Photographically Stopping A bullet
Aug 2, 2021 17:24:49 #
Buckeye73 wrote:
I tried to get a photo of a 9mm bullet after it pa... (show quote)
Dunno about a bullet but when I served in the US Field Artillery, I could stop 8mm howitzer rounds with (iirc) 1/500. Of course I needed no flash as this was outdoors during daylight hours. That was in the '50s though so maybe it was 1/1000, I can't remember for sure. I was shooting a Contax 35mm that I got through the PX in Korea. I started with a Voightlander, move up to the Contax. Sold it to a Dr. later when I got back to the states and returned to college at Ohio State, I was on the GI Bill and needed the cash. God, that was a long time ago, mid '50s iirc! :-) Harry PS I was in the Army '52-'54, in Korea '53. Damned NKs and Chinese were trying to kill me but we were beyond the range of their mortars while they weren't beyond the range of an 8mm howitzer which iirc was over 30,000 yards so I turned the tables on 'em!.
Aug 2, 2021 17:25:42 #
Buckeye73 wrote:
I tried to get a photo of a 9mm bullet after it pa... (show quote)
Usually this is done with expensive lighting.
PS, a 45 ACP is about 830 fps with a 230 gr bullet.
I can easily watch the bullet to the target when fired.
Try that.
Aug 2, 2021 17:32:18 #
Well you already have the photo of the apple exploding. Now just make a static photo of the bullet itself and paste it in! All done for pennies.
Aug 2, 2021 17:42:42 #
Aug 2, 2021 18:55:21 #
quixdraw wrote:
Dr. Harold Edgerton - https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/edgerton-rapatronic/
Lots of info, as to affordable, probably not!
Lots of info, as to affordable, probably not!
Therein lies the answer. To stop a bullet I'm mid-air you need a flash duration of one-millionth of a second. I don't know if that kind of stroboscopic equipment is available outside of a laboratory setting. Perhaps somee ballistic analysis research is in order. I have seen images of bullets in flight showing their striations. I believe this kind of imagery is used in forensics investigations for specific firearms identification.
Aug 2, 2021 19:00:04 #
therwol
Loc: USA
quixdraw wrote:
Special Glass....50 Cal
The next time you have company, serve the drinks in glasses like this. It should result in some interesting conversation.
Aug 2, 2021 19:03:31 #
therwol
Loc: USA
dennis2146 wrote:
My brother and I used to shoot across canyons to 200 yards at small rocks, 8-10 inches, on the other side with Smith and Wesson Chiefs Special revolvers in 2 and 3 inch barrel models, 38 Special caliber. By knowing where to aim the rocks were not that tough to hit. Dennis
My brother and I used to shoot across canyons to 200 yards at small rocks, 8-10 inches, on the other side with Smith and Wesson Chiefs Special revolvers in 2 and 3 inch barrel models, 38 Special caliber. By knowing where to aim the rocks were not that tough to hit. Dennis
Some people have a knack for this sort of thing. I do not, not at 200 yards.
Aug 2, 2021 19:46:59 #
therwol wrote:
The next time you have company, serve the drinks in glasses like this. It should result in some interesting conversation.
Favorite Guests gifted me with a pair of them, they are used!
Aug 2, 2021 19:50:05 #
therwol wrote:
Some people have a knack for this sort of thing. I do not, not at 200 yards.
It isn't a knack, it's a technique that requires a place to practice and learn the hold over. In a Canyon, you can practice safely, see the dust of misses and learn to correct. I won't claim Snubbies at that range, but been there, done that with a variety of others.
Aug 2, 2021 20:10:22 #
hrblaine wrote:
Dunno about a bullet but when I served in the US F... (show quote)
ROFLMFAO Dunno why I said 8mm, brain lurch I guess. I meant 240mm, biggest howitzer the army had at that time. We sat way behind the front, could shoot miles into NK. We didn't have quite the range of the 155 gun but we were more accurate. They'd wake me up every night that I wasn't on duty, firing H and I (harrassing and interdiction) after midnight. Loud mothers and the BOQ was on a hill right behind the battery. You couldn't sleep through those boys going off. We'd usually get up and have a Tuborg or two. Or mayne a Kiren. (to help us sleep, of course) Harry PS We got some horrible CA beer in the PX so I'd go down to Seoul to an import company and buy *real* beer! I'd bring back a 3/4 ton truck full of beer. Can't remember the name of tha CA beer but it was in a gray can with blue stripes. I'm a long time beer drinker (my fav is Labatts) and that CA beer turned my stomach. Everybody hated it. I was probably the most popular PX Officer in Korea! Harry
Aug 2, 2021 20:19:59 #
>Some people have a knack for this sort of thing. I do not, not at 200 yards.
I was killer at 100 yards, still prety good at 200 but at 300 I was lucky to hit the d^mn target. Good thing that I didn't have a sniper MOS!
Harry
I was killer at 100 yards, still prety good at 200 but at 300 I was lucky to hit the d^mn target. Good thing that I didn't have a sniper MOS!
Harry
Aug 2, 2021 22:32:54 #
Aug 3, 2021 00:37:41 #
hrblaine wrote:
Dunno about a bullet but when I served in the US F... (show quote)
I love your post but surely you don’t mean an 8mm howitzer round. 8mm or .323 was the diameter of the projectile from a Model 98 Mauser in 7.92 or commonly 8mm Mauser cartridges. Of course there are many other 8mm cartridges. I chose just the one.
Dennis
Aug 3, 2021 00:40:14 #
quixdraw wrote:
It isn't a knack, it's a technique that requires a place to practice and learn the hold over. In a Canyon, you can practice safely, see the dust of misses and learn to correct. I won't claim Snubbies at that range, but been there, done that with a variety of others.
Exactly right my friend.
Some will call it luck but the more I practice the luckier I get.
Dennis
Aug 3, 2021 06:29:11 #
maciej wrote:
Well you already have the photo of the apple exploding. Now just make a static photo of the bullet itself and paste it in! All done for pennies.
I was thinking the same thing - fake it until you make it.
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