Channel: @kentuckyballistics
This video from Kentucky Ballistics explores the recoil experienced by average individuals when firing some of the world's largest sporting rifles. Participants with limited experience, typically with 12-gauge shotguns, are subjected to cartridges like the 500 Nitro Express, 5.77 Tyrannosaur, 700 BMG, 4 Bore, and the 950 JDJ. The video highlights the significant difference in recoil compared to their usual firearms, emphasizing the physical challenge and the sheer power of these massive calibers.
This video reviews the Meligun MG-25 and MG-22, unique firearms disguised as knives. The presenter demonstrates their operation, loading mechanism, and firing. Testing includes shooting at various targets like water jugs, fruit, and a ballistic dummy to assess their effectiveness and accuracy. The review highlights the novelty of these firearms and their potential, albeit limited, applications.
This video from Kentucky Ballistics tests the bullet resistance of a 22-pound steel mug against a wide array of firearms, from .22LR to .577 Tyrannosaur and .50 BMG. The presenter, Scott, systematically fires each caliber at the mug, documenting the impact and penetration. While smaller calibers like .22LR and 5.7mm had no effect, larger handgun rounds like .44 Magnum and .460 S&W Magnum began to dent and deform the mug. Rifle calibers, particularly the 5.56mm and 277 Fury, caused significant damage and penetration. The most powerful rounds, the .500 Nitro Express, .577 Tyrannosaur, and .50 BMG, all inflicted substantial damage, with the .577 Tyrannosaur and .50 BMG penetrating the mug, though neither fully passed through. The test highlights the impressive durability of the heavy steel mug.
This video from Kentucky Ballistics features an extensive test of a 400-pound Husafell stone against a wide array of firearms, culminating with a Solothurn 20mm anti-tank rifle. The testing progresses from small caliber handguns to powerful rifle rounds, demonstrating the stone's impressive resistance. The Solothurn 20mm rifle, firing a 2,300-grain projectile, ultimately penetrates the stone, showcasing its significant destructive power compared to other calibers like 50 BMG.
This video from Kentucky Ballistics tests the power and range of an Air Cannons LLC shirt cannon. The host, Scott, explores its capabilities by firing shirts at various pressures and then testing its impact on a ballistic dummy torso with different projectiles, including wet and frozen shirts, corn, potatoes, apples, and canned soup. The tests reveal significant blunt force trauma potential, especially with wet and frozen shirts, and demonstrate the cannon's ability to cause damage at close range.
This video provides an in-depth look at the Mauser 1918 Tankgewehr, the original anti-tank rifle. The presenter, Scott from Kentucky Ballistics, details its historical context, technical specifications, and demonstrates its capabilities through various tests. The content includes shooting steel plates, modern body armor, ballistic gel, and bulletproof glass, offering insights into the rifle's power and historical significance.
This video showcases custom-made .50 BMG RIP-inspired projectiles, designed to mimic the fragmentation of G2 Research's original RIP rounds. The host, Scott from Kentucky Ballistics, tests these rounds extensively in ballistic gel, refried beans, and against a zombie bust, demonstrating their extreme energy transfer and fragmentation capabilities. The tests confirm significant pedal separation and deep wound channels, with the projectiles proving stable at distance and capable of stopping in the fifth water jug.
This video from Kentucky Ballistics showcases the WASP CO2 Injector Knife, a unique device designed for underwater defense. The presenter, Scott, demonstrates its functionality by injecting CO2 gas into various targets, including a water jug, an egg, fruits, and a ballistic dummy torso. The tests highlight the significant pressure generated by the CO2 release, capable of causing substantial damage and disruption to organic matter. While presented with a humorous and hypothetical approach to shark attacks, the video provides a practical demonstration of the knife's potential effectiveness in incapacitating threats through rapid gas expansion.
This video from Kentucky Ballistics features a detailed test of various firearms against a life-sized Velociraptor replica to determine what it would take to defeat one. Host Scott, alongside Chris from Ballistic Dummy Lab, tests handguns from .22LR up to .500 Magnum, shotguns including a Spas-12, and rifles ranging from .45-70 to a .4 Bore. The experiment provides insights into the stopping power required for different threats, with a focus on practical application and the effectiveness of various calibers against a simulated large predator.
This video showcases the 'Kraken,' a custom-built, seven-barrel Nock Volley Gun, demonstrating its capabilities and extreme recoil. The presenter, Scott from Kentucky Ballistics, fires the weapon at various targets, including sodas, a ham, bulletproof glass, and body armor, detailing the significant recoil (340 lbs) and the weapon's destructive power. The video also touches upon the historical context of Nock Volley guns and the presenter's personal history with a severe firearm accident.
This video from Kentucky Ballistics tests the ballistic resistance of a helicopter against various calibers and projectiles, including 10mm, 300 Win Mag, 37mm flashbang, 50 AE, 277 Fury, 10 Gauge bird and buck shot, 50 BMG, crossbow bolts, 44 Magnum, 45 ACP, and 45-70 Auto. The experiment aims to determine how bulletproof a helicopter truly is, demonstrating significant penetration and destruction with larger calibers and high-energy rounds. The video also includes a segment where the helicopter is dropped from a crane to simulate a crash, showcasing its structural failure.
This video demonstrates the consequences of dry firing a compound bow. The presenter intentionally dry fires a 70-pound draw weight Matthews compound bow multiple times to observe the effects. While initial dry fires caused minor issues like a limb saver detaching and rubber fragments, subsequent attempts led to visible damage to the bow, suggesting that repeated dry firing can cause significant and potentially catastrophic failure.
