Shooting Watermelons with 'Exploding' Sodium Bullets!
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Thanks to my friend Travis for being awesome and letting me use his property to film. Honestly this dude is awesome, ever time I go over there the lawn just gets destroyed, things catch fire that aren't supposed to, and hes just a generally cool guy, thanks Travis!
This is part 2 from my liquid metal bullets experiment! Last week we tested how these bullets preform by shooting them into a tank of water, this week we got to have some fun! We shot watermelons, cinderblocks, starting fluid, and a bunch more. Its a long video, but totally worth staying till the end because you get to see me choke on a bug haha.
The first test was shooting bullets at a watermelon. We shot Sodium, Potassium, and a special alloy of sodium & potassium thats a liquid! Its basically the closest thing to shooting mercury out of a gun!
These bullets are insane!
For this video I bought 150g of potassium for $325 , and 500g of sodium for $150. Each bullet holds 1g of metal. I also had to buy regular .45 hollowpoint ammo to modify ~.50c/bullet. At these prices, each potassium bullet costs $2.50 Each sodium bullet cost .80c. The liquid alloy is 25% sodium, 75% potassium.
These bullets must be stored under dried and degassed solvent, blanketed in a dry, and inert atmosphere. Storing the bullets in regular oil or other hydrocarbon solvent will quickly destroy the entire bullet and casing in less than a week. Common oils and solvents are slightly permeable to oxygen and moisture which will react with the alkali metals to form corrosive hydroxides which will etch the zinc in the brass casing. Oil will enter the casing and inactivate the smokeless powder. After 1 week 1/10 of the bullets stored under oil did not fire.
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@catellite2076 3 жыл бұрын
Backyard scientist adding things to the “war crimes” chart
@bobfels5343 2 жыл бұрын
Wouldnt it already be on the list, it might be considered a chemical weapon
@RollingxBigshot 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobfels5343 probably not chemical since it’s metal, but probably in the same category of inhuman weapons like flame throwers
@sairabanokazmi1150 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, explosive bullets are warcrimes.
@Project_VideoGame 2 жыл бұрын
Highly Explosive Shells exist
@user-mr9rr5or5l 2 жыл бұрын
@@Project_VideoGame a tank and warships not 50 cal explosion bullets
@TheBackyardScientist 8 жыл бұрын
I totally missed the opportunity to call these "explodium bullets"!
@jxxhnn 8 жыл бұрын
Mhm
@jabielcabana2374 8 жыл бұрын
+TheBackyardScientist- lol. to really see which bullet was the best you should have shot 4 individual cinder blocks.
@sirsnicket8303 8 жыл бұрын
You know, this sounds really strange but if you fire one of the sodium/potassium bullets at a person, then wouldn't there be an explosion?
@marxman-wb2yt 8 жыл бұрын
+TheBackyardScientist I see what you did there...
@Heyello 8 жыл бұрын
+TheBackyardScientist You're a pretty good shot there. I wonder if hollow point rifle rounds would make a bigger boom.
@noahm6261 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine robbing someone's house and getting shot, blown up and caught on fire at the same time
@somecallmetim4490 2 жыл бұрын
Those elemental weapons are intense.
@jamesestrella5911 2 жыл бұрын
@@somecallmetim4490 Literal elements in this case.
@noahway13 2 жыл бұрын
You gave all the NRA members a boner.
@alextaratsas9515 2 жыл бұрын
Get sent straight to hell
@adammartin703 Жыл бұрын
I asked for a Pb and j and I got a sandwich full of lead. (Go to 6:56 to understand)
@durrmoment291 3 жыл бұрын
People are always looking for a deadly round that won't go through walls and do damage to unintended victims...
@koreyhayden1368 2 жыл бұрын
That was pretty much my exact comment on the original video of him making these haha...perfect for civilian combat zones
@ne0nn3on 2 жыл бұрын
@@koreyhayden1368 Yes, they look like they will be very effective against the civilians! :)
@ThePigeon5734 2 жыл бұрын
people also buy Hollow Points because they don't want to fill them in again.
@jamiewarren2307 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a bit concerned about the catching things on fire but they definitely seem to dissipate their energy very fast.
@NoSubsWithContent 2 жыл бұрын
It becomes a bomb the second it hits water, snipers could use this to literally disarm hostage holders in such a way that nobody dies
@dnknoester 3 жыл бұрын
Missed opportunity: Shoot into ballistic gel, since its mostly water, and see what kind of fireworks result.
@praxisarms103 3 жыл бұрын
True hydrostatic shock
@richardhanck972 3 жыл бұрын
Why am I seeing visions of a Backyard Scientist, Thunderf00t, and Taofledermaus triple collab, involving jacketed cesium-potassium-sodium shotgun slugs?
@ChickentNug 3 жыл бұрын
@@richardhanck972 that would be sick
@mtyquinn6 3 жыл бұрын
put a couple layers of jeans in front of teh ballistic gel also - just to see if that makes a difference...
@Make-Asylums-Great-Again 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh that would be epppppic.
@rolfgrell4783 5 жыл бұрын
So here is the conclusion: Against hard targets use lead. Against water filled soft targets (like humans) use sodium potassium bullets.
@fishfossils8858 5 жыл бұрын
Diana Grell only if they’re not wearing body armor and you have every intent to kill that person
@CheshireTheMaid 5 жыл бұрын
@@fishfossils8858 Then what's the point of shooting at them?
@jonathanswavely7259 5 жыл бұрын
@@CheshireTheMaid You might just want to wound them
@covans1255 5 жыл бұрын
@gavin love you can never wound someone with a taser or pepper spray, they're for stunning not wounding, guns can be used defensively, it's not a guaranteed that someone using a gun is trying to kill you
@gmodiscool14 5 жыл бұрын
blow their entire shoulder off!!! hahahahahah!!!
@chrisvandergriff504 3 жыл бұрын
I love how he has to specify that these are ineffective against armour, but GREAT for anti-personnel.
@S8tan7 Жыл бұрын
They're also a war crime! Woo!
@allangibson8494 Жыл бұрын
@@S8tan7 Full metal jacket would be legal… The lead hollow point would be just as illegal…
@syncringe1885 Ай бұрын
@@allangibson8494 I think it falls under liquid metal bullets similar to mercury bullets.
@unturned1529 2 жыл бұрын
So ideally, if you could somehow encapsulate the metals into the lead core instead of having them in the nose, there might be enough weight to produce some penetrating power while keeping the payload intact.
@aleclogelin8568 8 жыл бұрын
this is incredibly fake. I have been watermelon hunting for 3 years and have never seen one that big.
@justole4978 8 жыл бұрын
WTF
@hugbearsx4 8 жыл бұрын
+Alec Logelin You won't get them big like this in the wild, they're slimmer from all the running around after prey. These are obviously farm watermelons raised in tiny boxes just for slaughter. So - not fake.
@jacksonharkins3247 8 жыл бұрын
+hugbearsx4 it's pretty messed up what they do to these elegant creatures but I've never gone watermelon hunting, I've heard they're rabid and so maybe they deserve it.
@Ghostbuster-xg4sy 8 жыл бұрын
He is a frog in the well
@prodspence4747 8 жыл бұрын
This is a classic comment omg
@bennywolf1991 6 жыл бұрын
In gaming context: Sodium, Potassium and Na/P alloy deals magic damage. Cinderblock: Immune to magic.
@avi8aviate 4 жыл бұрын
Fire damage would be more accurate.
@lordfelidae4505 4 жыл бұрын
No. Fire/chemical damage. In general, environment is immune to chemical damage, and Stone is immune to fire damage.
@rpmchaos8651 4 жыл бұрын
Na/k
@marioghioneto1275 4 жыл бұрын
BotGamer actually Na/K because P stands for Phosphorus
@valikoest7981 4 жыл бұрын
energy vs. ballistic damage
@bead69 2 жыл бұрын
After this video, 5 years from now on FBI shows at his doorstep 🤣
@Jaxxy 2 жыл бұрын
no he said the fbi came when this was his latest video
@jordon7045 Жыл бұрын
@@Jaxxy didnt expect to see you here lol
@williamhenry4380 3 жыл бұрын
Bazooka was made with a lot of materials This guy : Pistol and some sodium
@yitzchakepstein2142 8 жыл бұрын
"Excuse me sir... Would you like some sodium?" "Na..."
@krxzzzaka 8 жыл бұрын
Lol
@bobjohnson5280 8 жыл бұрын
k
@bobjohnson5280 8 жыл бұрын
Sodium Potassium jokes
@Tacocat4642 8 жыл бұрын
How to know if you're an absolute nerd in one easy step!
@popojoeexplode 8 жыл бұрын
😂
@bobbyhill4118 6 жыл бұрын
Tip: don't try to rob this guys house.
@yugenesu5119 5 жыл бұрын
Rob a regular guy's house with a gun: gets shot and dies Rob his house: gets shot and explode
@girtime6095 5 жыл бұрын
well then again he has multiple (weapons)
@robertpejhovsky2669 4 жыл бұрын
*gets lazered
@USER_S4V4NT 4 жыл бұрын
unless you want ruptured and liquified organs
@lordfelidae4505 4 жыл бұрын
This isn’t why. He has enough crazy weapons that this is only the top of the iceberg.
@Daddy53751 2 жыл бұрын
I’m hoping you recreate this experiment but with ballistics jell with clothing on it. (Maybe, with half lead half liquid to add weight?) It would be really interesting to find out how it works with a more “realistic” Scenario.
@knighthawk3759 Жыл бұрын
You should have tried it against like a large rump roast or other large piece of meat to see what it would do to an actual body
@ljlk8583 4 жыл бұрын
I love how he stands further back with the hollow point than he does with the explosive round...
@Dominus_Umbrae 3 жыл бұрын
Looks to me like the explosive rounds weren’t as stable and he had to get closer to hit the target consistently
@arnulfobeltran3089 3 жыл бұрын
@@Dominus_Umbrae you could be right and you most likely are. I started wondering about why the military wouldn't use them, but Leads stability at farther ranges and kinetic energy is the obvious winner.
@ijemand5672 3 жыл бұрын
than*
@dashboardfacts3965 3 жыл бұрын
@@arnulfobeltran3089 because there are world wide rules if it comes to what kind of weapons and munition are allowed to use. And my guess, this kind of munition is totally not acceptable.
@arnulfobeltran3089 3 жыл бұрын
@@dashboardfacts3965 I think you might be placing too much faith in established rules which satisfy only the human ego. While true that mitigations in forms of rules exist, the reality is that all is fair in war.
@michaelrunde9545 7 жыл бұрын
What about using those on ballistics gel?
@gaminginc-lj3wt 7 жыл бұрын
Michael Runde wouldn't work that well because ballistic gelatin wouldn't create a reaction with the sodium or potassium
@TRak598 7 жыл бұрын
Just as gaming.inc said, ballistic gel is a good substitute for flesh because of its physic properties, not chemical ones. Shooting a piece of raw meat would be interesting, tho.
@victorcoleman949 6 жыл бұрын
Michael Runde What about using them for the death penalty, head shots?
@datguy8805 6 жыл бұрын
João Serafim its only a good flesh substitute for bullet, with blades its either too easy to cut or too difficult
@dashingapothecary7118 6 жыл бұрын
i was thinking that too it'd be super cool to see
@DSzaks Жыл бұрын
Wow this was really cool. The liquid metal alloy in particular gave me really strong 40k Bolter vibes. I wonder if a bigger or different shaped bullet could allow for a larger charge to increase velocity and/or provide more penetration prior to detonation.
@Idk-nr7gf Жыл бұрын
He really didn’t change much even after 6 years
@bailey125 8 жыл бұрын
6:44 "So, I'll just lu-"
@awiseseal7559 8 жыл бұрын
Heh, didn't see that.
@carlosalicea5915 8 жыл бұрын
Shoots explosive materials at watermelon 8 feet away, doesn't wear safety glasses
@flacotaco8743 8 жыл бұрын
But he's got ear muffs ;)
@flacotaco8743 8 жыл бұрын
casey escobar I'm so sorry, I can imagine how dumb I sound, but I'll leave it just for the joke of it...
@mertcuhac7781 8 жыл бұрын
because he doesn't know how to aim lol
@ImperatorElite 8 жыл бұрын
"I too...like to live dangerously"
@jakefarnsworth3698 7 жыл бұрын
don't lesson to that person
@billnatan536 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos, you make science exciting. KZfaq would be nothing without great guys like you.
@ST3W101 3 жыл бұрын
Backyard scientist: “These bullets are effective at shooting soft targets” Me: home defense to the next level
@brianbrown3153 8 жыл бұрын
my inner black man is crying cause of the waste of watermelon ._.
@dave5194 8 жыл бұрын
Dollar store watermelons lol
@legitmarbles3125 8 жыл бұрын
Lel
@deadly_golem 8 жыл бұрын
racist.
@darkknightz4512 8 жыл бұрын
+KoolKrisGaming HD TMI
@brianbrown3153 8 жыл бұрын
KoolKrisGaming HD well that's okay. Not everyone likes it
@EmperorAndr3w 3 жыл бұрын
Seriously missed the chance to call them, “explodium,” bullets.
@heloisaElfe 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the first half of a Harry Potter spell
@charlinejoseph997 3 жыл бұрын
I saw this comment a fewHours earlier now it has a reply
@EmperorAndr3w 3 жыл бұрын
@@heloisaElfe Explodium de Pistolium!
@elite-ws1fl 3 жыл бұрын
@@EmperorAndr3w ha nice one
@lukethetoaster 3 жыл бұрын
Lennox André ikr
@sambrandt4755 3 жыл бұрын
This dude's absolute disregard for safety is both hilarious and cringe worthy.
@JoseGarcia-jp8gs 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah lol had a friend slice half his face after he blew up a pressurized can
@LockenJohny101 3 жыл бұрын
why? what could have happend? The "rocket" hitting him? just a scratch at best
@mmgvmmgv1 3 жыл бұрын
@@LockenJohny101 poor weapon handling, no protection... Big no no
@lipingguo6 3 жыл бұрын
cringearious? 😂
@LeatherandLight 3 жыл бұрын
Muzzled himself a few times. Paying more attention to the camera than the firearm. Trying to look cool instead of safe.
@Tilden777 2 жыл бұрын
You should always use eye protection when shooting a firearm, and even more so when screwing around with modified rounds. Plucking out a piece of ignited sodium from your eyeball would not be very fun, but would get you tons of views as a KZfaq safety fail video.
@Andrew-13579 Жыл бұрын
This is a good point. He didn't demonstrate very good firearms safety in this video.
@jadedandbitter Жыл бұрын
Yeah I was like where is the eye protection. Just madness
@Chaser-ql2ce 9 ай бұрын
he made exploding bullets i doubt he rly cared about safety by that point
@marktopman1487 8 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how fast this channel has exploded in popularity
@andrewsurface3895 8 жыл бұрын
+Mark Topman You can say that this video made quite the reaction for some people.
@GD15555 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you !
@TheBackyardScientist 8 жыл бұрын
+Harmin Huwaë LOL nice
@savagepatchkids2723 8 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@savagepatchkids2723 8 жыл бұрын
I subbed when he was at 700k
@brcc508 8 жыл бұрын
That sodium bullet was like Na dude
@louislennon2317 8 жыл бұрын
i see what you did there :)
@brcc508 8 жыл бұрын
Heh Heh ;)
@wurmcoilengine161 8 жыл бұрын
Ha ha.
@lukec1471 8 жыл бұрын
K.
@aidancullinan7649 8 жыл бұрын
(kill me)
@juliuscaesar810 3 жыл бұрын
Sodium (NA) has the most powerful aftermath (due to the after-flame). But the metal alloy has a bigger impact
@stickshaker101 3 жыл бұрын
6:10 I think you need to review your gun safety protocol, you often appear to forget there's a gun in your hand after the shot.
@KimoKimochii 3 жыл бұрын
no safety glasses too
@deeznutz388 3 жыл бұрын
Dam booger hook on the bang bang switch constantly too
@TheSoapyJew 3 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to watch this goof put himself in danger. Im removing him from suggestions because he's putting other in danger now. Later.
@alexandermeto 3 жыл бұрын
He's a "Florida Man" what do you expect
@danilokavanagh9406 3 жыл бұрын
There was only one bullet in the clip
@SeniorMoostacho 3 жыл бұрын
at 1:16 I find more interesting on how the watermelon splits apart. As an avid gardener this is cool. It seems to split along the lines of the melon perfectly along the lines of the fruit, which on a musk melon or cantaloupe are more present and obvious.
@experimentboyTV 8 жыл бұрын
You're right, there's actually something with blowing up watermelons among KZfaqrs... ;) *whistles*
@atronach3140 8 жыл бұрын
+Experimentboy Coucou si j'ai bien compris la vidéo la balle de "Sodium Potassium" inflige plus de dégats sur les cibles contenant de l'eau alors comme dans le corp humain il y a plein d'eau elle devrait être plus efficace pour les guerres ? :o
@Zyrdrakyll 8 жыл бұрын
+Célestin Da Silva (Atronach) Ouais
@trashkun7354 8 жыл бұрын
+Célestin Da Silva (Atronach) a la guerre les soldats portent du kevlar et autre en protection, cela reclame du pouvoir pénétrant de la part (de ma b*te) des projectiles. donc nope ^^" par contre il me semble que il existe des balles spéciales (les safety slugs) qui sont conçus pour se répandre dans la chair et réduire en lambeaux les tissus organiques (bref, ça chatouille.)
@omnirath 8 жыл бұрын
ahah Nice to see you in the comment !
@molliarti 3 жыл бұрын
Your mind is brilliant dude,love your vids!!
@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 3 жыл бұрын
scrolling through looking for some blow chill easy-going video that I can watch while I'm going to bed so this is my hell yeah backyard scientist groovy groovy science experiments always a good thing to learn!
@shaftroff8138 4 жыл бұрын
Data: -Reactive to water -Hardly any kinetic energy -Can't eject themselves Conclusions: -Target people -Bring 2 types of ammo -Use a revolver
@mistamemewide 4 жыл бұрын
Russian Roulette with potassium bullets
@Haru.Kaneyashi 4 жыл бұрын
@@mistamemewide this sounds like a party with balloons filled with blood.
@bryantb3391 4 жыл бұрын
Lighten up buffering spring better bullet design and bam explosive super hollow point
@madkirk7431 4 жыл бұрын
@@Haru.Kaneyashi that's because it is
@AR-GuidesAndMore 4 жыл бұрын
The problem with ejection could be solved wit a gas-operating system i assume
@ethancntower8850 8 жыл бұрын
call it the liquid metal exploding tracer incendiary science bullet of death.
@shirtymop6463 8 жыл бұрын
Add 2 Xs at each end for the "MLG PRO" effect
@settratheimperishable4093 8 жыл бұрын
LMTISBOD
@settratheimperishable4093 8 жыл бұрын
+Einar Meijer LMETISBOD
@kibijit 8 жыл бұрын
Low Velocity High Explosive Incendiary Tracer (LVHEI-T) would be more accurate.
@bmw328igearhead 3 сағат бұрын
LMETISBD doesn't quite have a ring to it...
@fluffypinkpandas Жыл бұрын
imagine how much liquid metal you can fit into a BMG
@micaiahwolfe Жыл бұрын
A 50 BMG?
@fluffypinkpandas Жыл бұрын
@@micaiahwolfe yes. the bullet has more grainage than action express. heavier. more space inside of a copper jacket to fill with NaK. Especially in subsonic .50 BMG which would have to have even MORE projectile mass and LESS powder. thiss means rather than overpenning a target, it would just dead stop regardless and dump all its "muh stopping power" and now on top of this hollow point flowering out a hot spicy payload of NaK is dumped into the impact cavity.... full of... wet meat.
@Wilma5532 Жыл бұрын
Even something like a .308
@fluffypinkpandas Жыл бұрын
@@Wilma5532 well im going for payload here, not velocity. so uh lets say 8 gauge subsonic slug jacket filled with NaK or a 40mm grenade but with a pointy tip
@pavelkushchuk912 Жыл бұрын
Damn now I know the FBI paid him a visit😂
@archmagetyler 7 жыл бұрын
i wish you could redo this with demolition ranch.
@erlandjohansen7195 6 жыл бұрын
archmagetyler Matt even visited a few weeks back, when he did the molten metal squirt gun video (you can see it on Mat's vlog channel). Either we're in for an amazing demo ranch episode, or these two just wasted a huge potential for awesome...
@hunter.1 4 жыл бұрын
PLZ....PLZZZZ....test the sodium potasium bullet on pig or cow meat. The Science and my curiosity thanks! Greetings from Brazil
@ManiSiva-qy8ur 4 жыл бұрын
Poda kena punda
@epicles1214 4 жыл бұрын
All he has to do is just grab some meat from his fridge and say that the animal was already murdered(not by him of course)
@ditisdurk6498 4 жыл бұрын
Yes just to see what would happen if we would use it irl
@thatnentendogamer3611 4 жыл бұрын
*The FBI would like to know your location*
@theadmiral7217 4 жыл бұрын
@@thatnentendogamer3611 wouldn’t be fbi, it would be the BATF
@aminansar5294 2 жыл бұрын
The sodium-potassium alloy bullet looked so cooool man
@ShrekdaSwampMan 3 жыл бұрын
i love how his aproach to every thing is through eggs at and slap with spade
@scooch01 7 жыл бұрын
1:10 you can hear the child in the background like "WOAAAH"
@samseidel9917 7 жыл бұрын
Today on The Backyard Scientist: violating The Hague Convention.
@goonish_riffs 6 жыл бұрын
Sam Seidel doesn't apply to civilians. Only uniformed combatants (i.e. military members)
@hunter.1 4 жыл бұрын
Corey haha xD
@blksubiesti 4 жыл бұрын
Corey #WatermelonLivesMatter
@restoretheearth2829 4 жыл бұрын
@@blksubiesti +++ Wasting food matters. Go check out the Ice Age Farmer channel.
@cqlewis3810 4 жыл бұрын
@@goonish_riffs r/woooosh
@brianjohnson5272 3 жыл бұрын
Love the science. Now I know which bullet to use.
@jecsquish 7 ай бұрын
I actually randomly thought about doing this today... glad someone else did save me the trouble
@davecrupel2817 7 жыл бұрын
2:00 "its so moist! Im covered in it" ;)
@maazurrehman9998 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@dumkunt6869 7 жыл бұрын
Imagine this bullets being mass produced for the military use
@TheBackyardScientist 7 жыл бұрын
+DATSanimation 101 I wish i patented it in that place.
@TheBackyardScientist 7 жыл бұрын
+TheBackyardScientist case*
@MysteryBlokHed 7 жыл бұрын
***** lol
@joegaylord87 7 жыл бұрын
They'd be banned under international law, sorry to ruin your day. The Hague Convention of 1898 bans bullets that deform in the body, and various treaties ban incendiary rounds for use against personnel.
@admiralspire8867 7 жыл бұрын
+Joe Gaylord Shouldn't disturb much if we use modified bullets against ISIs pigs
@scaredofghosts6813 3 жыл бұрын
Wish he did it with meat..he said this was a novelty but not over penetrating is actually sought after by police and security companies
@rossgoosen7269 2 жыл бұрын
then they should use hollow points, because this would cause… complications
@specificorb3 2 жыл бұрын
@@rossgoosen7269 this bullet can easily be considered inhumane because if you got shot with it you would literally have a small internal explosion its too cruel to be legal, honestly im pretty sure he would get charged for using this in self defense even.
@joebidet698 2 жыл бұрын
@@specificorb3 that’s literally why hollow points where invented, to inflict more pain by making the wound canal multiple times bigger by the slug expanding, if hollow points aren’t considered cruel, these won’t be.
@specificorb3 2 жыл бұрын
@@joebidet698 there's a difference between shrapnel and a literal chemical based explosion that produces not only a shockwave but releases enough thermal energy to start a fire holopoints are much more humane than literally cauterizing someone's insides with a small explosion that isn't guaranteed an instant kill, hollow points don't incite an exothermic chemical reaction.
@specificorb3 2 жыл бұрын
@@joebidet698 picture getting shot, it explodes inside you, simultaneously cauterizing it you don't immediately die from the wound or bleeding out but as the cavity slowly bleeds in the remaining unreacted bits of, potassium/sodium get exposed to more blood which causes them to continue reacting and burning you from inside. holopoints just break up into bits. one is much much worse. sodium is a very very soft metal you can break it up with your fingernails it can and most likely will break into pieces just like a holopoint when it enters your body and likely will have dispersed too much energy to exit my guy.
@thelittleittybittypityshow6380 3 жыл бұрын
That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen ! I need flaming tracer rounds that vaporize
@doeball2763 7 жыл бұрын
That watermelon got potassium-oxided Get it.... KO
@darshilbagadia 5 жыл бұрын
I dunno who you are... I dunno where you are... But Imma find you... And buy you a beer! (Had me cracking😂)
@bluedott8177 5 жыл бұрын
K²O. Oops
@anthonylizzio6006 5 жыл бұрын
>testing using 1911 >immediately stovepipes with a regular round 2:26
@Didymus-vz6uy 4 жыл бұрын
The 1911 wasn't designed to use hollow points. It will function with some, but not all of them unless it is a modernized version or a redesign
@PewLand 3 жыл бұрын
@@Didymus-vz6uy hollow point rounds would only fail to feed, this was a failure to eject stovepipe, completely different.
@Didymus-vz6uy 3 жыл бұрын
@@PewLand didn't think about that, good catch.
@YokoX23 2 жыл бұрын
And now I've seen the only footage ever of someone shooting a water bottle witha real gun and metal bullets, actually hitting it, and not destroying it in the process. Nice
@aryantyagi4915 2 жыл бұрын
That on-flame bullet was so cool
@densoncamp9786 8 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this thing blew up in the gun No more backyard scientist
@paoloemmanuelpaz3694 8 жыл бұрын
yes !
@potatoyeast3d 8 жыл бұрын
graveyard scientist
@stevejones8486 8 жыл бұрын
+potatoyeast3d hahahaha...good one
@Ryuuuuuk 8 жыл бұрын
hey nice profile picture :) (i was confused for a moment)
@dedpewl9242 7 жыл бұрын
+potatoyeast3d ayyyy
@KingOfAllAnimals 7 жыл бұрын
I am going to correct you right here... The reason why the filled bullets failed was they explode on the surface on a cinder block. The bullets are fragmented and it is not a matter of the fill metal being softer. It is a matter of the bullet shedding mass too soon when it chooses to fragment. The normal lead bullet, even the hollow point doesn't fragment correctly under normal circumstances hitting a cinder block. This is sort of the reason why Reactive Armor works the way it does. The exploding bullet on a "Hard" target works against you if the bullet explodes too soon. Now considering Chemistry and what you get when you mix Sodium or Potassium with water especially under those stresses you actually are making the water in a body itself explode. While against Vests and Jackets these rounds would be sort of questionable in effectiveness you make any "wet" hits and the target will be suffering amputations. There are secondary legal implications behind ammo like this. There is something you can try to control the burn of the round... epoxy coating the tip to form a shatter on impact plug. Also you can try putting a ball bearing glued into the tip as a seal and anvil too. This might get you into a cinder block before the explosion spoils the penetration.
@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 2 жыл бұрын
An idea would be to make the explosive fill material out of cesium. It would not explode on hard targets but explode upon moisture (soft targets).
@KingOfAllAnimals 2 жыл бұрын
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive Cesium is a bad choice. I would opt for a metal with a low melting point instead of trying for a chemical reaction. Mercury would be a great choice followed by Gallium but both would need to be encapsulated since both react with other metals and would have a short if not dramatically short shelf life. Also there is a huge draw back to the fact both metals would leave a toxic residue behind. Cesium and Sodium are also WAY too reactive to be safe to handle unless you want to make these in a sealed chamber using inert gas to not set off either metal in its pure state to handle them.
@goobagaming7217 2 жыл бұрын
You gotta be the coolest dood iv seen on the KZfaq's 🤘🏽
@liveChef Жыл бұрын
Devastating and amazing rounds
@Yabberfrat 5 жыл бұрын
Eye-pro Srsly. The guys standing BEHIND YOU had eye-pro on. And I KNOW you know about ricochets: I watch your stuff..... 😎
@christopherschissler1675 3 жыл бұрын
After getting sprayed by the exploding melon with residual sodium, you would think something would have clicked
@Jimmy_Jazz 8 жыл бұрын
Now I wonder what this would do to a human
@randommobilezone-growtopia1626 8 жыл бұрын
Same
@mikecondo 8 жыл бұрын
+Joshua Smith I imagine there might be a follow up to this where he gets ballistic gel and makes a human target like mythbusters
@Jimmy_Jazz 8 жыл бұрын
***** I sure hope so, that would be sick
@deadly_golem 8 жыл бұрын
I think if you shot someone‘s head a something simular to what happened to the watermelon would happen. plz don't hate if you don't think I am correct.
@rissamateo7769 8 жыл бұрын
A human has blahblah% water so and a watermelon has %idk water so um if it's faster it would be deadly
@deeznutz388 3 жыл бұрын
Two words... GUN SAFETY. its not a toy, this guy is nuts.
@bersalgado 2 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see in the dark the sodium-potassium alloy bullet shot up in the air, obviously in like an empty desert for safety reasons.
@usonumabeach300 7 жыл бұрын
wonder what these would do vs flesh since there's a lot of water in it? Shoot a ham hock or steak?
@jacobp7037 7 жыл бұрын
USonuMabeaCh it would be very very bad. as in over 100 years ago an international ban was put on weapons like these in warfare
@jokosusilo7361 6 жыл бұрын
who are you going to kill? 😂😂
@glenndoncaster8303 6 жыл бұрын
If they came into contact with any blood the reaction could be especially violent, since blood plasma is about 80% water. And USonuMabeaCh, I'm with you on wanting to see a test on some meat - particularly ham as it reacts to impacts and explosions very much like human flesh. After all, pigs hearts are almost identical to ours - to the point where they can be transplanted into humans.
@Deuce-xj2xl 5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@CheZfrmdaWestWisc 4 жыл бұрын
Unlike the melon flesh should stay intact longer giving the metals more time to react makeing the explosion more pronouced and distinguishing it from the rounds energy on high speed. Definatly worth exploring
@imagecko2499 7 жыл бұрын
Francium bullet, anyone with me
@benproctor7826 7 жыл бұрын
IM A GECKO yassssss
@nanodash3748 7 жыл бұрын
IM A GECKO he'll yeah
@kentronator 7 жыл бұрын
I think Francium is highly radioactive, so storing them would be very difficult due to their short half-life.
@wavelengthrenegadereef9143 7 жыл бұрын
Correct. That's kind of a TLDR version of the pointlessly-verbose thing that I said. But yes, half-life of only 22 minutes isn't the best for a bullet.
@benjaminhobbs8042 7 жыл бұрын
Opt for Cesium ... Fr's abundance in the natural world is amazingly low and is only "easily" observed when held in check by laser beams in a magnetic field. You better be in a 0% humidity scenario or it'll burn you up before it ever makes it into the casing.
@petiebowen8746 2 жыл бұрын
Love how the normal hollow point jams
@sanjayahlawat2826 3 жыл бұрын
You have good aim ! scary good for a science guy !
@dorgodorato 7 жыл бұрын
Do cesium bullets!
@nou9786 7 жыл бұрын
How about Francium?
@IslandVibes_ 7 жыл бұрын
HOW ABOUT URANIUM-238!!!
@IslandVibes_ 7 жыл бұрын
*cue fallout 4 music*
@Ebi1074 7 жыл бұрын
343Gaming that would cause global radiation...
@LiamTolentino 7 жыл бұрын
343Gaming Actually, Uranium is already used in armour-piercing rounds. The uranium used is called depleted uranium which is the remaining U-235 that's left after being processed for fission bombs.
@loganbrewer7569 7 жыл бұрын
Try sodium bird shot out of a shot gun.
@jjs7650 7 жыл бұрын
Logan Brewer that would be amazing
@TheTeeDay 7 жыл бұрын
Sodium or potassium pellets in a .410 pistol !
@iangraber-stiehl461 5 жыл бұрын
Probably wouldn't penetrate the rind
@jamesking6655 Жыл бұрын
Imagine getting shot in your palm then your elbow dissapers
@got2strpk 2 жыл бұрын
This was an amazing video. Great idea.
@aidanbeattie8341 7 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't the bullets be made "Explodium"?
@aidanbeattie8341 7 жыл бұрын
I'll leave now.
@zan3958 7 жыл бұрын
EnforcerOfTheGalaxy FOH
@edswings6343 7 жыл бұрын
If this guy has a lot of these NA and K mixture bullets, he survives a zombie apocalypse
@carljh58 2 жыл бұрын
WOW!! Never seen anything like this. Thank you. Subscribed.
@MarcusRHill-kk6bw 3 жыл бұрын
Matt with Demolition Ranch sent me over. Great Vid! He was right!
@Jack-ux6dj 7 жыл бұрын
What if someone got shot with one of these, yikes
@milossekulic1515 7 жыл бұрын
Jack Inderbitzen well it would destroy us coz 70% of us is water so 😏
@lerzidmarino5868 7 жыл бұрын
65 %
@waffielz3106 7 жыл бұрын
*300
@mystrallsnowlight 7 жыл бұрын
just think if your chest tearing apart... maybe it same. 😏
@hypershadow5g 7 жыл бұрын
Ask JFK what he thinks
@charlieb8741 7 жыл бұрын
2:10 "it's so moist, I'm covered in it" that's what she said😂
@stoneyyak4967 3 жыл бұрын
this. was. incredible.
@amduck4883 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine actually using these in a person
@jonburnett7137 6 жыл бұрын
I love watching all the slow motion videos, watermelons and milk jugs make great targets. Add 3-4 drops of red food coloring to the water jugs, makes it even easier to see when the bullets impacts and sprays. If you use 5 boxes of Jello instead of 8 in a gallon milk jug you get really soupy ballistic gel which works great to spray everywhere.
@theanubisway4655 4 жыл бұрын
The heat from the reaction with the air probably damaged the integrity of the bullet while it burns in the air, so it starts to melt the bullet. Now think of the watermelon as flesh. We are mostly water which potassium and sodium are volatile in. This would be devastating to flesh and organs but would be against rules of engagement because if it was not a kill shot it would be a torturous death considering the poisoning of the blood stream on top of burns and damage to the tissue. Thanks for the video. Now I don't have to worry about testing it out to know wut will happen. Skip trials lol
@thatdudnum67potatoe45 3 жыл бұрын
I mean isn't that why Germany wanted to ban shotguns in trench warfare?
@drakeal 2 жыл бұрын
As a Home Defense bullet, that liquid bullet would be INSANE.
@narwhalking2788 2 жыл бұрын
Best watermelon benchmark I've ever seen.
@unholyhate380 8 жыл бұрын
For the love of god man, PLEASE wear some eye protection!
@xaderalert 8 жыл бұрын
+Unholy Warip This!
@jimzeez 7 жыл бұрын
And stop waving the muzzle around in the air too.
@exvapid4667 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the amount of ricochets was unreal, just lucky no one got hurt
@nquach88 8 жыл бұрын
You should try a pork shoulder to see if tissue has enough moisture to have the same effect.
@vfl2627 Жыл бұрын
The zombies In a apocalypse slowly backs away
@golem401 Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking that. Watching The Last of Us after seeing this video made me think about how these would be super effective on Zombies who wouldn't go hiding behind barriers
@shanestephens4602 Жыл бұрын
these bullets give a whole new meaning to one shot one kill lol
@damoklessword5585 8 жыл бұрын
Best case with those bullets, the fleshwound they produce is instantly cauterized.
@gigabic7487 8 жыл бұрын
This begs the question, how hot does a chainsaw need to be to instantly cauterize any wounds caused by it? I need to know by friday.
@jamesgibbs6716 5 жыл бұрын
And thus, he became known as "Mister Torgue Flexington".
@elliottcooper6205 10 ай бұрын
I love Kevin using a proper Watermelometer. A+
@theoldefirme4500 3 жыл бұрын
Ahh the 1911; a man of class and good taste.
@UserBeenBanned 4 жыл бұрын
"Its so moist, im covered in it" is something ive said before, while doing something unrelated.
@Speed001 2 жыл бұрын
Username checks out
@scottstreeter9123 4 жыл бұрын
love your channel, I do have to add though, those weren't the worlds first liquid metal filled bullets 😉 us old folk learned that one from JAWS back in the 70s 😀 - the sodium bullets are awesome!
@QuyuJason0157 Жыл бұрын
Sodium Bullet : explodes your fleshes Potassium Bullet : explodes you
@moahammad1mohammad 3 жыл бұрын
Sodium Bullets: +10 AP Damage against unarmored opponents +Explodes upon impact -5 Penetration against armored opponents
@soonlytaing1708 3 жыл бұрын
So basically an HE tank shell
@fahadshahid1696 7 жыл бұрын
It'll never penetrate a cinder block, it's a hollow point
@zuskr 8 жыл бұрын
You have pretty good aim!
@TheBackyardScientist 8 жыл бұрын
+Huskki thanks! It takes some getting used to. I would always flinch at first and miss but after a few magazines I was way more comfortable.
@zuskr 8 жыл бұрын
Haha! Nice! I'm bad with any gun :(.
@flacotaco8743 8 жыл бұрын
+Huskki Naw man/woman, if you're smart with your gun (Knowing how to operate, hold, use safely) then you're fine. So there's no reason to flinch. In this case knowledge wins.
@zuskr 8 жыл бұрын
Garrett Copeland Wow... I Was Just Being Nice. 1) Your Grammar Is Off 2) Lets See You Shoot A Gun 3) Why Are You Being Mean? Just Because I Said Something Nice Doesn't Mean You Need To Step In.
@TheBackyardScientist 8 жыл бұрын
+Huskki don't listen to him, he sounds like a loser
@MsHojat 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how the kinetic energy from higher velocity (at least compared to NaK which ignites and is clearly less aerodynamic and slower) and mass of lead bullet compares to the chemical energy of the other metals/alloy reacting with water. Would have been a nice bit of information to add to the video.
@SwidnikLublin 2 жыл бұрын
That NaK bullet was badass. DID ANYBODY SAY EXPLOSIONS?! Mr. Torgue would be proud!
@gamegoon5996 Жыл бұрын
was looking for a bl2 reference
@Surf3rShadow2 Жыл бұрын
@@gamegoon5996 well you found it.