Dueling 45 Colts...ultra-modern guns...

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Trying to shoot a bullet 'head-on'... :shock:

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Fascinating video and techniques, thanks! They're not "gun guys" but they're closing in on it.
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That was pretty interesting. I suspect they needed unalloyed lead for the bullets to better approximate the result of the original in the Smithsonian.
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Yep, pure lead balls and much lower velocities. It's impossible to say whether the Civil War era ones were bullets or round balls but either way they need to go slower to reduce the disintegration of the projectiles.
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That guy’s shows are often gun-related.
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Definitely need to slow the bullets down... either by more distance between them, or slower velocity. Plus, can't imagine how even 8 or 9 Bhn bullets would fuse. Need to use pure lead.
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Griff wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:37 pm Definitely need to slow the bullets down... either by more distance between them, or slower velocity. Plus, can't imagine how even 8 or 9 Bhn bullets would fuse. Need to use pure lead.
I think they were working on dropping the charges to slow things down late in the video. For example, they we too low at one point and got a bullet stuck in the barrel that they had to then push out.
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Rimfire McNutjob wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:47 pm
Griff wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:37 pmDefinitely need to slow the bullets down... either by more distance between them, or slower velocity. Plus, can't imagine how even 8 or 9 Bhn bullets would fuse. Need to use pure lead.
I think they were working on dropping the charges to slow things down late in the video. For example, they we too low at one point and got a bullet stuck in the barrel that they had to then push out.
Yea, saw that... more distance. Definitely softer lead.
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