Comments on: Episode 67: Firearms Folklore http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67 Outcomes from all MythBusters Episodes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:12:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: woop http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-12755 woop Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:33:54 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-12755 "You forgot to mention gravity." Id say that was pretty much to do with weight “You forgot to mention gravity.”

Id say that was pretty much to do with weight

]]> By: A.Guo http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-12419 A.Guo Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:18:09 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-12419 Well, if they tried the sniper one with 50cal bullets it would definitely work... Well, if they tried the sniper one with 50cal bullets it would definitely work…

]]> By: Stuart http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-12375 Stuart Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:41:23 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-12375 I think they should re teat the hammer myth because my brother keeps trying to say it's not true and its starting to get me mad. I think they should re teat the hammer myth because my brother keeps trying to say it’s not true and its starting to get me mad.

]]> By: Proponent of reading http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-11702 Proponent of reading Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:46:04 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-11702 He never said anything about the US military using 7.62 x 54R rounds. He was talking about FMJ bullets, nothing more. He never said anything about the US military using 7.62 x 54R rounds. He was talking about FMJ bullets, nothing more.

]]> By: Anonymous Citizen http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-11527 Anonymous Citizen Sun, 22 May 2011 06:57:55 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-11527 No the hammer shouldn't shatter. Only the surface of the head is hardened by induction heating and the rest of the process need to make it hard. The rest of the metal is still rather soft. Yes you can be injured by the hardened part breaking off in pieces. I've seen it several times. Never have been hurt though. Lucky me. By the way coil springs are made the same way. Only the surface is hardened on the large ones like on your car. The deeper they are hardened the stronger they are. No the hammer shouldn’t shatter.
Only the surface of the head is hardened by induction heating and the rest of the process need to make it hard. The rest of the metal is still rather soft. Yes you can be injured by the hardened part breaking off in pieces.
I’ve seen it several times.
Never have been hurt though. Lucky me.
By the way coil springs are made the same way. Only the surface is hardened on the large ones like on your car. The deeper they are hardened the stronger they are.

]]> By: Anonymous Citizen http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-11526 Anonymous Citizen Sun, 22 May 2011 06:53:13 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-11526 Only mildly! The pouder mostly needs an open flame which is created by the primer. Mercury Fulmanate. Sorry I mis spelled it but you know what I mean. The smokeless power is really quite stable and needs a pretty good shock and a flame front to ignite it. I certainly would not reccomend it though. You could just get a really bad luck of the draw. Best way to make what he was doing is to use something soft like a few layers of a rag in pliars to remove the projectil "uh oh, spelling again" and pour the powder out. Then to be ultra safe just set the case in a vise so it will not be damaged "let the rim set on the jaws of the vise" then holding a punch with pliars to protect your fingers and glasses to protect your eyes, "just in case" put the point on the primer and lightly tap it with a hammer. It will sound like a black cat fire cracker. Then put the projectil back in the way you took it out. Drill a hole in the case for the chain to go around hi/your neck. I've done hundreds of them for people who asked for it. Yes the primer has a bit of power but not lethal. Once long ago I lived in a house that was infested with rats. Not mice big rats! I had a 45 colt. Much larger case than the case of the 45 ACP most you you are familar with due to the WWII fame. I would mold bullets from bees wax, "I keep bees" which is a little harder than parafin. Using just the primer and the bees was bullet I killed several rats in the house. Kinda stupid but at the time it was fun. Only mildly!
The pouder mostly needs an open flame which is created by the primer. Mercury Fulmanate.
Sorry I mis spelled it but you know what I mean. The smokeless power is really quite stable and needs a pretty good shock and a flame front to ignite it.

I certainly would not reccomend it though.
You could just get a really bad luck of the draw.
Best way to make what he was doing is to use something soft like a few layers of a rag in pliars to remove the projectil “uh oh, spelling again” and pour the powder out.
Then to be ultra safe just set the case in a vise so it will not be damaged “let the rim set on the jaws of the vise” then holding a punch with pliars to protect your fingers and glasses to protect your eyes, “just in case” put the point on the primer and lightly tap it with a hammer. It will sound like a black cat fire cracker.
Then put the projectil back in the way you took it out. Drill a hole in the case for the chain to go around hi/your neck.
I’ve done hundreds of them for people who asked for it.
Yes the primer has a bit of power but not lethal.
Once long ago I lived in a house that was infested with rats. Not mice big rats!
I had a 45 colt. Much larger case than the case of the 45 ACP most you you are familar with due to the WWII fame.
I would mold bullets from bees wax, “I keep bees” which is a little harder than parafin.
Using just the primer and the bees was bullet I killed several rats in the house.
Kinda stupid but at the time it was fun.

]]> By: Anonymous Citizen http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-11525 Anonymous Citizen Sun, 22 May 2011 06:43:04 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-11525 You forgot to mention gravity. You forgot to mention gravity.

]]> By: Anonymous Citizen http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-11524 Anonymous Citizen Sun, 22 May 2011 06:42:03 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-11524 actually a center fire is difficult to fire with a hammer only. It's very hard to hit the primer. A rim fire will fire almost 100% of the time if you lay it on a hard surface and hit it. The physics are simple. The rim is actually mashed by the hammer on both the hammer side and the hard surface side. Knew a guy who would go steal 22 shorts and longs and sit in the street and place them on a rock and hit them with a hammer. Our streets were not paved. Sometimes the empty cartridge would make a nice whining sound when departing. Kind of scary to me. The shot/projectal/round what ever usually didn't move more than a few feet. You know Neuton's law. Action/reaction but the larger mass moves less distance than the smaller mass when the same force is applied. Get it or is above the third grade mentality here? actually a center fire is difficult to fire with a hammer only. It’s very hard to hit the primer.
A rim fire will fire almost 100% of the time if you lay it on a hard surface and hit it.
The physics are simple. The rim is actually mashed by the hammer on both the hammer side and the hard surface side.
Knew a guy who would go steal 22 shorts and longs and sit in the street and place them on a rock and hit them with a hammer.
Our streets were not paved.
Sometimes the empty cartridge would make a nice whining sound when departing. Kind of scary to me. The shot/projectal/round what ever usually didn’t move more than a few feet. You know Neuton’s law.
Action/reaction but the larger mass moves less distance than the smaller mass when the same force is applied.
Get it or is above the third grade mentality here?

]]> By: random guy http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-11180 random guy Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:53:46 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-11180 umm, us military does use 7.62x54, thats the russian military. hathcock was using a 7.62x51. not much difference though umm, us military does use 7.62×54, thats the russian military. hathcock was using a 7.62×51. not much difference though

]]> By: random guy http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67/comment-page-1#comment-11179 random guy Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:51:17 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode67#comment-11179 the enemy sniper WAS above hathcock, he was in bushes on a hillside about 2-300 hundred yards away. you can easily get a sub inch MOA with the type of rifle hathcock was using at that range. this myth is not a myth. it was witnessed by several refutable military personnel, including multiple officers. both the body and weapon were recovered, the enemy with a bullet in his brain that entered through the eye socket, and the scope with a bullet hole through it. the enemy sniper WAS above hathcock, he was in bushes on a hillside about 2-300 hundred yards away. you can easily get a sub inch MOA with the type of rifle hathcock was using at that range. this myth is not a myth. it was witnessed by several refutable military personnel, including multiple officers. both the body and weapon were recovered, the enemy with a bullet in his brain that entered through the eye socket, and the scope with a bullet hole through it.

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