I have recently discovered this guy’s YouTube channel and love what he does. He’s more into older guns and has a very extensive collection.
I was fascinated by this video about his empirical experiments on hypervelocity.
Basically, with a smoothbore 308 and fast burning powder (and some other intricacies explained in his video), he’s pushing bullets at 5000FPS. That’s a laser like trajectory with energy higher than 50BMG.
The limit is that bullet doesn’t spin and is not stable. He thinks it should be possible to put a gyroscope inside the bullet.
I found his video very interesting and thought I would share. I’m not sure if pushing a bullet at that speed has any immediate practical applications (expect for the military).
Can very high velocity bullets be the future? I don’t know…but it sure sounds cool.
I was fascinated by this video about his empirical experiments on hypervelocity.
Basically, with a smoothbore 308 and fast burning powder (and some other intricacies explained in his video), he’s pushing bullets at 5000FPS. That’s a laser like trajectory with energy higher than 50BMG.
The limit is that bullet doesn’t spin and is not stable. He thinks it should be possible to put a gyroscope inside the bullet.
I found his video very interesting and thought I would share. I’m not sure if pushing a bullet at that speed has any immediate practical applications (expect for the military).
Can very high velocity bullets be the future? I don’t know…but it sure sounds cool.