Videos tagged with Glass

This video, titled 'New Meopta Scopes for 2025', focuses on upcoming optics from the manufacturer Meopta. The description includes the hashtags #meopta and #pewpew, indicating a firearm enthusiast audience interested in shooting accessories. The content is expected to cover new scope models planned for release in 2025, likely detailing features, specifications, and potential applications for hunters, sport shooters, or tactical users.

This short video captures a dangerous firework experiment where a man ignites a firework inside a glass jug, leading to an immediate explosion. The individual humorously checks for injuries, while commentator Nikko Ortiz critiques the obvious lack of safety and understanding of basic physics involved in such a volatile setup.

This video compares Night Vision Goggles (NVG) and thermal optics, demonstrating that NVGs can see through glass while thermal imagers cannot. Standard glass acts as a reflective surface for thermal energy, obscuring targets behind it. The PVS-14 is highlighted as effective for seeing through glass in low-light conditions.

This video showcases the full-auto capability of a Glock 18c airsoft replica, demonstrating its ability to shatter multiple glass targets. The shooter transitions to semi-auto for precision and uses a second tan Glock replica. The content highlights the recreational use of airsoft replicas for target practice and prop demonstrations.

This video details an experiment involving a custom bowling ball cannon firing a standard bowling ball at 5-ply bullet-resistant glass. Initial attempts failed due to insufficient gunpowder compression, highlighting the importance of packing. A successful third shot, achieved with proper compression, shattered the glass and caused significant cannon recoil, with debris scattering up to 50 yards.

This video tests the penetration capabilities of various bows and a high-power crossbow against a one-inch thick, three-layer bulletproof glass. A traditional recurve bow's arrow bounced off, while a compound bow only chipped the glass, smashing its tip. The TenPoint Nitro XRT crossbow, despite its 470 fps velocity and 191 ft-lbs of energy, also failed to penetrate, crushing its aluminum arrow tip.

This video tests the penetration capabilities of various 12 gauge shotgun loads against a 1.5-inch thick, five-layer bulletproof glass. Standard birdshot and 00 buckshot proved ineffective, causing only superficial damage or shattering outer layers without full penetration. However, high-velocity slugs, specifically a Fiocchi 1oz slug and a Winchester XP3 Sabot Slug, successfully penetrated the glass, with the faster slug creating a significantly larger exit wound.

This extreme test pits a Serbu BFG-50A anti-tank rifle firing a .50 BMG APIT round against a 10-inch thick stack of acrylic sheets. Seven of the eight acrylic layers were obliterated by the projectile's impact and incendiary component, demonstrating the immense power of the .50 BMG round. However, the final eighth sheet successfully stopped the projectile, showcasing its surprising ballistic resistance.

This video explores a rare pair of London-made Lorenzoni repeating flintlock pistols from the mid-18th century. It details the Kalthoff-derived system refined by Lorenzoni, which uses internal magazines and a lever to load multiple rounds (5-8) without manual reloading. The complex mechanism, manufactured by gunsmiths like Glass, required extreme precision to avoid dangerous flashovers.