You probably remember Scott of Kentucky Ballistics’ little oopsie (as he calls it), when a spicy round blew up his 50 cal and almost killed him. Since that brush with death he’s deliberately blown other firearms under more controlled conditions and filmed the results to show the failure modes.
This time, however, he’s teamed up with The Slow-Mo Guys to blow up some guns at exceptionally high frame rates.
They blow up both an AR-15 and a .300 Winchester Mangnum rifle. The most interesting part for me was seeing that the explosion rips through the bottom of the AR’s magazine before the top of the gun starts flying.
But wait! There’s more! Here’s Scott and the Slow-Mo Guys playing Kentucky Roulette for some close up demolition.
And yes, eggplant is involved.
Well worth watching.
Carolina Reaper, not California Reaper.
Pepper X is even stronger.
Typical failure mode for an AR-15 will see that happen to the magazine. Every single time I saw a weapon experience that kind of event in the Army, the magazine failed in exactly that manner.
Basic AR-15 design is pretty solid and very safe; if it fails, the shooter usually won’t be injured that badly. That said, you can do some really serious damage by doing your typical stupid things like firing a 5.56mm weapon with .300 Blackout…
I think the worst weapon failure event I saw in the Army was a mis-headspaced M2HB. That’s gonna do some damage, when it lets go.
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