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Destin of Smarter Every Day wanted to find out what would happen if he fired handguns underwater. He rigged a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol to fire inside water-filled tanks and recorded the results in slow motion.
The actual shooting starts about two minutes into the video. After firing off two rounds, Destin provides a brief physics lesson to explain what you're seeing take place. -via The Firearms Blog
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Hey, I got the same semi-auto pistol (Ruger KP95). Good to know that it can be fired underwater and still work (yay Ruger!).
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What is the music playing during this? Is it Ratatat?
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Neat. I like how you can see the cavitation wave caused by the bullet's passage through the water as well.
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