section with a LOT of ammo.
We parked about 1/2 mile away and listened to fireworks for a couple hours.
I was just wondering what this would look like today. Good vid.
awesome video. the weed growers in hawaii when I was growing up would drill a hole in a mouse trap and fashion a firing pin onto the metal hasp, then set the trap with a tripwire on trails that led near their grows. couple people got peppered pretty bad by them.
Always wondered about this. If you somehow set the primer off with a rock, or dropping it just right, nice to know it'll only scare the hell out of you, and probably injury you minorly.
When on a hunt in Alaska our guide use these or something very close as a night time early warning system when camping outside but he added a piece of black pipe around 3" long and showed us a test fire that did great damage to a pine tree about 8' away. I don't not remember if the pipe thread on or just sat on the shell
Problem is you're getting into legal issues if you do that. Plus imagine if a kid or someone's pet dog set off one.
So now we rap solid duck tape around the shell and see if it holds better. Thanks for the video. I’ve been curious about this exact setup.
The vidjeo I just watched before this one... AvE. Krrrrrrontact!
209 shotgun primers are very powerful. They're able to launch a .50 cal round ball out of a muzzle loader
THey are pretty loud too.
TAOFLEDERMAUS you could slide a 2, or 3 inch piece of 3/4 galvanized steel pipe or a 15in over the shell in the device and it would probably dramatically increase the directional damage.
but that wouldnt really be the same now would it?
My uncles used to take out they shot and had wad fighta
Key word, used to. lol but no that sounds like it could be fun if done properly and safely.
awesome information
Yanno I've seen these online and was curious about trajectory and release, ect. You summed up exactly what I wanted to see. Also those sunglasses...idk if my welding glasses are even that tough.
What if you wrap tape around the shell? Something to reinforce it?
We weren't trying to make it work, just show what happens in this situation. I have enough to worry about besides us showing us committing a crime!
Just make this device set off a loud bang when an intruder walks into your house when your not home. Then have some electronics to detect when someone set off the device and have it play an audio clip of you saying "Next one goes in your fucking head" That would be way better than ADT!
We used to sit the 12ga shell up on a porch railing then shoot the firing pin with a bb gun. The shotgun shell shot goes about 20ft and falls to the ground nowhere near the power coming out of a gun. We used to shoot each other bird hunting all the time, we called it getting peppered
I have had the misfortune to have a 12guage shotgun round explode in an open chamber and it is NOT what id recommend .I repeated the exercise in a safer manner (for my face) and eventually found the fault in the gun. the first case blew to pieces ,the second brass head seperated from plastic case. DO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT THIS!!
Greetings from the Indian Himalayas -appreciate the really informative channel! Was also wondering if you could show something on shooting fish (underwater) from above ;-) Keep up the good work guys!
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There was a movie when I was a kid. The Gate, I think. Kid was locked in his room, taped the bullet to his hammer, and hit the door knob. I thought it was smart, as I was a kid. I later figured out it wouldn't work, but this shows it to be even less effective as I thought.
What if it went off in your hand? We are going to simulate that at the end of this week.
Thanks for what you guys do. Love the channel
2:55 or get adt lol great video guys thumbs up
what if it's a brass cased shotgun round? Different story or will it split that open as well?
I didn’t know OG (Officer Gregg) was starting in videos this long ago! That’s awesome!
The original "hatchers notebook" covered the issue of how ammo that cooks off in a fire is non lethal.
I think ADT should throw $5 your way for Gregg's mention.
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YOU WERE USING SAFTEY MERGLARSES! Not safety squints!
Filthy casual
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If you wrapped a couple layers of duct tape around the shell, it would probably keep it together long enough for the powder to ignite.
For the difference just pack a custom boom shell minus the shot. It’ll make a lot of noise and scare the shit out of anyone trying to break in, plus if you happen to accidentally trip the device yourself, you’ll be glad it wasn’t a lethal round…
Love it!! Love your videos... OG YOUR THE BEST!!
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keifer225948, thanks Keifer!
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thats a perimeter alarm. its not meant to hit anyone or keep burglars out! its meant to be around the home perimeter and will alert the owner by use of a trip wire gun shot.
I uesd a homemade version along time ago to guard my bedroom pot garden. Also don't let thay guy fool you, those pellets will easily penetrate skin if you're close
I'm pretty sure you could achieve the same affect by throwing gravel at a burglars face.
HexagramMan Wow there's clearly no way I could've commented before they said that.
It's not used to shoot someone. It's used for the sound.
So, what I learned is that this may be quite effective if a short barrel were attached...
Hello, guys. I wonder what will change if the shell casing will be made from brass rather than plastic? Would it work like improvised barrel or rip a part same as this one did? Not that I want to use this thing in home defence tripwire. Just wondering. Plastic cases seems to be pretty safe in case of missfire outside of a gun, but what's up with metal ones?
You would get the same results with brass .
@@cathycamm9277 so it's basically as safe, interesting.
Is that a Zero Tolerance knife? Love those things
Stick to ADT Alarm system was laughing at that remark! 😂😂
Its a noisemaker for a perimeter alarm. It's not made for home defense, self defense, or anything else. It's just an alarm for outside in the woods.
If you mount that in reverse (shell faces the tripline) about 6-8 inches off the ground it makes a great early warning system and cripples the intruder. But you have to use 00-Buck or Flachete Rounds. Nothing fancy, cheap and works well. And if you can retrieve the mechanism you can use it again.
Keep in mind I am speaking about SHTF scenarios here. This is not for regular home defense when you are leaving to go get dominos or some s**t.
but what if you flex taped the casing?
I don't think this device is intended to be used as a weapon, I think it's intended to be used as an alarm system. The shell going off is for the noise, not meant to shoot the intruder.
I’m sure they know exactly what the device was originally designed to do. This video answered the question of “what exactly does the birdshot cartridge do?” when used in a trip alarm.
Remember the old Daisy BB rifle. The end of the barrel twisted and you poured in the BB's. It was about the size of a shotgun shell. We would tape on a 12 ga. shell to the end of the barrel, with one hand hold the rifle above our head and fire it. Not much happened, like here the shell just blew out the side.
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The VC used to make bobby traps with coil springs and such. Sometimes they'd wrap wire around the shell & include and nails. They didn't do much other than scare the hell out of people. I knew one guy who lost an eye to one. They made em out of rifle ammo too. They weren't any better.
I think that the placement of the shotgun shell in the video increased the damage to the head. Setting the shell a couple inches back on the flat surface seems like it would change the shape of the discharge and cause more damage than a shell only supported on end.
Interesting
I wonder if you added a 3-4" sleeve over the shell how would the powder react.
It will surely fire just like in a real shotgun but only for a short range since the barrel is only 3 to 4 inches long.
12ga blank rounds for this application are available online.
This dude will never be a hand model.
Loved the video. Question: You said a couple times that this perimeter tripwire device "doesn't work", and yet it seemed to work fine. Pull wire, it goes "bang!", right? Does the maker advertise it as a device for inflicting death or injury on an intruder? That would certainly leave them open to a fat lawsuit. Maybe it's just supposed to make a loud noise.
Super thorough investigation. I did like the AvE reference though
Safety squints, engaged
I've done this experiment as a kid about 50 years ago. I was about 8. I learned then that powder needs some compression to burn. Don't get that when a shell is not in a chamber. Surprising how loud a primer and a wad are alone. Fun for training dogs.
I did it as kid with a old cardboard 12 gauge shell that had a bulge , cut the crimp , poured out the shot , stuck it in a vise on the work bench and hit the primer with a nail and hammer. The roar was deafening in a 2 car attached garage. Pissed my mom off beyond bad, which in turn led to my dad becoming agitated which happens when wives get mad. Which led to a ass whipping for me, fun experiment for a 8 yr old but with negative reinforcement. BTW I did get some powder burns on my knees and shins because I had the shell in the vise primer up , wad facing down . It was a old magnum duck load of 4s before I took the shot out. Fun Stuff back in the fun days of the early 60s before Karen's and everybody were tight assed
It is perimeter Alarm system. We used parachute flares in Vietnam.
I built a perimeter alert using a Rat Trap that pops two 209 primers. Lots louder than being muffled inside a shell! But, these are well built and if you just use an empty shell with primer, it would be a great alert for intruders! 🇺🇸😎
Danny AKA Triker Red, that's what these things were built for. We tested quite a few blanks and other "interesting" rounds. Wait to you see Jeff's next video!
Officer Gregg
An extra short shell with chili powder and an overshot card works pretty good too. 🙄. 🇺🇸😎
haha, yeah I loaded a couple shells with chili powder, glitter, magnesium, etc.
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So, that explains the burn marks on the head. LOL 👍🏻🇺🇸😎
Ha! That is what you have to load in the boobytrap, glitter filled shotgun shells.
Thanks Jeff and Ofc Gregg!
thanks for watching Brian!
Subscribed--Heck, you crazy people are showing live experiments of the things I wonder about on a daily basis... ;-)
Question to any of you with Taofladermaus ... Have you made a video with the Mini slugs. I know y’all made some but the factory ones I’m curious about. I seen videos but none that cover the accuracy and range as y’all do. Plus I know I get a honest opinion of how good they are at what ranges. Enjoy all the videos still just one more to add if you haven’t made one with the mini’s