In an experimentation you should never , ever try at family , the experimenters at YouTube’sDemolitionRanchfound that if you were unassailable enough to turn the barrel of a rifle back on itself ( a clever maneuver Bugs Bunny often pulled on Elmer Fudd ) thebullet would in reality followthe curved route .
Years ago , on the Discovery Channel , The Mythbusters confirmedthat if you flex a rifle ’s barrel 90 - degrees , instead of explode and turning the tubing into a bouquet of rip up alloy , the bullet would really keep an eye on the curve and passing the barrel as it normally would , albeit with a small less oomph . For DemolitionRanch ’s in style firearm experiment , it work one footprint beyond what The Mythbusters tested and bent the cask of an automatic rifle almost 180 degrees rearwards so that it points back at someone inauspicious enough to be obtain the weapon . alternatively of going full Elmer Fudd , however , they work up a remote swindle to safely prove what would happen .
The two most logical outcomes of the experiment seemed like they ’d have the round either breaching the bbl at the showtime of the turn , or getting stick before completely navigating the soaked curve . But sustain that at least some of the outlandish natural philosophy you see demonstrated in sketch is accurate , when the rifle was discharge remotely , the bullet exited the barrel at its occupation end , destroying the artillery ’s sight in the process .
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So could a manoeuvre like this actually economise your life should you ever find yourself staring down the gun barrel of a rifle ? No , utterly not . Bending a barrel by hand would necessitate a Superman - caliber feat of strength , and even then it would belike leave a dangerous crimp or pinch in the gun barrel that would result in a smutty outcome than demonstrated here . For this experimentation , the rifle ’s barrel was heated and then carefully bent to a specific diameter that secure the thermionic tube ’s structure rest integral so that a smoke could potentially still traverse it . In realness , the first time Bugs Bunny tried something like this , both he and Elmer Fudd would have found themselves in the emergency way .
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