Destin, your excitement when things like the flash of the bullet happen, is all I can hear. Your involvement is all this video is missing! So much fun finding and learning new things!
This is possible, but wouldn't the rotation of the bullet deflect the air? That's like the entire point of it. It's supposed to form a channel of low pressure gas in front of the bullet so it travels straight, but if it was building up that much gas, that's a straight up design flaw.
i kinda assumed it was a combination of unburned gunpowder/propellant from the gun and super hot air that just allowed combustion to happen when compressed. plasma would imply it is crazy hot, not completely impossible though
This is likely the case as microscopic unburnt powder is travelling with the bullet and being ignited outside the gun with the pressure wave or when the flame front comes into contact with it as seen in this video.
Imagine how hard it would be to model this with Computational Fluid Dynamics. Stuff like this happens every day and it’s beyond any computational power that exists. Really fun to think about.
@@smartereveryday Now you’ve got me thinking, and it’s so mind boggling to think that something as simple as shooting ballistics gel would be impossibly hard to fabricate in other ways!
@@smartereveryday In a way it reminds me of the complexity of weather prediction models. Soooooo many factors, soooo many variables. Maybe AI will be able to start to make a dent in the modeling. Though even a tech enthusiast like me is somewhat uncomfortable with AI’s potential for generating even more societal chaos. Great to see you here, Destin! Quality recognizes quality 💯
I love Scott catching the casing as he ejects it from the weapon in the background at 1:21. They probably don't realize it but that whole frame was flawlessly composed. Something so elegant about it that I just can't articulate.
@@Angie-LeeIngram the sonic boom is the specific white cloud when things go past the speed of sound. here it's the visible air pressure differential created by the moving bullet. i haven't checked properly about the sonic boom but that's my understanding of all this
It would have been interesting to see Scott do it too as a comparison, since he's practically a body builder. It might be a modesty thing for him, though. Even when he was showing off his chest-opening scar, he only pulled his neck down a little
8:30 I think what you are seeing is triboluminescence. This is a phenomenon that occurs when light is produced as a result of mechanical action such as pulling apart, ripping, scratching, crushing, or rubbing materials. Interestingly enough, SmarterEveryDay also noticed this effect when shooting Prince Rupert's drops with a gun (go to 1:34 on "AK-47 vs Prince Rupert's Drop (at 223,000 FPS) - Smarter Every Day 170")
As in, the energy release is intense enough to generate light? Dayum. I wonder if at least part of that's because of friction causing a short-lived ignition. I mean it _could_ be plasma for all I know, but then what would be ionizing the gases?
Those compression detonations.. The energy given visual form.. Seeing what's actually mind bendingly happening inside those microseconds. Wow. Just... Wow.
Guys, I think that this video shows one of the best slow-mo footages the world has ever seen! 👌🏼 The movement of the ballistic gel was absolutely insane, which makes this video so cool to watch. Thanks so much to the three of you! 👏🏼🤩
Yeah that “Kentucky Flash” was insane, never would have predicted that And when it happened on the 2nd block the flash cause 2 weird lil shock waves on both blocks where they meet at the top, I wonder why
The second bullet in the gel moved back, because those cavitations are creating a vacuum. The force moves the gel out, and it happens so fast air does not have a chance to rush in, so the vacuum causes it to collapse.
@@alphagt62 It's more so the cohesive forces of the material pulling back on itself. A vacuum means there's nothing there, which means there's nothing to create a force. So, the material fills the space by relaxing back into shape since it hasn't permanently deformed yet.
@@zecuse have you seen the video where they shoot a gun underwater? It definitely pulls a vacuum. When the bullet travels down through the water we see big cavitations, and they collapse, and no bubbles rise to the surface. The cavities just slam shut, there was no air in those cavities.
@@alphagt62 I'm well aware of that. The cavitation in that case can also be attributed to the cohesive forces of water. A vacuum doesn't produce any forces because definitionally, there's nothing there! Instead, other forces from the objects will be able to react.
The default assumption for Americans meeting Brits is that they'll be the tea sipping dainty kind. Once you tell us you were in the military though we fully understand that you're the other kind of Brit, the cuppa having, world conquering kind.
Dan was in the RLC, I doubt he's fired much more than an L85 a few times on the range prior to YT. Plus he was snatching the trigger, even we don't do that.
8:31 The flash of light when the bullet contacts the gel could be sonoluminescence, where microscopic bubbles of air inside the balistic gel collapse to emits light. If so, for about a hundred picoseconds, each bubble emits about 1-10 MW.
@@janiwirman definitely possible! It's feasible that the bullet is moving too fast for the air to displace enough to not create immense pressure between the head of the bullet and the gel
That flash of light at 8:29 is absolutely amazing. It looks like a flashlight, and it goes through both blocks. For only 1/82,000th of a second. I've never seen that before.
My hypothesis: Trace accelerant on the bullet that achieved secondary ignition as a result of compressed air between the bullet and the gel. Happens again in the gap between the two gel block, but smaller, so less trace accelerant to ignite or lowered bullet velocity resulting in less compressive heat generated? Or sonoluminescence like @Scapeonomics suggested. 😅
@@bladeofphoenixIMO, the light is just way too concentrated to be an ignition from compression. It’s not impossible, but it’s just so bright, and the gun powder used in ammo I don’t think can burn that bright, at least not that I’ve seen.
I think it might be the ballistic gel being compressed by the force, changing how it looks in light to make it look like a flash from the bullet. Same thing with it entering the second block but with less force
I love that Gav and Dan have been so successful with TH-cam. It's a simple theme, everything in slow motion. But for them to consistently upload unique, entertaining videos while never straying from the original idea. Huge respect to them both for the creativity and dedication, especially Dan for that killer back hair
I know it's kind of funny seeing Dan's bod responding to the recoil, but I was actually really fascinated by the anatomical action there. You can see how his muscles reduce the shock and spread it across his back to prevent it from moving his shoulder and arm. Fascinating!
Really showcases how the musculature works as not just motors but also anchors. And the skin rippling almost like a fluid when propelled by so much force, too. It's so cool to watch.
Plus, Dan is a big dude, and on the more powerful shots, you see his entire body move in kind of a sling shot fashion from just the power of the shot. Truly would be fascinating to see more in depth
@@jackfinnie6603 He shot a rare round only found on the aftermarket, unfortunately it had been reloaded far too hot by the seller and blew his gun up like a grenade, he got shrapnel into his face but luckily his glasses saved his eyes. The major injury however was part of the gun penetrating his throat and lodging itself inside his chest behind his ribs, puncturing a lung, he had to shove his thumb into his neck to not bleed to death and luckily had his father on set to drive him to the hospital. He had to have his chest opened up to get the fragments inside it taken out and then spent a long time recovering as he could not lift heavy things due to his chest recently being split open, but luckily as evident, has now made a full recovery.
Scott is an absolute legend and seems like such a good mate to have! I’ll never get over how cool it is that cavitation bubbles flash like that. Truly fascinating!
The wood on that Tyrannosaurus rifle is gorgeous. It's worth getting hammered by it to have such a beautiful piece of art. I agree on large caliber weapons - my favorite rifle, by far, is a .458 Magnum I had built for me many decades ago.
I used to do high-resolution fluid simulations on a supercomputer. All I can think when I see that gel exploding is how incredibly expensive it looks! Not the material, not the camera, or the bullets, but the MOTIONS! That job gave me such a newfound respect for the incredible beauty and complexity of fluid dynamics. I look at something like this and marvel in awe at how reality.exe can possibly run something so detailed and multi-threaded and complex so effortlessly.
You know, for years I've imagined and always wanted a collab between SlowMoGuys and DemolitionRanch. Luckily, Scott just so happens to have even crazier guns than Matt.
yup loving these.... I want to see SMG team up with Garand Thumb.... they can head back to the Tank Range... cause the howitzer vs Human Torso NEEDS their hi speed.
Highly HIGHLY recommend ballistic high speed, they have videos with much better cameras and even detonate grenades and claymores at 250,000 frames per second. Amazing channel.
You will always be the singing voice of Alastor to everyone, also it's cool seeing someone that inspired me to sing more and be confident in my voice enjoy gun videos in slowmo
That shot of the first solid bullet going through the ballistic gel blocks is officially the coolest slo-mo footage you guys have ever shot. Astounding!
@@prointernetuserI remember how shocked when I realized how tall Hickok45 was. Most guntubers seem to be either really athletic or bulky. Brandon, the guys at Garand Thumb, & FPSRussia are all good examples.
3:26 - The first slo-mo recoil. 4:53 - Recoil from behind. 8:51 - Solid bullet through ballistic gel. 12:26 - Soft point bullet through ballistic gel. 16:04 - Bullet into glue. 17:49 - Bullet through nacho cheese.
@@Nekotaku_TV Well sometimes people say something is the "best ever" when it's not really the best ever; it's hyperbole to say something exaggerated like that.
there has to be some crossover between fluid dynamics and the big bang. the glue looks like the scattering of matter throughout the universe after the big bang
@@artcurious807 There certainly is. The clumping of matter is just like the clumping of water on a hydrophobic surface like plastic, and the surface tension is just like gravitational forces
You know its the bad-end of violent when the air is setting on fire within the target. Can you imagine what a tank APDSFS does at 4500-5900fps and 19.8KG (305560.7Grain)
You guys NEED to collaborate with Scott and KB more often! These two worlds colliding is something beautiful and those slow mo shots are some of the best images that will ever be caught on any camera ever I reckon.
I had been begging for so long for these collaborations to happen between slow mo guys and gun channels and they are exactly what I wanted I’m so happy
You should see their earlier collaboration! It was a really personal one for Kentucky Ballistics because they recreated a situation that nearly killed him. It's good to see him back!
Kentucky ballistics seems like a nice genuine style of guy compared to alot of the other click baity gun channels on TH-cam that just feed of being overly animated and loud and obnoxious. he deserves the views he gets wouldn't surprise me if he gets bigger than alot of the main gun channels on youtube
I'm glad he is still around to do stuff like this. That .50 cal explosion was insane. I'm actually impressed he is still willing to shoot firearms like that. I would definitely be really gun shy (no pun intended) and I don't know if I'd be able to shoot again.
Its wild you say this, because Scott’s WHOLE STYLE is overly animated and loud. I think the difference is that he’s not macho about it. He doesn’t think the guns make him cool, he thinks the guns themselves are cool and genuinely wants to share it with people. Thats the difference in my opinion.
Kentucky is such a wholesome and fun dude and it’s hilarious to see the three of them together. They’re all such great personalities but both groups juxtapose the others significantly. Like “here we see three perfect representatives of their respective homelands” and it works well.
15:52 good discipline Kentucky Ballistics quickly turns away after that recoil to avoiding get splashed, and in slow mo, already has his finger straight and off the trigger.
I am hazy in the numbers from 52 years ago in the recoil of a Black Powder double barrel 2 bore Elephant rifle . It was an article in a buddies American Rifleman magazine. The fuzzy memory was around 125 pounds of recoil. The article mentioned shooting elephants from horseback and managing to stay in the saddle.
"Looks like someone kicked a chicken." These analogies are wild. Between this and "you look like some sort of weird genie" (from one of them balloon episodes), I'd say Gav is the master of analogies.
I always love watching Scott collaborate on any other channel where he gets to share the "Big Gun Experience" for the first time with new people, because his enjoyment is infectious.
Scott really is a national treasure. The guy plays it rather goofy in his own videos, but here you can see what a likeable fella he is, when he's not playing up the Kentucky Ballistics persona. He appears to be the kinda guy that would be unlimited fun to hang out with at a BBQ while drinking some nice cold beer and talking smack.
Him and his family are a treasure. His dad and wife are the unseen unheard pillars of kentucky ballistics and bring just as much joy and happiness as scott himself does
Seeing the shockwave ahead of the bullet was insane. Dont get me wrong... it was all insane, but the triboluminescence, the shock wave, and the secondary explosion as the air fuel mixture compressed inside the block were awesome.
DUUUUDE I was wondering why Scott looked so familiar and it hit me: years ago i stumbled on a story where the gun exploded and he had to jam a thumb in his neck to stop bleeding. I'm so happy you're doing better!
One and the same. He has done six gun kaboom videos since, though not fired from the shoulder again. He also did four videos about the 50 caliber accident and posted nine more videos created by other guntubers. They're on his page under "Playlists". Spending an afternoon watching the videos won't be a waste of time.
He fires 460 magnum single handed like it is nothing and I hand on to mine with both hands waiting for the world to explode. I have also fired a 45-110 with a 500+ grain bullet, but from the bench. That was a mistake with my body issues. There is no way I would fire the 577.
It doesn't matter is you love guns or hate them, there's a profoundly artistic side to this that's absolutely undeniable. The glue shot fx makes for a totally gorgeous wallpaper. Thanks a lot.
there's a machine gun that during WWI was nicknamed The Devil's Paintbrush, the Maxim; i saw it fired on a History Channel series with that drill sergeant guy from Full Metal Jacket, he shot at suspended paint cans with a sheet of canvas behind them
I've watched this video probably a half dozen times and I'm still blown away by the shots you guys got with Scott. I'd really, really like to see you guys do more of these. Like, with the 4-bore... 😁
These videos with Scott have been some of the best on your channel, and definitely add a whole new dimension to watching Kentucky Ballistics. That ballistic gel footage is insane!
exactly my feelings watching this. it's incredible, in a horrific way, to see the creativity and ingenuity of humanity being used to create such powerful weapons
Don't mean to be rude but I don't think you need to be a medic to tell there would be nothing but red mist left if that was an animal/person instead of balistic gel
That is, I believe, the exact contact instant between the bullet and the ballistic gel. What I think we're seeing is kinda what was suggested in the video, an immense amount of heat, and therefor light, was generated in the initial impact of a very dense, high velocity object hitting another (at least semi-solid) solid object.
This is what youtube should be. Two channels combining their content to create a product fans of both (and more) can enjoy. Beautiful video, gentlemen. 🙏🙏
The Kentucky Effect was truly an amazing phenomena to witness up-close and in show motion. I'm proud to be alive to witness The Kentucky Effect with such fidelity. Thank you, gentlemen.
The way the table absolutely gets pushed in at the bottom at 12:08 is also pretty amazing. The force of the ballistics gel being displaces is just so strong it rips the table it's standing on apart.
@@Vares65 i wonder if it is enough force to produce dangerous wet shrapnel (pieces of bone and flesh flying so fast they can cause injury) for bystanders behind or beside the target if it hits for example the spine of a ballistic torso.
Thanks again to Scott for another great collab. We’re already eyeing up that new 4 bore!
You guys are Legends. :-)
this is the best channel for you guys to Collab with! Keep it coming!
i really wanna see gavie boy shoot the 4 bore
The moment I saw the 4 bore, I was hoping you guys would get some ultra slow mo footage of that thing destroying a zombie torso.
was just about to ask for that!
It was great having you all out! Those shots were absolutely amazing! Can’t wait to do it again!
4 bore?
Cheese ain’t supposed to sound like that
Great Collab! Stick a thumb in it!
Next time bring some tortilla chips and salsa. See how good a coating you can get with the nacho cheese.
4 bore!!!! Into a bigger block of jell.
I love that Dan’s impulse before doing something difficult is to take his shirt off.
If movies have taught me anything, it's that taking your shirt off before a difficult task increases your power by at least a factor of 1.5!
If movies have taught me anything, it's that taking your shirt off before a difficult task increases your power by at least a factor of 1.5!
I thought the same thing, Destin!
Destin, your excitement when things like the flash of the bullet happen, is all I can hear. Your involvement is all this video is missing! So much fun finding and learning new things!
Big Randy energy
The air is being compacted so fast that it's igniting. You momentarily created plasma
This is possible, but wouldn't the rotation of the bullet deflect the air? That's like the entire point of it. It's supposed to form a channel of low pressure gas in front of the bullet so it travels straight, but if it was building up that much gas, that's a straight up design flaw.
i kinda assumed it was a combination of unburned gunpowder/propellant from the gun and super hot air that just allowed combustion to happen when compressed. plasma would imply it is crazy hot, not completely impossible though
@@Novis-Nno, the rotation holds it going one direction just like a football. Its gyroscopic procession not an air channel.
This is likely the case as microscopic unburnt powder is travelling with the bullet and being ignited outside the gun with the pressure wave or when the flame front comes into contact with it as seen in this video.
Ideal rifle to take on UFO's
How many genuine WOW moments can you have inside 20 minutes? Thanks guys that was exceptional viewing
How many? All of them lol
Seriously. Jaw on the floor the whole time.
You said it the best!
Beat me to the punch, these are my thoughts exactly!
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
Absolutely beautiful.
Imagine how hard it would be to model this with Computational Fluid Dynamics. Stuff like this happens every day and it’s beyond any computational power that exists. Really fun to think about.
I love Gavin’s description of the “opposite square”. Perfect way to describe it.
True.
@@smartereveryday Now you’ve got me thinking, and it’s so mind boggling to think that something as simple as shooting ballistics gel would be impossibly hard to fabricate in other ways!
@@smartereveryday In a way it reminds me of the complexity of weather prediction models. Soooooo many factors, soooo many variables. Maybe AI will be able to start to make a dent in the modeling.
Though even a tech enthusiast like me is somewhat uncomfortable with AI’s potential for generating even more societal chaos.
Great to see you here, Destin! Quality recognizes quality 💯
These Kentucky Balistics collabs are genuinely some of the best videos I've seen this year.
That and every time he collabs he eats the guests after the video and gains mass and power looking bigger
100% agree. 🎉 these Kentucky ballistics videos are S tier.
This comment won’t count for much on January 1 of any year.
@@gcm747lmao
1:21 I love how he just nonchalantly catches the case without trying.
This needs more upvotes, that moment was cool af for how low key it was
I'm not trying to be mean but it wasn't that crazy if you shoot regularly this is a pretty common ability
@@gunsandmachinesenthusiastwe got the fun police on us
@theknightikins9397 ok you giant meat purse, I couldn't have been nicer about it 🤣 cry some more
@@theknightikins9397 you're literally like 13? Go back to school. The iPad is actually going to rot your brain
Uttering the phrase "Before you hand me that gun, I want to take my shirt off" instantly earned you American citizenship.
You Sir, Are Not Wrong
He heard the shooting rifles was better than sex
Fr fr 😂
Here's your free pickup truck and a year's supply of Natty Light, you've earned it!
I love Scott catching the casing as he ejects it from the weapon in the background at 1:21. They probably don't realize it but that whole frame was flawlessly composed. Something so elegant about it that I just can't articulate.
You think they don't realise it.
its satisying to grab a casing mid-air
Notice he's also not wearing safety glasses
@@CatBot007 Its not a over pressured .50 cal, so maybe he feels safe without them?
@@CatBot007With these rounds if something catastrophic happens a pair of safety glasses aren't going to do much except become plastic shrapnel.
I really like how seamlessly Scott fits in with Dan and Gav, and just as a guest. They all carry that same energy and humor.
He was awesome!!
This comment has 577 likes right now........577 Tyrannosaur.......I can't bring myself to hit the like button and change that!
12:30 i love the thin sound line you can see going forward if you look at the trees
you can see it at 8:30 too when the footage is paused
It was probably a sonic boom
@@Angie-LeeIngram the sonic boom is the specific white cloud when things go past the speed of sound. here it's the visible air pressure differential created by the moving bullet.
i haven't checked properly about the sonic boom but that's my understanding of all this
Dan's decision to fire the rifle with his shirt off is master level stuff. Brilliant.
Dan is an expert slow mo guinea pig.
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle wheek wheek :3
It would have been interesting to see Scott do it too as a comparison, since he's practically a body builder. It might be a modesty thing for him, though. Even when he was showing off his chest-opening scar, he only pulled his neck down a little
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle Imagine putting that on a resume.
@@birdyfeederz7940 Yea, Scott doesn't like to show himself off much. Which is fair.
8:30 I think what you are seeing is triboluminescence. This is a phenomenon that occurs when light is produced as a result of mechanical action such as pulling apart, ripping, scratching, crushing, or rubbing materials. Interestingly enough, SmarterEveryDay also noticed this effect when shooting Prince Rupert's drops with a gun (go to 1:34 on "AK-47 vs Prince Rupert's Drop (at 223,000 FPS) - Smarter Every Day 170")
It is also in some Mantis Shrimp footage:) I am think it is the plasma state for a tiny moment because of physics right?
@@mattdrahos2662please someone smart help us, we wanna know🥺
I ran straight here to get any answers
As in, the energy release is intense enough to generate light? Dayum. I wonder if at least part of that's because of friction causing a short-lived ignition.
I mean it _could_ be plasma for all I know, but then what would be ionizing the gases?
@@mattdrahos2662 Triboluminescence isn't fully understood but it's absolutely not because anything is turning into a plasma.
That gel block expanding from the second shot is certainly one of the most incredible slomo footage from this channel, absolutely crazy
Timestamp?
Those compression detonations.. The energy given visual form.. Seeing what's actually mind bendingly happening inside those microseconds. Wow. Just... Wow.
They all carry that same energy and humor.
Thumbs up
@@nhrabby7214just put a thumb in it
Because they all share the same passion
And proneness to injury.
@@narcodiumHunting elephants?
Dan, in 95% videos: a total goof
Dan, in explosive and gun videos: dangerously competent
Murica moment
@@gOgOoGAgAhe's British
As a Floridian, America is just the British that were held back by the crown from commiting even more crimes against humanity.
@@feathered316715 year old floridian
He was in the military
Guys, I think that this video shows one of the best slow-mo footages the world has ever seen! 👌🏼 The movement of the ballistic gel was absolutely insane, which makes this video so cool to watch. Thanks so much to the three of you! 👏🏼🤩
1000% agree!
💯
Yeah that “Kentucky Flash” was insane, never would have predicted that
And when it happened on the 2nd block the flash cause 2 weird lil shock waves on both blocks where they meet at the top, I wonder why
Yup, that Slow motion footage is spectacular.
It’s easy to forget after only watching Kentucky Ballistics for a while just how massive Scott is compared to normal people.
Those tiny cavitation explosions in the ballistic gel for the second shot was _CRAZY._
The second bullet in the gel moved back, because those cavitations are creating a vacuum. The force moves the gel out, and it happens so fast air does not have a chance to rush in, so the vacuum causes it to collapse.
@@alphagt62 It's more so the cohesive forces of the material pulling back on itself. A vacuum means there's nothing there, which means there's nothing to create a force. So, the material fills the space by relaxing back into shape since it hasn't permanently deformed yet.
@@zecuse have you seen the video where they shoot a gun underwater? It definitely pulls a vacuum. When the bullet travels down through the water we see big cavitations, and they collapse, and no bubbles rise to the surface. The cavities just slam shut, there was no air in those cavities.
@@alphagt62 I'm well aware of that. The cavitation in that case can also be attributed to the cohesive forces of water. A vacuum doesn't produce any forces because definitionally, there's nothing there! Instead, other forces from the objects will be able to react.
Fancy seeing you here!
So used to seeing you in Toms comment section usually :D
This is by far my favorite episode so far!
9:11 my jaw literally on the floor. This episode was awesome!
Dude literally everyone watches these 😂
The multi coloured flame tornado in 4k is minez I recommend. This was amazing though
I think people forget that Dan is like a literal expert. He handled that all very well
It seems that Scott and Dan have great respect for each other. I am sure they had chatted heaps off camera.
The default assumption for Americans meeting Brits is that they'll be the tea sipping dainty kind. Once you tell us you were in the military though we fully understand that you're the other kind of Brit, the cuppa having, world conquering kind.
Dan was in the RLC, I doubt he's fired much more than an L85 a few times on the range prior to YT. Plus he was snatching the trigger, even we don't do that.
@@MainerZ i thought he was eod?
@@suirall EOD falls under the RLC.
8:31 The flash of light when the bullet contacts the gel could be sonoluminescence, where microscopic bubbles of air inside the balistic gel collapse to emits light. If so, for about a hundred picoseconds, each bubble emits about 1-10 MW.
That first shot into the ballistic gel generating so much heat from the friction of the impact that it lit up the inside is absolutely insane
Possibly triboelectric effect?
@@chrisschierer5672 kentucky effect!!
Bullets are ingrained with the light of god
I think that could be the air trapped between the bullet and the gel being compressed to a plasma just like in spaceships on re-entry
@@janiwirman definitely possible! It's feasible that the bullet is moving too fast for the air to displace enough to not create immense pressure between the head of the bullet and the gel
That flash of light at 8:29 is absolutely amazing. It looks like a flashlight, and it goes through both blocks. For only 1/82,000th of a second. I've never seen that before.
It's probably sonoluminescence.
@@ScapeonomicsThat’s what I thought too
My hypothesis: Trace accelerant on the bullet that achieved secondary ignition as a result of compressed air between the bullet and the gel. Happens again in the gap between the two gel block, but smaller, so less trace accelerant to ignite or lowered bullet velocity resulting in less compressive heat generated?
Or sonoluminescence like @Scapeonomics suggested. 😅
@@bladeofphoenixIMO, the light is just way too concentrated to be an ignition from compression. It’s not impossible, but it’s just so bright, and the gun powder used in ammo I don’t think can burn that bright, at least not that I’ve seen.
I think it might be the ballistic gel being compressed by the force, changing how it looks in light to make it look like a flash from the bullet. Same thing with it entering the second block but with less force
Probably best slomo video I’ve seen from these guys in the past 5 years. The ballistic gel explosion was mind blowing.
110% agree with you. This video is insane!
That flash when the projectile struck was wild!
The gel turned into the alien from the Abyss.
beautiful
The flash of light in a single frame is really awesome. Lightspeed 😮.
The absolute size difference in between Scott and Dan makes me realize how Scott can shoot the types of guns he can
Seeing him next to Eddie hall was eye opening, te guy is like 260
I wonder how much time Scott spends working out.
I love that Gav and Dan have been so successful with TH-cam. It's a simple theme, everything in slow motion. But for them to consistently upload unique, entertaining videos while never straying from the original idea. Huge respect to them both for the creativity and dedication, especially Dan for that killer back hair
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@@bichtran2539thank you for contributing
These two channels collaborating is just a match made in heaven.
That first shot through the gel was mindblowing, from the flashes on contact to the re-ignition of the cavity implosions. Wow.
I am so glad the slow mo guys are back and better than ever.
Were they gone ? 🤔
They were never gone?
back on the channel for a collab you stupid replies.
dont call it a comeback, they been here for years
@@mysticmarble94 Dan was away for years during the pandemic, Gav wasnt posting that much.
Thank you guys for getting back with Scott! Love the colabs, and these slow motion captures are crazy!
I know it's kind of funny seeing Dan's bod responding to the recoil, but I was actually really fascinated by the anatomical action there. You can see how his muscles reduce the shock and spread it across his back to prevent it from moving his shoulder and arm. Fascinating!
Really showcases how the musculature works as not just motors but also anchors. And the skin rippling almost like a fluid when propelled by so much force, too. It's so cool to watch.
Plus, Dan is a big dude, and on the more powerful shots, you see his entire body move in kind of a sling shot fashion from just the power of the shot. Truly would be fascinating to see more in depth
@@jasondamrau9943 then you see Scott next to him almost twice as wide
@WayStedYou lol yeah that dude was massive
@@jasondamrau9943
Sooo... watch you want to watch recoil propogate through a guy in a speedo? That would be cool, honestly.
I truly hope y’all do another collaboration. You three together works so well. Genuinely one of the best videos I’ve seen all year, wow
Scott's recovery has been mindblowing, so glad to see him doing well.
What happened to him?
.50 cal blew up in his face, almost killed him. look it up.@@jackfinnie6603
@@jackfinnie6603 his gun blew up
@@jackfinnie6603 He shot a rare round only found on the aftermarket, unfortunately it had been reloaded far too hot by the seller and blew his gun up like a grenade, he got shrapnel into his face but luckily his glasses saved his eyes.
The major injury however was part of the gun penetrating his throat and lodging itself inside his chest behind his ribs, puncturing a lung, he had to shove his thumb into his neck to not bleed to death and luckily had his father on set to drive him to the hospital.
He had to have his chest opened up to get the fragments inside it taken out and then spent a long time recovering as he could not lift heavy things due to his chest recently being split open, but luckily as evident, has now made a full recovery.
@@jackfinnie6603 You can see his 2 year old scar from his neck being ripped apart at like 7:30
I love the slow mo guys not just for their cool content, but because any collab they're a part of is just absolute fire.
Literally, in this case
Scott is an absolute legend and seems like such a good mate to have! I’ll never get over how cool it is that cavitation bubbles flash like that. Truly fascinating!
It's from the air being super compressed as the gel shrinks back, or that's the explanation I've heard.
@comfortablynumb9342 it's actually from the sound energy converting to light energy - 'sonoluminescence. I wrote a comment explaining it 😊
The wood on that Tyrannosaurus rifle is gorgeous. It's worth getting hammered by it to have such a beautiful piece of art. I agree on large caliber weapons - my favorite rifle, by far, is a .458 Magnum I had built for me many decades ago.
I used to do high-resolution fluid simulations on a supercomputer. All I can think when I see that gel exploding is how incredibly expensive it looks! Not the material, not the camera, or the bullets, but the MOTIONS! That job gave me such a newfound respect for the incredible beauty and complexity of fluid dynamics. I look at something like this and marvel in awe at how reality.exe can possibly run something so detailed and multi-threaded and complex so effortlessly.
You guys are like a bunch of school kids playing in the backyard with ridiculous toys, please never stop, this was fantastic! Great collab!
I don't think you'll have to worry about them stopping.
Bunch of Hufflepuffs. Couldn't agree more. Always a blast.
instead of ridiculous toys it 50 cal rifles
Agree
This is easily my favorite collaboration on TH-cam
You know, for years I've imagined and always wanted a collab between SlowMoGuys and DemolitionRanch. Luckily, Scott just so happens to have even crazier guns than Matt.
yup loving these....
I want to see SMG team up with Garand Thumb.... they can head back to the Tank Range... cause the howitzer vs Human Torso NEEDS their hi speed.
I've been wishing for this for so long!
Highly HIGHLY recommend ballistic high speed, they have videos with much better cameras and even detonate grenades and claymores at 250,000 frames per second. Amazing channel.
Agreed!
I'm happy to report that no elephants were harmed in creating this video.
Scott just casually catching the shell at 1:19 was amazing
Was looking for this comment right here
took 18 takes lol
Ik right
So glad to see you guys working with Scott! If you ever wanna fly to AZ and film tannerite in slow motion, lemme know!
I’d love to see that!
You will always be the singing voice of Alastor to everyone, also it's cool seeing someone that inspired me to sing more and be confident in my voice enjoy gun videos in slowmo
That will be so cool to see
Slow mo voice overs lets goo
Daily reminder that Dan is unironically secretly a proper military trained badass
"secretly"
Openly discloses and uses his military training in one of the most popular TH-cam channels ever
What branch/service was he part of? Just curious
@@Tyler-vw9bh I believe he was a weapons and explosions expert in the army, although I may be wrong
Monthly
@@BlueZirnitra well this is only the 4th one of these vids ive ever watched so i didnt know that and was happy to learn hes properly trained.
The jell block demonstration is forever memorable. Superb production! Kentucky Scott has incredible shoulders.
That shot of the first solid bullet going through the ballistic gel blocks is officially the coolest slo-mo footage you guys have ever shot. Astounding!
Both shots had me speechless.
I agree 💯!
I love how when Scott stands next to the slo mo guys it really puts into perspective how well built he is
Stick your thumb in it
His arms look bigger than their legs. 😅
@@MajorDstructionmost if not all of the famous guntubers are pretty fit
@@prointernetuserI remember how shocked when I realized how tall Hickok45 was. Most guntubers seem to be either really athletic or bulky. Brandon, the guys at Garand Thumb, & FPSRussia are all good examples.
@@bustavonnutzBrandon getting that southern strong boy body.
Know he’s eating good 😂
This is one of those episodes that you don’t want to end and no matter how long it is it wasn’t long enough.
ayo?
@@nextheemceehow is that a ayo moment ?
Dan, you handled that recoil like a boss. Good on ya
The shots of the explosion in the gel are legitimately some of the coolest shots you've ever done. Awesome collab!
3:26 - The first slo-mo recoil.
4:53 - Recoil from behind.
8:51 - Solid bullet through ballistic gel.
12:26 - Soft point bullet through ballistic gel.
16:04 - Bullet into glue.
17:49 - Bullet through nacho cheese.
12:49 Formation of the milky way galaxy.
ok
12:08 for the thumbnail
You probably wear a cape, because you're a hero
17:21 CHEESE AIN'T S'POSED TO SOUND LIKE THAT
I love how the mic is hooked onto Dan's chest hair. Very creative.
That made me laugh to see lol
the tensile strength of dans chest hair is enoug to hold a micrphone confirmed
@@WayStedYouit feels like there's a Chuck Norris joke waiting to be made here
It's so satisfying imagining those blocks as alien monster worms.
Love these collaborations.
Just noticed at 12:45, the table deforms downward as much as the gelatin deforms upward.
That's not rite, I''m beading have... 🤔
Bro, yeah I was just about to leave it comment on that
@@izzy4real311you having a stroke?
@@enb3810Guess so it has been not English so lately.
newtons 3rd law every action has an equal and opposite reaction
I really don't think it's hyperbole that this is the best ballistics gel footage I've seen.
It’s either this or garand thumb shooting a ballistic gel torso with a artillery round
hands down this is wild. I have seen every video they have made on this channel and I am in awe of what I just saw
Why would you say that with hyperbole?
@@Nekotaku_TV Well sometimes people say something is the "best ever" when it's not really the best ever; it's hyperbole to say something exaggerated like that.
@@R2Bl3nd That's dumb. But I don't think people would in this case because it's a rare thing and stands out.
I love fluid dynamics, seeing solids or gasses move like a liquid reminds me that everything is a fluid if you scale time and space enough.
What would happen if they fired into a non-Newtonian fluid such as a corn starch/H2O mixture?
there has to be some crossover between fluid dynamics and the big bang. the glue looks like the scattering of matter throughout the universe after the big bang
@@artcurious807 There certainly is. The clumping of matter is just like the clumping of water on a hydrophobic surface like plastic, and the surface tension is just like gravitational forces
These slow mos and the slow mo guys are the only thing I appreciate on the internet and 21st century
Gavin’s laugh that seems to only surface when Dan is in pain is super contagious 😂
exactly why people love him in play pals.
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The sequence of tiny explosions inside of the ballistic gel looked INCREDIBLE! Great content as always, much love from Texas!
It so reminded me of the gross slimy parts of the Matrix. Amazing footage .
You know its the bad-end of violent when the air is setting on fire within the target. Can you imagine what a tank APDSFS does at 4500-5900fps and 19.8KG (305560.7Grain)
Implosions*
you can finally appreciate the sheer size of scott standing next to two normal sized people
I read this comment when it had exactly 💯 likes 👍🏻
my thoughts exactly 😆
Same
Look how far back he is in the shot at 14:24 to try to make him look smaller than he is
you can finally appreciate the sheer size of Gav's nose standing next to Scott 😛
You guys NEED to collaborate with Scott and KB more often! These two worlds colliding is something beautiful and those slow mo shots are some of the best images that will ever be caught on any camera ever I reckon.
I had been begging for so long for these collaborations to happen between slow mo guys and gun channels and they are exactly what I wanted I’m so happy
You should see their earlier collaboration! It was a really personal one for Kentucky Ballistics because they recreated a situation that nearly killed him. It's good to see him back!
Kentucky ballistics seems like a nice genuine style of guy compared to alot of the other click baity gun channels on TH-cam that just feed of being overly animated and loud and obnoxious. he deserves the views he gets wouldn't surprise me if he gets bigger than alot of the main gun channels on youtube
Scott’s the real deal. Awesome human being.
I'm glad he is still around to do stuff like this. That .50 cal explosion was insane. I'm actually impressed he is still willing to shoot firearms like that. I would definitely be really gun shy (no pun intended) and I don't know if I'd be able to shoot again.
Agreed
I concur, scott and brandon herrera are my current two favourite firearms channels, both seem like really genuine dudes.
Its wild you say this, because Scott’s WHOLE STYLE is overly animated and loud. I think the difference is that he’s not macho about it. He doesn’t think the guns make him cool, he thinks the guns themselves are cool and genuinely wants to share it with people. Thats the difference in my opinion.
“You don’t wanna shoot?”
I love how you can see him holding in his laughter, what a pleasant guy
@5:42 I love that you can see the pressure wave/shock wave of the blast
This collab never crossed my mind, but it is genuinely some of the best entertainment I've seen so far this year.
It's not their first collab.
Best thing is, this is the second one! They did one a year ago trying to recreate a near-fatal accident Kentucky Ballistics was a part of.
Kentucky is such a wholesome and fun dude and it’s hilarious to see the three of them together. They’re all such great personalities but both groups juxtapose the others significantly. Like “here we see three perfect representatives of their respective homelands” and it works well.
What, the arms master, the videographer, and the test subject? Lol /s
why was my first though when reading that "and here are the Three Stooges"???
@@DriftersDiesel The AV nerd, the cockney brit, and the cowboy.
@@agilemind6241 The AV nerd, the cockney brit, and a big marine.
This is what youtube was made for
15:52 good discipline
Kentucky Ballistics quickly turns away after that recoil to avoiding get splashed, and in slow mo, already has his finger straight and off the trigger.
I am hazy in the numbers from 52 years ago in the recoil of a Black Powder double barrel 2 bore Elephant rifle . It was an article in a buddies American Rifleman magazine. The fuzzy memory was around 125 pounds of recoil. The article mentioned shooting elephants from horseback and managing to stay in the saddle.
These two together have been nothing but fun and joy, hats off to Dan for enduring all that power!
"Looks like someone kicked a chicken."
These analogies are wild. Between this and "you look like some sort of weird genie" (from one of them balloon episodes), I'd say Gav is the master of analogies.
The audio design for the slow mo shots in this video are so well made.
12:33
This was one of the coolest things I've seen recently. Absolutely amazing!
Thanks, Scott!
Everything that happens to the first block looks incredible.
I always love watching Scott collaborate on any other channel where he gets to share the "Big Gun Experience" for the first time with new people, because his enjoyment is infectious.
Scott really is a national treasure. The guy plays it rather goofy in his own videos, but here you can see what a likeable fella he is, when he's not playing up the Kentucky Ballistics persona.
He appears to be the kinda guy that would be unlimited fun to hang out with at a BBQ while drinking some nice cold beer and talking smack.
and very much safety first too and to think stood next to eddie hall he looked small and small he is not
Him and his family are a treasure. His dad and wife are the unseen unheard pillars of kentucky ballistics and bring just as much joy and happiness as scott himself does
chiropractor gun... fixes spots missed by even pro chiropractors
These slow-mo (high-speed) camera's are incredible. I can see why The Phantom v2640 and similar models can cost upwards of $150k.
ohh man the TMX is almost half a mil!!
Seeing the shockwave ahead of the bullet was insane.
Dont get me wrong... it was all insane, but the triboluminescence, the shock wave, and the secondary explosion as the air fuel mixture compressed inside the block were awesome.
DUUUUDE I was wondering why Scott looked so familiar and it hit me: years ago i stumbled on a story where the gun exploded and he had to jam a thumb in his neck to stop bleeding.
I'm so happy you're doing better!
One and the same.
He has done six gun kaboom videos since, though not fired from the shoulder again. He also did four videos about the 50 caliber accident and posted nine more videos created by other guntubers. They're on his page under "Playlists". Spending an afternoon watching the videos won't be a waste of time.
My mistake. He did five videos about the 50 caliber accident and posted eight others.
Me too !!!
A mere flesh wound.
Seeing Scott next to the other guys shows how big he really is. He's a solid barrel-chested dude.
He fires 460 magnum single handed like it is nothing and I hand on to mine with both hands waiting for the world to explode. I have also fired a 45-110 with a 500+ grain bullet, but from the bench. That was a mistake with my body issues. There is no way I would fire the 577.
Chest like a powder keg.
It doesn't matter is you love guns or hate them,
there's a profoundly artistic side to this that's absolutely undeniable.
The glue shot fx makes for a totally gorgeous wallpaper.
Thanks a lot.
there's a machine gun that during WWI was nicknamed The Devil's Paintbrush, the Maxim; i saw it fired on a History Channel series with that drill sergeant guy from Full Metal Jacket, he shot at suspended paint cans with a sheet of canvas behind them
@@CorvusCorone68 More to do with its use in slaughtering native Africans by the thousands.
@@wanderingmercurymarauder761indeed
@@wanderingmercurymarauder761ounds like a skill issue, all jokes aside the Maxim was invented long after the natives got wiped out
@@theamericanextremist There are still tons of native Africans. Did you misread the comment?
I've watched this video probably a half dozen times and I'm still blown away by the shots you guys got with Scott. I'd really, really like to see you guys do more of these. Like, with the 4-bore... 😁
These videos with Scott have been some of the best on your channel, and definitely add a whole new dimension to watching Kentucky Ballistics. That ballistic gel footage is insane!
I love Scott. He is always so high energy in videos. Seems like a really cool do to hang out with.
Watching that shot through the ballistic gelatin as a former army medic was terrifying. I would never want to see that injury
exactly my feelings watching this. it's incredible, in a horrific way, to see the creativity and ingenuity of humanity being used to create such powerful weapons
@@buggalo Getting that same vibe from the new Oppenheimer movie.
Don't mean to be rude but I don't think you need to be a medic to tell there would be nothing but red mist left if that was an animal/person instead of balistic gel
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One of the few older TH-cam channels whose quality and enthusiasm had never dipped in 13 years 👍
A collaboration I didn't know I needed so badly.. this has been superb.
This has got to be the coolest slow-mo video I've ever seen. That second shot was insane
“I’m excited” “I’m scared” 😂
I read this as soon as they said it. Made it 10x better.
@@danielkelsosmith lol
This is one of the most incredible videos you’ve ever made. I always am fascinated by slow motion but this was jaw-dropping.
Dan handled that recoil far better than I could. Bravo!
Wow, all of the footage is awe inspiring. But that bright flash of light right as it touches the gel is especially amazing.
We need the @smartereveryday guy Destin to explain that!
@@shuntera Look up triboluminescence.
@@mdlsome4183 is that the same thing that happens when you pull clear duct tape apart?
That is, I believe, the exact contact instant between the bullet and the ballistic gel. What I think we're seeing is kinda what was suggested in the video, an immense amount of heat, and therefor light, was generated in the initial impact of a very dense, high velocity object hitting another (at least semi-solid) solid object.
Yeah and when it happened on the 2nd block the flash cause 2 weird lil shock waves on both blocks where they meet at the top, I wonder why
This is what youtube should be. Two channels combining their content to create a product fans of both (and more) can enjoy. Beautiful video, gentlemen. 🙏🙏
The Kentucky Effect was truly an amazing phenomena to witness up-close and in show motion. I'm proud to be alive to witness The Kentucky Effect with such fidelity. Thank you, gentlemen.
That slo mo back shot was one of the best I've ever seen
To be honest, besides the slow mo, their excitement was what kept me
Every single one of them was excited, that genuine excitement made it for me
Honestly really impressive that he isn’t flinching, considering that he’s not used to shooting these and how beat up he’s getting with each shot.
He is used to more typical shooting though.
Dan was an EOD guy with the UK Army if I remember correctly.
Well he has fired 50BMGs and stuff before, but the 460 wby and all the nitro rounds are pretty massive recoil
The way the table absolutely gets pushed in at the bottom at 12:08 is also pretty amazing. The force of the ballistics gel being displaces is just so strong it rips the table it's standing on apart.
The table rip like jeans 😂
I was watching that too! So much energy transfer right there. The slowmo shot from the side show it in detail.
@@Vares65 i wonder if it is enough force to produce dangerous wet shrapnel (pieces of bone and flesh flying so fast they can cause injury) for bystanders behind or beside the target if it hits for example the spine of a ballistic torso.
Guy who likes to shoot guns plus guys who like slow mo and science = perfect combo