How Many Water Filled Baloons ......

Arizona Slim · 02-24-2015, 05:12 PM

How many water-filled balloons does it take to stop a 44 magnum?

Not what I would have guessed, maybe you can do better.
Lon

The Idea of this is to take a guess before the gun is fired......

How many balloons filled with water do you think it takes to stop a 44 Magnum handgun round ? Make your guess before the test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlZRnpyZjBE

Ron Wood · 02-24-2015, 06:11 PM

Ha! I guessed right! I'll be darned!

cirelaw · 02-24-2015, 06:19 PM

A few years back the Myth Busters fired several different rounds into a pool of water and the bullet only went a few feet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvSTuLIjRm8 Thank you both!

Frank · 02-24-2015, 07:55 PM

Good Ron, I guessed right too !!

wlyon · 02-24-2015, 08:35 PM

Me too Now just prove I didn't. Bill

Edward Tinker · 02-24-2015, 10:58 PM

I thought 6, maybe 7

Fascinating

alanint · 02-25-2015, 05:02 AM

I guessed 5. Amazing what water is capable of.

Sergio Natali · 02-25-2015, 06:52 AM

Onestly I guessed at least 5 or 6 but a lot depends also on the shape and type of the bullet.

Sergio

Scorpius · 02-25-2015, 10:15 AM

I wonder how that test would look with different rounds. Say 50 caliber vs. 223 rounds. Considering all things equally filled balloons.

ithacaartist · 02-25-2015, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

Onestly I guessed at least 5 or 6 but a lot depends also on the shape and type of the bullet.

Sergio

I think this would make a difference. After I watched this clip, I went off on a side trip among the related vids presented at the side and watched another in which a guy was shooting at balloons filled with water or "oobleck", as they called a mixture of cornstarch and water (which is a non-Newtonian fluid, the reactions of which were the main focus of the clip). He was using a .22, and hollow points and round nose bullets had different effects on balloons with both liquids, and I'll bet the same holds true for the .44 Mag.

cirelaw · 02-25-2015, 10:46 AM

In the Mythbuster the used various rounds including 50 caliber armor piercing. The water destroyed them all! Eric

rhuff · 02-25-2015, 02:33 PM

I missed on my guess. I thought it would take more than 4 to stop a 44Mag bullet.

Arizona Slim · 02-25-2015, 05:09 PM

Awhile back I was out hunting groundhogs for a friend that was experiancing some damage to his crops from the little guys , I was using a Win. M70 chambered for the .225 Win., I was shooting some pretty hot reloads and before quiting for the day I noticed what looked like a bottle cap on the bottom of the dredge ditch along where I had been hunting, the water couldn't have been more then 10" to 12" deep, I took a shot at it and right away noticed a lot of shiny gold colored specks all around it, after a second shot it became pretty obvious my bullets had disintegrated on impact very near the surface. I'm sure that's no surprise to all of you that like shooting those hot, small caliber rounds. I guess that .225 would barely get into the first baloon.

Lon

02-24-2015, 05:12 PM	#1
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	How Many Water Filled Baloons ...... How many water-filled balloons does it take to stop a 44 magnum? Not what I would have guessed, maybe you can do better. Lon The Idea of this is to take a guess before the gun is fired...... How many balloons filled with water do you think it takes to stop a 44 Magnum handgun round ? Make your guess before the test. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlZRnpyZjBE

02-24-2015, 06:11 PM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	Ha! I guessed right! I'll be darned! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	Me too Now just prove I didn't. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Onestly I guessed at least 5 or 6 but a lot depends also on the shape and type of the bullet. Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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02-24-2015, 06:19 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	A few years back the Myth Busters fired several different rounds into a pool of water and the bullet only went a few feet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvSTuLIjRm8 Thank you both!

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Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 164 Times in 87 Posts	Good Ron, I guessed right too !!

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	I thought 6, maybe 7 Fascinating

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I guessed 5. Amazing what water is capable of.

02-25-2015, 10:15 AM	#9
Scorpius User Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 31 Thanks: 7 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I wonder how that test would look with different rounds. Say 50 caliber vs. 223 rounds. Considering all things equally filled balloons.

02-25-2015, 10:46 AM	#11
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	In the Mythbuster the used various rounds including 50 caliber armor piercing. The water destroyed them all! Eric

02-25-2015, 02:33 PM	#12
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,308 Thanks: 2,737 Thanked 993 Times in 729 Posts	I missed on my guess. I thought it would take more than 4 to stop a 44Mag bullet.

02-25-2015, 05:09 PM	#13
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	Awhile back I was out hunting groundhogs for a friend that was experiancing some damage to his crops from the little guys , I was using a Win. M70 chambered for the .225 Win., I was shooting some pretty hot reloads and before quiting for the day I noticed what looked like a bottle cap on the bottom of the dredge ditch along where I had been hunting, the water couldn't have been more then 10" to 12" deep, I took a shot at it and right away noticed a lot of shiny gold colored specks all around it, after a second shot it became pretty obvious my bullets had disintegrated on impact very near the surface. I'm sure that's no surprise to all of you that like shooting those hot, small caliber rounds. I guess that .225 would barely get into the first baloon. Lon