Mythbusters: Diving into water saves you from bullets...

[MikeMike]

holy crap, i cant believe the .223 and M1 both just disentigrate when they hit the water.

i wonder what they .50 cal rifle is gunna do.

yes i know its a repeat, but its an awesome experimet.

 

[blustori]

Old episode.

 

[IAteYourMother]

clip?

 

[StevenYoo]

yeah man, that barett is badass, but it looks like it sucks for shooting fish

 

[computeerrgghh]

Yeah, I saw that.




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The 50 cal bullet broke up too.

 

[jfall]

the .50 doesn't do sh!t

 

[iluvtruenos]

What about using a 50 cal shotgun with slugs? Will that break up as well?

 

[EvilYoda]

yeah, I remember that episode...it was a little more effective than I had anticipated too.

 

[QurazyQuisp]

It's ruined every movie with guns shooting into the water since. (for me)

 

[spidey07]

F=MA

live it, learn it, love it.

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
What about using a 50 cal shotgun with slugs? Will that break up as well?

The slugs would likely drain the pool.

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: spidey07
F=MA

learn it, live it, love it.

Fixed FTW

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
What about using a 50 cal shotgun with slugs? Will that break up as well?

The slugs would likely drain the pool.

Ask Cheney....

oh wait, he shot a person, not water.

 

[SofaKing]

lo

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
What about using a 50 cal shotgun with slugs? Will that break up as well?

The slugs would likely drain the pool.

Ask Cheney....

oh wait, he shot a person, not water.

he used bird shot

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: SofaKing
lo

lol

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
he used bird shot

And yet again that whole newton thing.

F=MA

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: SofaKing
lo

lol

loller

 

[Eeezee]

Yeah, it's kind of like how people assume it doesn't hurt to plunge into a pool of water from 100+ feet. It's sort of like hitting a concrete wall

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
What about using a 50 cal shotgun with slugs? Will that break up as well?

The slugs would likely drain the pool.

Maybe... The slower moving bullets actually penetrated further than the ones that went supersonic.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
It's ruined every movie with guns shooting into the water since. (for me)

if you shoot straight down it's no problem (as their shotty showed), but at an angle, bullets go bye bye

 

[TechnoPro]

How deep beneath the surface must one be to avoid being hit?

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: TechnoPro
How deep beneath the surface must one be to avoid being hit?

they said even 3 feet was sufficient, if you were far away enough from the shooter

 

[jlee]

I wanted to watch that, but I missed it..

 

[Schfifty Five]

If you were already underwater, and held a gun to your hand and pulled the trigger at point blank, will it still penetrate?