IIRC they busted it because the heat and pressure from the gunpowder just blew the ice bullet apart upon firing and I do not recall them doing the thing where they just made it work. I think it could have worked if they used compressed air instead of the normal way a bullet is fired. It at least wouldn’t have the heat so maybe.
They tried a meat bullet don’t think they got it working either. In the movie it was never supposed to work the person firing the ice bullet was being setup his target set the whole thing up to arrange for someone else to be killed and the sniper with the ice bullet would take the blame.
Using a co gun should work. I have an umarex and that thing hits hard, and it’s possible an ice bullet may penetrate, but it depends where it’s shot at.
Are co guns really that much more gentle on a projectile? I would have thought the force of the expanding gasses would be similar. It’s basically just a pressure explosion vs a chemical one, no?
This is why we need mythbusters…
Maybe some YouTuber that was inspired by them can help.
Hell, I’m actually a videographer I shouldn’t really need help with that. I’m just not motivated to make big projects for my own sake most of the time. So, If you make an ice bullet and fly me out to you we can be mythbusters lol.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That actually did this one lol.
Not urine, but ice, as depicted in… Some spy movie I think?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 months ago
IIRC they busted it because the heat and pressure from the gunpowder just blew the ice bullet apart upon firing and I do not recall them doing the thing where they just made it work. I think it could have worked if they used compressed air instead of the normal way a bullet is fired. It at least wouldn’t have the heat so maybe.
omega_x3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They tried a meat bullet don’t think they got it working either. In the movie it was never supposed to work the person firing the ice bullet was being setup his target set the whole thing up to arrange for someone else to be killed and the sniper with the ice bullet would take the blame.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Using a co gun should work. I have an umarex and that thing hits hard, and it’s possible an ice bullet may penetrate, but it depends where it’s shot at.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Are co guns really that much more gentle on a projectile? I would have thought the force of the expanding gasses would be similar. It’s basically just a pressure explosion vs a chemical one, no?
This is why we need mythbusters…
Maybe some YouTuber that was inspired by them can help.
Hell, I’m actually a videographer I shouldn’t really need help with that. I’m just not motivated to make big projects for my own sake most of the time. So, If you make an ice bullet and fly me out to you we can be mythbusters lol.