This Week I Learned to Slingshot

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[DanteYewToob]

Ballistic Gel has been waaaay misunderstood by the public. As a firearms instructor, let me explain.
Ballistic Gel is calibrated to the average density and water content of the human body. It isn't used to measure things like penetration, as you too often see.
What Ballistic Gel is actually used for, is measuring something called "Cavitation". This is what happens when the force of a projectile imparts its energy and pushes the medium away. It creates a "Cavity", a large opening. The damage done by a bullet has nothing to do with penetration, because most often the cleanest, deepest shots like through-through shots do the least damage. (Ever see in a movie, "You got lucky, it's a through shot. There's an exit wound.") Well, that became a medical trope because of Cavitation (a bit because of infection too).
A bullet with high penetration, going straight through you, means that only a portion of the energy was transmitted to you and the rest kept going. The most lethal shots are when the bullet doesn't go through and transfers ALL of its energy into your body, creating a massive cavity and sending a shockwave through your body's soft tissues doing damage to soft organs that the bullet didn't even hit. A bullet that's a "near miss" like the movies can still rupture lungs, bruise the heart, tear the liver... etc.
Watch any ballistic gel video in SloMo and you'll see as the bullet goes through, behind it, the gel (and flesh) will blast open, creating a massive hole, and then just and quickly slam back shut creating secondary shockwaves through the gel. It's like standing next to a bomb, those shockwaves tearing through your body are what do the real damage. Imagine you had a hole the size of a small melon in your gut... when you get shot, for a split second... you actually do!

This is what Ballistic Gel is actually measuring, it's meant to be viewed in SloMo or a single frame to look at the size of the cavity created to understand the energy transmission into the target.
Edit: Also, one thing I left out about why they aren't used for penetration testing.. is pretty obvious. SKIN. Skin is very hard to penetrate, it makes a huge difference, and on top of that human flesh isn't all one smooth consistency. We have leathery tough skin, gel like soft fat, hard and fibrous muscle and dense wood like bones. Gel is a terrible analog for actual human flesh. It only mimics the general density and way that flesh "wobbles" and reacts to a shockwave or pressure change. You can push your finger easily into Ballistic Gel.. you can't just push your finger through someone's skin. (Don't be crude :[ I worded that carefully! lol)

I hope this was helpful, and now you know what to look for whenever you see Gel shot footage.
If anyone has questions, feel free to ask. If you want to nitpick, just understand I tried to make this easy to understand and I know I left stuff out. I'm more than willing to discuss!

[derpatton]

The dopamine rush this man gets when he succeeds inspires me to try learning new things too

[zeliumite]

He has officially taken the first step towards becoming a deadly assassin with the most random host of skills at his disposal.

[baptisteguepin]

Did you know, it works with empty bottles...
Anyway great content.

A beer lover.

[a.b]

I like how ya partner is helpful with your goals in life.

[GrimReacts]

These videos are so well produced, always such a treat! Great video mike. Makes me want to go find my old slingshot I have somewhere at my parent's house.

[torb]

I love how your partner is just as happy as you when you achieve your goals, not just this one, in all the videos

[KazeshimaD]

As an archer, I don't think it can be emphasised enough how incredibly impressive this is - shooting these sorts of weapons accurately and consistently requires perfect positioning and posture every shot.

I think this is the most impressive skill you've mastered yet, Mike. The candle shot blew me away! Looking forward to seeing if you can top this! 😀

[GoalGuys]

That slowmo jump at 10:18 needs to be a gif ASAP.

[FoxTheAlmighty]

Next week: "This week i learned how to use a metal detector to find all the ammo i lost"

[ahmedbenhadjer]

This guy is very smart and creative. I like how he tries everything so he knows the feeling and discovers new hobbies that people do around the world. Great work Mike, keep it up.

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[dogrimp]

"Let me show you it's features"

[michaelcho]

Imagine if Mike's dad found this video went to his house and confiscated these slingshots .

[Yhiita]

Already know this video will be great!!

[Kidpure]

Learn how to be an accurate archer! no fancy compound bows, be old fashioned and use a traditional recurve :)

[arbitrary]

mike, you make me so happy. i currently struggle w depression and i’ve been recently trying to make myself feel better during quarantine and seeing your videos, seeing how happy you are at the end makes me laugh and smile and feel good. thank you mike, seriously. i love your videos so much.

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when someone says a bad joke and you're like
3:33

[JRAN]

Learn to write with your non dominant hand

[meleris]

Joerg would be like, "Let me show you it's features"