Gun Control & RKBA

melm00se

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4. Mythbusters

Wed May 11, 2016, 08:13 AM

May 2016

strikes again:

http://mythresults.com/episode85

Bullets can explode with lethal force if they are stored inside a hot oven.

busted

The MythBusters placed a .22 caliber, .44 caliber, and .50 caliber bullet inside an oven. All of the bullets exploded once the oven was hot enough, but none of them were able to penetrate the oven. Without a gun barrel to contain and direct the propellant gases, the bullets did not develop enough speed to pierce the glass or steel portions of the oven. The shell casings actually caused more damage than the bullets.

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