Splitting Bullets in 4K

- Hello, I'm Gav. - I'm Dan. Welcome to the "Super Slow Show." Gav, have you ever seen people deflecting

bullets

away from themselves in the movies? Yes. Mad skills. I wonder... oh yeah. Crazy skills. - Ninja skills. - Yes. I wonder if it's really possible. I mean, obviously, for a human to do that would be ridiculous. But if someone somehow managed to hit the bullet with a blade, would he split it? - I think so. Because when you find a fired bullet, it is always wrinkled as if it were very soft upon impact. That's just for sheer speed.

So I think if you shot a bullet at a leaf, I think it would cut like butter. Well, luckily we have a gun that's pointed directly at an axe. Alright. So let's find out, shall we? (theme song plays) Dan, what is this? Well, since I have a good hand and I'm actually not that good at shooting a bullet in the exact same place every time, we have a remote server here that has a Springfield 1911 installed inside it that fires a .45 caliber bullet straight down the range in exactly the same space every time. I feel like it's always a good idea to remove the human element.

Especially when we are the human element. Yeah. I would sit there for hours like, come on. Under this bag is a Phantom V2511. We'll start at 28,000 frames per second. Hopefully, that will be fast enough. Our regular cameras would only see a couple of blurry frames. Then this is the one you should use. Yes. The reason we choose .45 caliber

bullets

is because they are nice and fat. So when we tap our ax here, hopefully we'll be able to see as much detail as possible. And finally, we have a beautiful wall of colored balloons to let us know if we split the bullet or not.

If two balloons burst, they probably did. I wonder if it will go in exactly the same space each time. Who knows? Why don't we find out? Come on. Ready to go? - Yes Yes? I'm sorry. I can't hear you very well. I put earplugs on. It's true. - Are you ready? Good. - Yes. Three, two, one, fire! Well, he burst two balloons. He burst three balloons. Three? Wait. So, huh? Well, I'll tell you one thing. Let's look at the images. Instead of saying, "What happened?" - Gav: Oh. - Dan: It was shot. Gav: The bullet is far away.

Dan: Oh wow. hold on. Right in the middle. Oh, no, it's not... oh! Oh! Wait. Look at the wibbleman on the... The wibbleman on the axe! That ax is solid too. It is not flexible. Gav: Somehow he divided it into three parts. - Dan: Yes. - Gav: He just cut it off like it was nothing. It's time to step up, Daniel. Yeah? So we have successfully separated a bullet. Now we have an ax whose sole purpose could only be to split a bullet into four pieces. Because I can't imagine what else this is used for. Can you buy it like this?

No, no, you can't. This is a custom made bullet quadrupler. Alright. We've also moved the camera behind the gun to achieve a more even distribution in the frame. A little cheeky in POV. Yes. Bullet point of view. Hmm. Alright, here's our four-bladed axe. We have to hit it right in the middle to make it more accurate. The other could have hit anywhere on that line. This has to hit directly the center. So good luck to us. That's why I didn't do it with my kitten's hand. Are you ready? Yes. Three, two, one, fire! Oh. How many balloons did we burst there?

I count six. Uh, yes, quite a few. Wow yes! Exactly that! Turns it into shrapnel. You also see the eight pieces coming out from this angle. You see how the material separates the lead from the copper into four, into eight. - Zoonk. - Gav: This is the way to hunt. Dan: Look at it. There are eight perfect pieces. - Perfect. - Gav: That's a satisfying take. I love it. I love this camera. I love this axe. That was spot on. Are you doing Irish? I'm sorry. How satisfying was that when it split perfectly? It's the kind of footage that you watch and just go, "Ah." -Emojis. - It's true.

In fact, I found one of the bullet pieces that was broken. It curled up, broke, and sank into the ground. Yes, it really doesn't look like its original form. To be honest, it could just be a piece of metal I found on the ground. Yes. I believe you though. It's crazy how it goes from, you know, 950 feet per second to an ax perfectly divided into four pieces. It's great, isn't it? Very cool. Well, I hope you enjoyed that video as much as we did. Feel free to subscribe to Slow Mo Guys and we'll see you on the next episode of the "Super Slow Show." Hi guys.

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