The Box o truth

[TallBill]

Here is a little site that I put together. Its certainly not pretty, but kinda fun if your semi-interested in firearms. I didn't do any of the tests, I just host the information.

http://theboxotruth.com

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Interesting stuff, even for those of us that are familiar with the information presented. It will be particularly eye-opening to those who only know about guns from their experience playing Counter-Strike.

 

[0roo0roo]

heh they shot at a car and stuff in mythbusters.

 

[edro]

Haha, looks like something I would do. That picture of the last lock frm the shotgun is great!

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Fun

I heard a story about a guy that found out that a double barrel blackpowder shotgun pistol (I'm sure there's a better name for it) was the perfect home defense weapon because you couldn't overload it, it made tons of noise and had a wide spread, even close up, and didn't penetrate two sheets of plywood. The downside was that you couldn't store a blackpowder gun loaded for extended periods of time. At the back of his house was a desert, so once a week he would just go and shoot both barrels off. Every house in the neighborhood was eventually robbed at one time or another except his and his neighbors.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
heh they shot at a car and stuff in mythbusters.

Ariticles coming up will probably include some bulletproof glass, sandbags, and perhaps engine blocks.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Luv what the slug did to the lock. "breeching shotguns" hell yeah.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea the locks bit was sweet


any explanation sites on how they name these ammos?

meh, the most i've shot is a .22

 

[Czar]

Ain't retirement great!

....

and is that you really, doing the shooting ?

the lock test was definetly the most interesting one

 

[BigJelly]

From: The Box O' Truth #4 - Miscellaneous Rounds Meet The Box O' Truth

Moral of this lesson: Don't get in any gun fights with buffalo hunters. There ain't no such thing as cover.

Now thats some good advice

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
heh they shot at a car and stuff in mythbusters.

Ariticles coming up will probably include some bulletproof glass, sandbags, and perhaps engine blocks.

one thing interesting, as you seen in the movies, people shielding themselves from gunfire with car doors, could you add those to the list

should be easy to get from the scrap yard

 

[K1052]

That is kinda neat.

Nice to see him using a FAL.

 

[mrCide]

good work! very interesting

 

[Kelemvor]

I like the last write-up for Box 4....

Moral of this lesson: Don't get in any gun fights with buffalo hunters. There ain't no such thing as cover.

 

[edro]

.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
heh they shot at a car and stuff in mythbusters.

Ariticles coming up will probably include some bulletproof glass, sandbags, and perhaps engine blocks.

one thing interesting, as you seen in the movies, people shielding themselves from gunfire with car doors, could you add those to the list

should be easy to get from the scrap yard

We were gonna do doors, but its been proven time and time again that doors dont stop anything. It could be a future project though.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Car doors work in the sense that it's harder to aim at something that you can't clearly see. And braces and that sort of thing could deflect a round from a handgun. Gangsters and lawmen during the prohibition era used to like the BAR because it could confidently blow through a car door whereas other guns were only likely to. Aren't rifle rounds grand?

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea the locks bit was sweet


any explanation sites on how they name these ammos?

meh, the most i've shot is a .22

Ar15.com has quite a bit of info on various firearms if you search around. And I dont do any of the shooting.

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
heh they shot at a car and stuff in mythbusters.

Ariticles coming up will probably include some bulletproof glass, sandbags, and perhaps engine blocks.

one thing interesting, as you seen in the movies, people shielding themselves from gunfire with car doors, could you add those to the list

should be easy to get from the scrap yard

We were gonna do doors, but its been proven time and time again that doors dont stop anything. It could be a future project though.

Lots of different kinds of doors. Hollow, solid core, solid core steel covered, etc. COuld get some rejects from a local Home Improvement store possibly and see what happens. But I agree they probably won't stop anything unless specially made to do so.

 

[dabuddha]

Nice!

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
heh they shot at a car and stuff in mythbusters.

Ariticles coming up will probably include some bulletproof glass, sandbags, and perhaps engine blocks.

one thing interesting, as you seen in the movies, people shielding themselves from gunfire with car doors, could you add those to the list

should be easy to get from the scrap yard

We were gonna do doors, but its been proven time and time again that doors dont stop anything. It could be a future project though.

yea the mythbusters guys already did it. rifle..shot clean through both doors
gas tank was also a dud of course.

 

[Calin]

The lower caliber assault rifle rounds are made to tumble, as their low surface/high velocity won't make real damage to a human target. However, this reduces their penetration in walls (brick/mortar).
The penetration depends more of the bullet's speed, and its capacity to retain its shape. The buckshots have "failed" the penetration tests as they were too small - the buckshot affected a bigger size than the pistol bullets.
Hmmm... Buffalo hunters... I want to be one

Calin

 

[JDub02]

great information.

 

[0roo0roo]

he needs a deagle test for us cs'ers

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
heh they shot at a car and stuff in mythbusters.

I have been known to shoot cars...