Japanese Sword VS Pistol Bullet: Who wins? (Video link inside)

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: SSP
I think the other vid of this was longer, showing a slowmo of the bullet hitting the blade.

That's what I was hoping for.

 

[Grunt03]

Actually if you would like the truth....

This is nonething if the sword is actually hand made. A true sword when the hilt is taken apart would have a Kanji stamp imbeded into the steel. The stamps mean several things, it tells where the sword was made, the contemporary master swordsmiths name, it also will tell how many people have owned the sword. If you were to find a red stamp, each red stamp increases the value of the sword. This mark would mean that the sword was actually used to cut through a human body. Each additional mark would represent additional bodys that it cut through.

Normally this type of sword would be a " Tokubetsu Kicho Token, Katana sword, from around the 1868 -1912 period.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: Grunt03
Actually if you would like the truth....

This is nonething if the sword is actually hand made. A true sword when the hilt is taken apart would have a Kanji stamp imbeded into the steel. The stamps mean several things, it tells where the sword was made, the contemporary master swordsmiths name, it also will tell how many people have owned the sword. If you were to find a red stamp, each red stamp increases the value of the sword. This mark would mean that the sword was actually used to cut through a human body. Each additional mark would represent additional bodys that it cut through.

Normally this type of sword would be a " Tokubetsu Kicho Token, Katana sword, from around the 1868 -1912 period.

I just finished reading "Flyboys." i don't think I'd want a Japanese sword that had actually been used to kill someone.

 

[Fingers]

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
The idea that a thick piece of steel can stop a small piece of lead isn't anything new. Of course, HITTING that small piece of lead is another thing. And the jacketing on the bullets may make a difference, target shooting rounds are usually all lead, which is soft. The military on the other hand, uses full metal jacket rounds that have a copper shell around the lead. As noted, those flying pieces of metal won't feel too good.

Jacketing is primarily to keep weapons clean, it is EXTREMELY thin. You can easily scratch through it with your fingernail.

Viper GTS

Only on .22's. On rifles and handguns it's considerably thicker. Too thick to scratch through.

Varies from brand to brand, but the point is it's thin and just for keeping the barrel cleaner.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: Fingers

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
The idea that a thick piece of steel can stop a small piece of lead isn't anything new. Of course, HITTING that small piece of lead is another thing. And the jacketing on the bullets may make a difference, target shooting rounds are usually all lead, which is soft. The military on the other hand, uses full metal jacket rounds that have a copper shell around the lead. As noted, those flying pieces of metal won't feel too good.

Jacketing is primarily to keep weapons clean, it is EXTREMELY thin. You can easily scratch through it with your fingernail.

Viper GTS

Only on .22's. On rifles and handguns it's considerably thicker. Too thick to scratch through.

Varies from brand to brand, but the point is it's thin and just for keeping the barrel cleaner.

youre either going to get lead fouling or copper fouling. either way, jacket or not, your barrel still gonna get dirty. Jackets are thin at the tip and get progressively thicker towards the base of the bullet, this is to help control expansion upon impact; the thinner copper wil expand more so than the thicker of the base.

http://world.guns.ru/ammo/bullets-e.htm#ap shows good pictures of the different kinds of bullets.