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.38 Special vs Prince Ruperts Drop at 170,000 FPS - Smarter Every Day 169
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Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day fires .22 Magnum and .38 Special bullets at Prince Rupert's drops, filmed at 170,000 frames per second. The slow-motion footage shows the bullet shattering against the glass tadpole while the drop initially survives.
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Cited in Prince Rupert's drop threads as the best high-speed footage of a bullet hitting one.
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There's also this one. [VIDEO] He shoots the Prince Rupert's drop with a bullet. The bullet wins. In high speed, you can see the bullet splat against the glass and break into shards, long before the glass breaks. Really neat.
Read original comment ↗The Smarter Every Day YouTube channel has done several high-speed videos about Prince Rupert's drops, including a couple released just last week. * 2013-03-22 [LINK] * 2016-12-29 [LINK] * 2017-04-26 [VIDEO] * 2017-04-30 [LINK]
Read original comment ↗Related, hitting a Prince Rupert's drop with a bullet: [VIDEO] TLDW: The bullet shatters and the drop stays intact.
Read original comment ↗He also did a bunch of super slow-motion videos about shooting a Prince Rupert's drop with various firearms: [LINK] [VIDEO] [LINK]
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