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December 10, 2019

Measuring Firearm Recoil with a Canoe!

Can you measure rifle recoil by rowing a boat?  This has probably been in my mind for about 25 years. I first attempted something of the sort when I was a child but it involved a […]
December 3, 2019

How Powerful is a 50 Cal?

Everyone knows that a 50 Cal is powerful, but just how powerful is it? In a previous video, I shot through a pine tree with a 50 Cal round. Now we are going to test different […]
September 17, 2019

Shooting Down a Tree with a .50BMG

Everyone has thought at some point about how many rounds it would take to cut down a tree.  What shooting down a tree with a 50BMG?  Challenge accepted. This came on the heels of my viral […]
February 25, 2019

Silencing the Beastly .50BMG

The legendary .50BMG is one of those bucket list guns.  Heck, that was one thing I was really looking forward to shooting on Top Shot.  And shooters who have shot “The Fifty” have experienced the brutal […]
November 12, 2018

Did this 50BMG “Miss” Suck a Deer’s Eyes Out? [VIDEO]

With my recent videos on the .50BMG this hunting episode caught my attention.  Keith Warren claims that a near miss with a .50BMG dropped this whitetail doe by “sucking the eyes out” due to the air […]
October 29, 2018

.50BMG Bulletproof Tree!

Earlier we tested a variety of firearms and calibers on a healthy pine tree to see what would defeat a tree as cover.  Without spoiling the results for you, you can catch up on that here.  But […]
September 4, 2018

Using Trees for Ballistic Cover

Have you ever wondered if you would be safe from a shooter by taking cover behind a tree?  What calibers will penetrate the tree and hit you?  Here we test over 10 popular calibers up from […]
May 5, 2016

50BMG API Rounds VS. 1″ Plate Armor [VIDEO]

It’s no secret that the 50BMG is a beastly round.  And since it packs such a large payload there is a variety of ammunition available.  One of the most common is the Armored Piercing Incendiary round […]
April 14, 2014

Ammo Torture Tests [VIDEOS]

Ever wonder what happens when ammunition catches fire, gets put in a blender, or a microwave?  Unlike most folks think it won’t send the bullet flying dangerously through the air. (Bonfire starts at 12:20) How about […]
June 16, 2013

.50 BMG Minigun [video]

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has introduced a 3 barreled .50 Caliber Gatling Gun capable of firing 1,300 shots per minute.  That would be over 975,000 grains (140 pounds) of lead and at $5 per […]