For this series, I feel like it could be really cool if you could manage to collab with the SlowMo Guys at some point. Getting their high-speed cameras to really capture the detail of a weapon detonating could be both fun *and* educational to see exactly where the parts fail in even more detail than with your current camera. Also, a rifle with a wood stock would also be interesting to see, as it would likely rupture much differently than the polymer did.
I was a member of a Facebook group for reloading. One of our Admins once posted his pictures and why he was gone for 2 months. Quick version. 30-06 way to hot blew the bolt through his cheek, lost an eye, and broken cheek. The puctures were brutal but he survived.
Holy crap! That was WAAY more destructive than I imagined. Really shows how important learning about squibs is. I think this series is a very important presentation of potential outcomes and possible dangers of squibs, barrel obstructions, hot loads, etc. Thank you Scott!
Would be great to see a collaboration between KB and the Slowmo guys. To actually see whats going on in greater detail and even more slow slowmo awesomeness.
Ya know, I had one mistake with a car and since then I've been nervous about being in 'em, driving 'em, and walking near 'em. But watching you, after damn near dying, still doing what you love is, even with as corny as it sounds, truly inspiring. Not the greatest with words but I just wanted to say it.
I went to school with a kid who died from this. He was out hunting alone and he got mud in the end of his barrel that froze and when he pulled the trigger, it exploded and he died from blood loss. From what I heard, it took a while, so *_never_* go hunting alone, unless you have no other choice!
Also slip a plastic bag or rubber cap over the end of your barrel. You can take it off if you're not in a hurry, but even if you are the bullet will blow right through with no real problem. Could save your life.
Solitary hunting isn't going away any time soon, judging by human history anyway. Hunting rifles use slings that has barrel pointing up behind your back, for a good reason: It's what the OG's figured out worked best, no need to run around all tactically and look left & right and all that jazz. Always bring a collapsible bore-rod & bore-snake, this stuff doesn't weigh much for the little bit you'll be walking, always check your gun between walking out and settling in on station for the day. Bolt comes out on most bolt actions, so remove it and check down the bore, if there are no obstructions give it a swipe with the snake anyway. NOW you can load the gun. Likewise if the gun did hit the ground in-between/somehow, check it again, if you do have a barrel obstruction that wont come out = Head back. Just employ basic common gun safety , and if you can't do that, you don't deserve to own a gun IMO.
@@ToreDL87my dad always told me to make sure the gun is cleared and shine some light into the chamber, now from the tip you can easily check for obstructions
338 Lapua Magnum would be interesting. Not only because it's my favorite long range rifle platform. But, also because of the way, the good ones at least, are built like tanks to handle the extremely high pressure and muzzle velocity that the round creates. The Barrett M98B, Armalite AR30 and FN Ballista are simply a thing of beauty and engineering marvel. I'm pretty confident that a barrel explosion from it will be similar or possibly even more violent than the standard 50 BMG round would be. Those rounds are extremely spicy. 69,000 PSI barrel pressure for the .338 LM vs 60,000 PSI for the 50BMG for the doubters out there.
The weatherby mark v was designed with case head separation in mind and has a bolt designed to vent overpressure gasses away from the shooter. It was one of the earliest bolts to do this if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps a .460 weatherby magnum in mark v? Really put the safety claims to the test?
I'll watch that! Then again I'll watch anything Scott posts. The weatherby mk V has to have a pretty hot load to test its safety. I'd like to see what would happen if he had hands made like that skull and see what damage occurs in shooting position. Exploding guns shred hands and arms. Scott could show us.
@@darrellcook8253 judging by what I have read on testing data, my latest hand loads exceeded 100000 psi. Popped the primer, stuck cartridge, and the bolt face was stamped hard and imprinted by the base of the case. I wish I had a chronograph running to see just how hot the 180g bullets we're going... Needless to say, I emptied those loads and redid them. I want Scott to show me how close I was to needing to use my thumb.
I'd love to see a lever-action go boom. It would be interesting to see if it blows the entire trigger group out of the bottom of the rifle. Stay safe, Scott; keep up the fantastic content!
I saw a Rossi .357 lever action blow up about 30 years ago. The lever came flying down when the bolt sheared and it broke my buddy's firing hand. He got some shrapnel to the face, too, but nothing life-changing.
Some guys says that Rossi M92 don't explodes, even with the hottest loads... But once I saw a firing pin flying back towards shooters eye! Taurus makes a 454 casull version of M92... But I don't feel confident enough to buy one.
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@@chipshuhart2977 I can’t help having mixed feelings about this! Yeah it would be awesome to see a BFR blow up, but then you realize you witnessed the destruction a fine revolver. The 500 mag Scott has with no sight was from one of those tests that didn’t completely succeed at destroying it. I think from firing it in concrete or something. Edit: it was from the torture test, not concrete.
Honestly, I would love to see what happens to some Remington 870's or Mossberg 500's. People always talk about how durable they are, but I wanna see one have a catastrophic failure.
Just a thought, but ballistic dummy labs makes ballistic gel hands too. It would be cool if you got on of those to put in the trigger guard along with the head that is behind the rifle. It would be interesting to see what damage is done to the hand. Especially the way the 300 win mag jettisoned the fire control group. Great video as always Scott!
I totally agree with you on that and I said pretty much the same thing. Great minds think alike. Good thoughts actually run deep. Hands and arms in the shooting position would be great. They would take more of a beating than the head. My guess. I hope Scott reads this!
Many years ago, I was standing directly behind somebody who had a catastrophic explosion of a firearm. He barely lived through it due to massive blood loss from the various injuries. He lost both eyes, his nose, most of his front teeth and the thumb on his Right hand. Hand and finger injuries are common when there is a catastrophic failure. Luckily, such failures are very, very rare!
@@darrellcook8253 thank you Darrell! What made me think of it was thinking back to Scott's injuries when his rn 50 blew up. I really hope he does it too. I think it would be interesting results.
@@floridagunrat1625 who yeah he is lucky to be alive for sure. I'm glad failures like this are rare but the results are very interesting in a controlled environment.
The fact that you managed to decide to continue to test what gun explosion can do is commendable, not many would continue if they're the direct victim of such a catastrophic failure. You sir, deserve respect.
Would be interesting to see a .308 win in a rifle chambered for .270. I was at a range when someone did something similar with their rifle. The results were ... loud.
Everyone is talking about how badass Scott is for blowing up guns in spite of his accident (yes, it is pretty badass), but I'm admiring the humor. The intro, the way he turned after kicking the table over, and the "Got your nose!" all had me rolling. All around great content, much love and respect!
I would like to see you try and recreate what the special forces did in Vietnam with an SKS. They would load a squib round into the chamber of any weapons found in caches so that when the next enemy soldier would try and use it it would explode in their hands sending the bolt back into their face. You can actually find some stories from soldiers who would be on patrol hear a rifle shot only to find an enemy soldier with the bolt in him dead from that round doing it’s job. Would be pretty cool with a zombie head behind it.
Love this series, definitely things being learned. Do wish Scott had first fired a severely overpowered round with a clear barrel. Squib is a rather extreme scenario.
Scott, you have an amazing attitude and you're an inspiration to everyone. Not many can joke around about a life altering event like you had. Keep up the good work man. I'm glad you're still making videos! Best RUclipsr ever!
I'm kind of curious what a .22lr would do with an extra spicy round. I'm sure it wouldn't be as energetic as this or your .50, but then again, the gun won't be as durable either so maybe the lower cartridge side and the smaller gun would balance out to similar destruction,
Depends on the action. My dad's buddy would reload .22's as a kid and he called them stingers decades ago. He tried for a long shot with one of his hot rounds and blew the bolt out the back of the action. More recently I had an out of battery in a .22 and the bullet lodged three inches into the barrel. The case was very mangled. The next round bulged the inside of an 1.25" bull barrel where the stuck bullet was. I didn't notice anything too crazy when I shot it but it wasn't very accurate after that.
Being from and living in Florence, KY my whole life, I think it's awesome that you raised and donated all that money to help the victims of these tragedy's. Thank you Scott, you make me proud to be a fellow Caintuckian 😁 and thank you for all your hard work and great content. Keep it up!
This is gonna be one of my favorite episodes. I loved how you incorporated all your buddies "products" into the show. It really made it a lot funnier to me.
Yeah well maybe someday he'll show us the scars and talk about any lingering issues with the whole thing including getting over any PTSD related to the accident. Scotts the man.
Hey Scott, could you test the internet rumor that a 5.56 rifle can fire .223 rounds all day, but firing 5.56 rounds in a .223 can damage the rifle? I read that since there's more powder in the 5.56 that it could damage a rifle designed for a less spicy round.
Maybe it could I think there isn't too much that would happen. Popped primer maybe, I mean I wouldn't go only feeding a .223 rifle 5.56 but it wouldn't damage a rifle if it was sparingly.
This is great content, it really informative about how bad things can actually go and why safety is important but it's always fun along the way! Also, those are some great targets!
Always love what you come up with. Thank you for everything you do Scott. From the intros to the new high speed camera. Always a great show.. with one exception.. so grateful that you have kept up the great work.
Scott, I must’ve commented on a half a dozen videos to bring back the Tactical T Rex and you delivered!!! Love it man!! You’ve got well over two million subs and you still take the time to read and respond to comments. Amazing man!
The opening skits are awesome Scott please keep them coming along with of course the great content.. Thanks for the laughs and great videos as always and I hope that all is well with you and the whole Kentucky Ballistics family. 🙏🙏🍻 Edit: It's incredible and terrifying to see such experiments honestly. Sure it's in a controlled environment and you're doing it on purpose but it's crazy to see how many pieces that exploded into. Why taking firearms safety in every way possible is so damn important!. Your situation was a freak accident and why I'm so greatful/thankful that you're still with is today 🙏🙌.. Anyways thank you again Scott for doing these experiments and I'll see you on the next one brother.
Thanks for the upload Scott! Today marks an anniversary for something really depressing, and a video from you is exactly what I needed! Much love from your Kenfolk in PA!
In 40 plus years of shooting I had my first squib and luckily it was in a semi-auto .22 and I was using CCI Stingers. I figured that the round didn’t have powder and the force of primer forced bullet about an 1” into barrel. Not knowing I had a squib I shot again and I believe that the reason I had no damage was due to it being a semi-auto .22. Being that the bolt could move it allowed all of the pressure to escape. I’m glad all it gave me was a headache and I didn’t have to thumb any holes. This just happened this past Wednesday. Great video!
Could be awesome to see the Tikka T3x Tac A1 .308 or the CZ557 Varmint .308 :) Scott you rock big time. Love the way you have recovered, and just continues making great stuff. Stay safe
😂 the lads “product placements”🤣🤣🙌🏻🙌🏻 well played Scott and fair play on the safety and awareness series for the info and demonstration Hope your able to continue showing catastrophic failures from the safety aspect and get people jumping on to support this series
Love how you have taken your experience and turned it into such an awesome series, keep up the good work. I would love to see something along the lines of a bullpup having a failure like this, maybe a Keltec RFB or something a little bigger? To that extent how about a shotgun?
Its amazing to see how far scott and his channel has come throughout the years! Videos a few years ago, scott seems like a different person and is so much more tame and monotone compared to today. His character arc is one of the greatest of all time on youtube. I'm happy that i found your channel scott.
This is a really useful comparison for how well both the Serbu (in particular) and the Barrett did. This just atomized, and there was little apparent damage to the barrel. The 50. Cals seemed to better contain their energy, with more being put into breaking the weapon instead of just flying apart.
You want more breaking apart. The more pieces that fly away, the less energy is left over to be focused into a single set of parts. That's what made the Serbu in particular so dangerous. Most of the firearm generally held together which meant that most of the weapon was fairly strong and it focused all of the energy into the weak points of the threaded cap and the thin flanges securing that cap as a "safety feature." That same safety feature which almost killed him. If you ever see an F1 car crash, you'll notice that it looks like it explodes in a crash with body pieces everywhere. This is by design. It's how something going so fast can have some pretty nasty crashes which allows the driver to most of the time, walk away in one piece. The pieces breaking away carry with them the energy put into them which is less energy transferred to the driver. This is what makes old cars so dangerous. Their nearly all-steel construction meant that they held up pretty well but instead they ended up just transferring all of that energy to the soft squishy bits on the inside instead. We have now crumple zones and bodywork designed to break apart and fall off now instead of full steel bumpers and the like.
@@scottashe984 The concepts of energy management aren't though. That part completely went over your head. The F1 is an example of designing to prevent as much energy from the outside and the current situation from reaching the vulnerable driver in the middle of it. I don't know what you mean by "build it so it doesn't fall" as that literally makes no sense in this context. Modern gun designs do the same thing. They're designed so that in the event of a catastrophic failure, as much energy as possible is directed AWAY from the shooter and not into the shooter via life ending shrapnel. We've seen this in many catastrophic failures of many modern weapons. Usually the shooter is just fine, it's just their underwear gets a bit heavier. Usually the exploding weapon is more of a hazard to those near and around the shooter than the shooter themselves.
scott, as I've stated many times in past comment sections you're my favorite guntuber ,im ecstatic that you're still amongst the living... also you better buy a lotto ticket with that luck brother!
The fact you don't have PTSD from the gun explosion near death experience, let alone purposely detonating more guns really comes as a surprise... What would we do without ya Scott? One of a kind.
I think a big thing to remember is that when Scott's gun exploded, his neck and below is where the potentially fatal wounds were. Just because your heads okay doesn't mean the rest of you is!
Scott, I look forward to seeing what you can do with this new series. Life gave you eggplants and you've made baba ganoush. As far as a suggestion for the series, it might be smaller than your first two, but what about pistols? Could a Glock fail this spectacularly? Or a 1911? Would it need to be something massive like a .454 or .50AE?
Nice one dude, awesome video. I know your still a bit cautious about blowing the guns up and recreating your experience over the .50 cal incident ( who wouldn’t be???) but it’s great to see you plow through this stuff and reach new objectives. Thank you bro. God speed stay safe
Maybe not some totally destructive testing, but something interesting. Do a couple of common 22lr rifles and fire them with a squib lodged in the bore like you did today. First, do just a standard round and see what happens. Then figure out how to blow them up. The idea of packing the bore with powder behind the squib and then firing a 22 blank comes to mind. Rifles: Ruger 10/22 Marlin model 60 Ruger American Rimfire
Dude, love your content! You could say it's explosive! Stay safe though, you won't always be able to put a thumb in it! Love that you included all your boys! Keep it up!
My thoughts exactly! although it wouldn't have been as eventful with a spicy round, I'm pretty sure that gun would have blown up with a normal Loaded round in an obstructed Barrel with another round lodged in it. After a barrel has been obstructed like that, any gun becomes a pipe bomb.
Thanks for listening to the hunting rifle suggestion! It just comes to show that even everyday hunting rifles are NO joke. Literally a slip up with jamming the barrel while hunting can cost you you're life in a millisecond!
While this is a cool series, I'd love to see you start with a slight over pressure round and go up from there to the "super spicy" round you know will blow it
I'd love to see a 500 magnum fail like that, I wonder what would happen with the cylinder. My guess is it would fail at the connection points to the barrel and handle, sending the handle backwards and the cylinder in pieces in every direction.
S&W’s .500 revolvers are extremely sturdy and durable. I don’t even know if you can load a .500 mag hot enough to do much eventful damage. Besides too much of the blast would already escape through the cylinder gap, with it being a revolver and whatnot.
What would you like to see go boom next? Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video!!!
Love the vids
A double barrel maybe?
A shotgun. Would love to see that
AK of some sort. Shouldn't be too hard, just need to buy a Century RAS47/VSKA and shoot it normally...won't take too long to blow up 🤣
Your AK 🤣🤣 or Brandon's AK50
This absolute legend turned the one thing that almost killed him into a running series
Yeah it's a good idea to work with what you got. I like that. He's doing a bang up job too.
He has asserted his dominance 🤌🏼✨
That's what legends do
Literally 😭😭😭😭🤝💯
Every chance is with your life, he just gets it.
Scott out here absolutely smashing his PTSD from exploding rifles by making more rifles explode.
Either that or he's got a grudge lol
Fear cannot be escaped. It'd only grow stronger. It can be killed only by facing it head on. Amazing how he's managed to do it.
Gonna give the rest of us it instead.
@@Element_punk
Just don’t put s**t into your barrel and you’ll be fine, lol.
That'll teach that nasty PTSD a lesson.
It's just like riding a horse, if you fall off once then get back on it or your confidence is shot.
For this series, I feel like it could be really cool if you could manage to collab with the SlowMo Guys at some point.
Getting their high-speed cameras to really capture the detail of a weapon detonating could be both fun *and* educational to see exactly where the parts fail in even more detail than with your current camera.
Also, a rifle with a wood stock would also be interesting to see, as it would likely rupture much differently than the polymer did.
I want to see a .22lr go boom
I second this.
Taofleddermaus would be a good collab too
Do it scottttttt
That would be cool!
I was a member of a Facebook group for reloading. One of our Admins once posted his pictures and why he was gone for 2 months. Quick version. 30-06 way to hot blew the bolt through his cheek, lost an eye, and broken cheek. The puctures were brutal but he survived.
Really appreciate how Scott has turned a unpleasant near death experience into a positive learning series full of curiosity. Great going my man 👍🏻
Holy crap! That was WAAY more destructive than I imagined. Really shows how important learning about squibs is.
I think this series is a very important presentation of potential outcomes and possible dangers of squibs, barrel obstructions, hot loads, etc.
Thank you Scott!
Would be great to see a collaboration between KB and the Slowmo guys. To actually see whats going on in greater detail and even more slow slowmo awesomeness.
Ur dream has come Tru
Ya know, I had one mistake with a car and since then I've been nervous about being in 'em, driving 'em, and walking near 'em.
But watching you, after damn near dying, still doing what you love is, even with as corny as it sounds, truly inspiring. Not the greatest with words but I just wanted to say it.
Dude, I lost my mind when you brought out the new targets. Especially Brandon saying "WHITE CLAW FLAVORED"
Absolutely hilarious, keep it up!
ah, you too? got me laughing for 5 minutes when i saw it
I really like the way the gun-tubers are helping each other, Nice to see!
I went to school with a kid who died from this. He was out hunting alone and he got mud in the end of his barrel that froze and when he pulled the trigger, it exploded and he died from blood loss. From what I heard, it took a while, so *_never_* go hunting alone, unless you have no other choice!
Also slip a plastic bag or rubber cap over the end of your barrel. You can take it off if you're not in a hurry, but even if you are the bullet will blow right through with no real problem. Could save your life.
That’s brutal.
Solitary hunting isn't going away any time soon, judging by human history anyway.
Hunting rifles use slings that has barrel pointing up behind your back, for a good reason: It's what the OG's figured out worked best, no need to run around all tactically and look left & right and all that jazz.
Always bring a collapsible bore-rod & bore-snake, this stuff doesn't weigh much for the little bit you'll be walking, always check your gun between walking out and settling in on station for the day.
Bolt comes out on most bolt actions, so remove it and check down the bore, if there are no obstructions give it a swipe with the snake anyway.
NOW you can load the gun.
Likewise if the gun did hit the ground in-between/somehow, check it again, if you do have a barrel obstruction that wont come out = Head back.
Just employ basic common gun safety , and if you can't do that, you don't deserve to own a gun IMO.
@@ToreDL87my dad always told me to make sure the gun is cleared and shine some light into the chamber, now from the tip you can easily check for obstructions
I was always told and taught never go hunting alone there is no excuse to go hunting alone and if someone can’t go with you you don’t go
338 Lapua Magnum would be interesting. Not only because it's my favorite long range rifle platform. But, also because of the way, the good ones at least, are built like tanks to handle the extremely high pressure and muzzle velocity that the round creates. The Barrett M98B, Armalite AR30 and FN Ballista are simply a thing of beauty and engineering marvel. I'm pretty confident that a barrel explosion from it will be similar or possibly even more violent than the standard 50 BMG round would be. Those rounds are extremely spicy. 69,000 PSI barrel pressure for the .338 LM vs 60,000 PSI for the 50BMG for the doubters out there.
Yup. Just fill one of those all the way up with the finest grain pistol cartridge powder the store has... and take cover.
If he blows a Ballista, I might fly to Kentucky and Scott and I will have a stern talking
@@jessegillmore7228 lol. It would be heart breaking for sure.
The weatherby mark v was designed with case head separation in mind and has a bolt designed to vent overpressure gasses away from the shooter. It was one of the earliest bolts to do this if I'm not mistaken.
Perhaps a .460 weatherby magnum in mark v? Really put the safety claims to the test?
I'll watch that! Then again I'll watch anything Scott posts. The weatherby mk
V has to have a pretty hot load to test its safety. I'd like to see what would happen if he had hands made like that skull and see what damage occurs in shooting position.
Exploding guns shred hands and arms. Scott could show us.
@@darrellcook8253 judging by what I have read on testing data, my latest hand loads exceeded 100000 psi. Popped the primer, stuck cartridge, and the bolt face was stamped hard and imprinted by the base of the case. I wish I had a chronograph running to see just how hot the 180g bullets we're going...
Needless to say, I emptied those loads and redid them. I want Scott to show me how close I was to needing to use my thumb.
I'd love to see a lever-action go boom. It would be interesting to see if it blows the entire trigger group out of the bottom of the rifle. Stay safe, Scott; keep up the fantastic content!
I saw a Rossi .357 lever action blow up about 30 years ago. The lever came flying down when the bolt sheared and it broke my buddy's firing hand. He got some shrapnel to the face, too, but nothing life-changing.
Some guys says that Rossi M92 don't explodes, even with the hottest loads... But once I saw a firing pin flying back towards shooters eye!
Taurus makes a 454 casull version of M92... But I don't feel confident enough to buy one.
Yes!
better at least zip tie the lever closed
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Scott calling garand thumb a crayon eater was the funniest part of this video 😂😂
Repent and trust in Jesus. We all deserve Hell for our sins, such as lying lusting coveting and more. We can't save ourselves, but Jesus can save us. He died on the cross to save us for our sins and rose from the grave defeating death and Hell. You must put your faith in him only. He is the only way to Heaven. Repent and trust in Jesus.
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Just goes to show you that all guns have limits. When you exceed those limits, catastrophic failures can and will occur. Great video. 👍
Well duh lol
Thanks Captain obvious!! Woohoo now I know to be mindful...😒
You figured that out all alone ? I'm impressed 👏🤣 haha , na jokes lad I just like to be a prick from time to time.
@@Sb1210-3 sure...but dude used ALL his big words at once to say.."be careful" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jdev232 But he didn't say becareful.
Scott really went from awkward jokes to becoming one of the funniest gun RUclipsrs
That's brutal. I can't imagine how bad that would be to a hand if it went off like that. That being said, I still want to see a 45-70 BFR blow up.
You read my mind. Any big bore revolver blowing up would be awesome!
I have a BFR 45-70 that I will donate. Scott reach out to me if you want it!
@@chipshuhart2977 I can’t help having mixed feelings about this! Yeah it would be awesome to see a BFR blow up, but then you realize you witnessed the destruction a fine revolver. The 500 mag Scott has with no sight was from one of those tests that didn’t completely succeed at destroying it. I think from firing it in concrete or something. Edit: it was from the torture test, not concrete.
Bro.... Imagine, you have been behind a .50 BMG caliber when exploded and survived, you're a beast!
Honestly, I would love to see what happens to some Remington 870's or Mossberg 500's. People always talk about how durable they are, but I wanna see one have a catastrophic failure.
I kind of want to see a Remington 700 BDL just because I have one.
me who has never heard of those guns im my entire life
@@JRockJamthe Remington 870 is the shotgun that comes to your mind whenever someone says pump shotgun.
*I guess you can say, this series could be booming*
Just a thought, but ballistic dummy labs makes ballistic gel hands too. It would be cool if you got on of those to put in the trigger guard along with the head that is behind the rifle. It would be interesting to see what damage is done to the hand. Especially the way the 300 win mag jettisoned the fire control group. Great video as always Scott!
I totally agree with you on that and I said pretty much the same thing. Great minds think alike. Good thoughts actually run deep. Hands and arms in the shooting position would be great. They would take more of a beating than the head. My guess. I hope Scott reads this!
Many years ago, I was standing directly behind somebody who had a catastrophic explosion of a firearm. He barely lived through it due to massive blood loss from the various injuries. He lost both eyes, his nose, most of his front teeth and the thumb on his Right hand. Hand and finger injuries are common when there is a catastrophic failure. Luckily, such failures are very, very rare!
@@darrellcook8253 thank you Darrell! What made me think of it was thinking back to Scott's injuries when his rn 50 blew up. I really hope he does it too. I think it would be interesting results.
@@floridagunrat1625 who yeah he is lucky to be alive for sure. I'm glad failures like this are rare but the results are very interesting in a controlled environment.
LOL Scott!!! Your face at 6:30 when you found the barrel was like a kid on Easter finding the last egg 🤣😂🤣😂
The fact that you managed to decide to continue to test what gun explosion can do is commendable, not many would continue if they're the direct victim of such a catastrophic failure.
You sir, deserve respect.
You’re the man, still demonstrating how guns can be dangerous after one hurt you… cheers and respect from France !
Would be interesting to see a .308 win in a rifle chambered for .270.
I was at a range when someone did something similar with their rifle. The results were ... loud.
The what are you doing in this tent really got me in the beginning 😂😂
It's so funny to me that Scott was able to turn his near-death accident into the grounds for new content, new series, glad you're still with us Scott
This will go down as one of the best Gun Series on RUclips, Keep them up Scott!
Facts
Absolutely 💯
Anything and everything Hi-Point ever made.💩
@@kolejohnson73 lmao. Please destroy them all 🤣🤣🤣
I about died when you said "got your nose". More great content as always. Thanks Scott.
Truly speaks out of the experience 4:54, I appreciate it.
Everyone is talking about how badass Scott is for blowing up guns in spite of his accident (yes, it is pretty badass), but I'm admiring the humor. The intro, the way he turned after kicking the table over, and the "Got your nose!" all had me rolling. All around great content, much love and respect!
Dude the “Got your nose!” Had me dying 😂😂😂
All those and the "good luck" whisper after kissing the zombie head got me too
I would like to see you try and recreate what the special forces did in Vietnam with an SKS. They would load a squib round into the chamber of any weapons found in caches so that when the next enemy soldier would try and use it it would explode in their hands sending the bolt back into their face. You can actually find some stories from soldiers who would be on patrol hear a rifle shot only to find an enemy soldier with the bolt in him dead from that round doing it’s job. Would be pretty cool with a zombie head behind it.
You can actually see the scope flying way up high while you are sitting behind the truck.
5:23 look at the upper part of the windshield
Love this series, definitely things being learned. Do wish Scott had first fired a severely overpowered round with a clear barrel. Squib is a rather extreme scenario.
Scott, you have an amazing attitude and you're an inspiration to everyone. Not many can joke around about a life altering event like you had. Keep up the good work man. I'm glad you're still making videos! Best RUclipsr ever!
I'm kind of curious what a .22lr would do with an extra spicy round. I'm sure it wouldn't be as energetic as this or your .50, but then again, the gun won't be as durable either so maybe the lower cartridge side and the smaller gun would balance out to similar destruction,
Depends on the action. My dad's buddy would reload .22's as a kid and he called them stingers decades ago. He tried for a long shot with one of his hot rounds and blew the bolt out the back of the action.
More recently I had an out of battery in a .22 and the bullet lodged three inches into the barrel. The case was very mangled. The next round bulged the inside of an 1.25" bull barrel where the stuck bullet was. I didn't notice anything too crazy when I shot it but it wasn't very accurate after that.
I'm very curious as well. I am thinking about getting a .22 LR for my daughter. But I want to know how bad it would be if something did happen.
Being from and living in Florence, KY my whole life, I think it's awesome that you raised and donated all that money to help the victims of these tragedy's. Thank you Scott, you make me proud to be a fellow Caintuckian 😁 and thank you for all your hard work and great content. Keep it up!
I love the welcome to Florence y'all water tower
@@jarynloughman3374 haha, ya it's the Florence land mark lol
I live in florence also!
When he ripped it’s nose off and said “I got your nose” that had me rolling 🤣
7:52 my son fell over laughing
This is gonna be one of my favorite episodes. I loved how you incorporated all your buddies "products" into the show. It really made it a lot funnier to me.
Who needs a can opener when you've got a rifle?
Legendary, I just love your enthusiasm for your beautiful collection of Rifles and Hand Guns.
Every time I see one of these catastrophic failure videos I have vicarious PTSD of what happened to you Scott… you are a madman.
Yeah well maybe someday he'll show us the scars and talk about any lingering issues with the whole thing including getting over any PTSD related to the accident. Scotts the man.
madlad took nearly dying and turned it into some of the best content he's put out so far. thank God and thank Vanderbilt. cheers Scott
I love the fact that all the gun channels have come together ❤️
All? It's just a few. You should get out more
@Faux Que should have said all the gun channels I watch lol. My bad
for some reason i didn't expect the "got your nose" joke🤣 brilliant!
Hey Scott, could you test the internet rumor that a 5.56 rifle can fire .223 rounds all day, but firing 5.56 rounds in a .223 can damage the rifle? I read that since there's more powder in the 5.56 that it could damage a rifle designed for a less spicy round.
Maybe it could I think there isn't too much that would happen. Popped primer maybe, I mean I wouldn't go only feeding a .223 rifle 5.56 but it wouldn't damage a rifle if it was sparingly.
Full auto 1k rounds worth
It's not a rumor. It's true that guns chambered in .223 shouldn't be firing 5.56. It's just going to make the rifle wear faster then usual.
Typical 5.56 have greater freebore, which aid’s pressure capabilities
The target selection was epic 🙌😎
Great job Scott
I love how Scott went from 'taking explosion from .50 cal and survived' guy to 'I blow up .50 cals and other guns' guy.
Great video as always!
Dang shots fired ak demo and the flannel daddy and doughnut SHOTS FIRED
this is such a great series, showing why safety is so important! thank you scott for sharing with us
This is great content, it really informative about how bad things can actually go and why safety is important but it's always fun along the way! Also, those are some great targets!
Always love what you come up with. Thank you for everything you do Scott. From the intros to the new high speed camera. Always a great show.. with one exception.. so grateful that you have kept up the great work.
Scott, I must’ve commented on a half a dozen videos to bring back the Tactical T Rex and you delivered!!! Love it man!! You’ve got well over two million subs and you still take the time to read and respond to comments. Amazing man!
The opening skits are awesome Scott please keep them coming along with of course the great content.. Thanks for the laughs and great videos as always and I hope that all is well with you and the whole Kentucky Ballistics family. 🙏🙏🍻
Edit: It's incredible and terrifying to see such experiments honestly. Sure it's in a controlled environment and you're doing it on purpose but it's crazy to see how many pieces that exploded into. Why taking firearms safety in every way possible is so damn important!. Your situation was a freak accident and why I'm so greatful/thankful that you're still with is today 🙏🙌.. Anyways thank you again Scott for doing these experiments and I'll see you on the next one brother.
Thanks for the upload Scott! Today marks an anniversary for something really depressing, and a video from you is exactly what I needed! Much love from your Kenfolk in PA!
In 40 plus years of shooting I had my first squib and luckily it was in a semi-auto .22 and I was using CCI Stingers. I figured that the round didn’t have powder and the force of primer forced bullet about an 1” into barrel. Not knowing I had a squib I shot again and I believe that the reason I had no damage was due to it being a semi-auto .22. Being that the bolt could move it allowed all of the pressure to escape. I’m glad all it gave me was a headache and I didn’t have to thumb any holes. This just happened this past Wednesday. Great video!
Could be awesome to see the Tikka T3x Tac A1 .308 or the CZ557 Varmint .308 :)
Scott you rock big time. Love the way you have recovered, and just continues making great stuff.
Stay safe
Great to see you back on top Scott. You are as big/built as I ever remember. Keep rockin´.
😂 the lads “product placements”🤣🤣🙌🏻🙌🏻 well played Scott and fair play on the safety and awareness series for the info and demonstration
Hope your able to continue showing catastrophic failures from the safety aspect and get people jumping on to support this series
He needed a Hickok45 product to really complete it.
The Garand Thumb crayons 😂😂😂
Absolutely NAILED that table flip! I see you! As always, excellent work from the cameraman Scott Sr!
I'm depressed that he let it live. He's starting to get soft on us. And he didn't murder any eggplants.
By far my favorite series on RUclips. This is both entertaining and helpful!
Honestly with all of the things that Scott has shot, I’m surprised that the decaying remains don’t have a radiation output of nuclear waste.
Wow can’t believe how badly that exploded! Glad you weren’t behind that when it went off 😟 that got your nose did me 😂
That was a lot of fun! Absolutely loved the product line used for targeting
Love how you have taken your experience and turned it into such an awesome series, keep up the good work. I would love to see something along the lines of a bullpup having a failure like this, maybe a Keltec RFB or something a little bigger? To that extent how about a shotgun?
Knock both out at the same time with a bullpup shotgun possibly.
"Hopefully, we'll get this rifle to explode!" Only Scott would say that. Such a beautiful gun.
"I don't speak Klingon.". Great line! LOL...LOL...LOL...
Your easily the coolest guy on you tube👍🏻
Its amazing to see how far scott and his channel has come throughout the years!
Videos a few years ago, scott seems like a different person and is so much more tame and monotone compared to today.
His character arc is one of the greatest of all time on youtube.
I'm happy that i found your channel scott.
This is a really useful comparison for how well both the Serbu (in particular) and the Barrett did. This just atomized, and there was little apparent damage to the barrel. The 50. Cals seemed to better contain their energy, with more being put into breaking the weapon instead of just flying apart.
You want more breaking apart. The more pieces that fly away, the less energy is left over to be focused into a single set of parts. That's what made the Serbu in particular so dangerous. Most of the firearm generally held together which meant that most of the weapon was fairly strong and it focused all of the energy into the weak points of the threaded cap and the thin flanges securing that cap as a "safety feature." That same safety feature which almost killed him. If you ever see an F1 car crash, you'll notice that it looks like it explodes in a crash with body pieces everywhere. This is by design. It's how something going so fast can have some pretty nasty crashes which allows the driver to most of the time, walk away in one piece. The pieces breaking away carry with them the energy put into them which is less energy transferred to the driver. This is what makes old cars so dangerous. Their nearly all-steel construction meant that they held up pretty well but instead they ended up just transferring all of that energy to the soft squishy bits on the inside instead. We have now crumple zones and bodywork designed to break apart and fall off now instead of full steel bumpers and the like.
@@Talishar Or you build it so that it doesn't fall. Being strapped inside an F1 and shooting a rifle are two different things.
@@scottashe984 The concepts of energy management aren't though. That part completely went over your head. The F1 is an example of designing to prevent as much energy from the outside and the current situation from reaching the vulnerable driver in the middle of it. I don't know what you mean by "build it so it doesn't fall" as that literally makes no sense in this context.
Modern gun designs do the same thing. They're designed so that in the event of a catastrophic failure, as much energy as possible is directed AWAY from the shooter and not into the shooter via life ending shrapnel. We've seen this in many catastrophic failures of many modern weapons. Usually the shooter is just fine, it's just their underwear gets a bit heavier. Usually the exploding weapon is more of a hazard to those near and around the shooter than the shooter themselves.
scott, as I've stated many times in past comment sections you're my favorite guntuber ,im ecstatic that you're still amongst the living...
also you better buy a lotto ticket with that luck brother!
Glad to see this is now a series
Oh man, the slo-mo is so good.
I’d love to see standard beginner AR or AK get a few Spivey rounds. I wonder which would hold up better?
The fact you don't have PTSD from the gun explosion near death experience, let alone purposely detonating more guns really comes as a surprise...
What would we do without ya Scott? One of a kind.
At like 5:26 you can see above the truck mirror a piece of gun shrapnel flying through the air. Haha I love this channel
3:24 as a marine…i am crying
I really like this series,keep up the good work
I think a big thing to remember is that when Scott's gun exploded, his neck and below is where the potentially fatal wounds were. Just because your heads okay doesn't mean the rest of you is!
7:53 every uncle ever 🤣
We saw what happens with a 50 BMG. I wonder what a .22lr would do. Would it even be possible to blow a gun with such a small amount of powder?
Came here to say this, would make a pretty interesting video to see how far he has to go to lol
The case will rupture and it will vent past the bolt. Seen it happen once. Ancient ammo was used
Scott, I look forward to seeing what you can do with this new series. Life gave you eggplants and you've made baba ganoush.
As far as a suggestion for the series, it might be smaller than your first two, but what about pistols? Could a Glock fail this spectacularly? Or a 1911? Would it need to be something massive like a .454 or .50AE?
Ooh, it would also be very interesting to see what happens to a revolver when faced with extra spicy loads.
An exploding Desert Eagle would be hilarious to witness honestly.
Hail Hydra?
@@resurgam_b7 Top strap goes wheeeeeee out into the air lol. Sometimes sharp bits of cylinder do too.
A 1911 full of hodgdon clays would be a grenade. 454 not needed.
Nice one dude, awesome video.
I know your still a bit cautious about blowing the guns up and recreating your experience over the .50 cal incident ( who wouldn’t be???) but it’s great to see you plow through this stuff and reach new objectives.
Thank you bro.
God speed stay safe
Maybe not some totally destructive testing, but something interesting.
Do a couple of common 22lr rifles and fire them with a squib lodged in the bore like you did today.
First, do just a standard round and see what happens.
Then figure out how to blow them up. The idea of packing the bore with powder behind the squib and then firing a 22 blank comes to mind.
Rifles:
Ruger 10/22
Marlin model 60
Ruger American Rimfire
This is a good series Scott 👌 you might actually be saving lives showing people what not to do! Keep up the great work.
Dude, love your content! You could say it's explosive! Stay safe though, you won't always be able to put a thumb in it! Love that you included all your boys! Keep it up!
It seems to me that you are planning to blow up every single gun that you have ever shot on this channel ?
Me:
F*ck YEAH I DEFENITELY WANNA SEE IT!!
You know the round is super-spicy when even the scope gets sheared in half from the explosion.
This was a potent round, no doubts there 😅
I think Scott might bet the first person to start a series dedicated to blowing guns up.
Scott is an absolute unit of a human being 😂
Love the series! Wondering what would've happened with just the spicy round, without the blockage!
My thoughts exactly! although it wouldn't have been as eventful with a spicy round, I'm pretty sure that gun would have blown up with a normal Loaded round in an obstructed Barrel with another round lodged in it.
After a barrel has been obstructed like that, any gun becomes a pipe bomb.
Love these worst case educational videos. !
Thanks for listening to the hunting rifle suggestion! It just comes to show that even everyday hunting rifles are NO joke. Literally a slip up with jamming the barrel while hunting can cost you you're life in a millisecond!
Why he have to pick a rifle I have ha ha I wonder if wood stock is better but I noticed that barrel was bouncing when he hit the crayon up close
your life*
While this is a cool series, I'd love to see you start with a slight over pressure round and go up from there to the "super spicy" round you know will blow it
Hoping this series keeps going, turned something terrible into something: Interesting, knowledgeable, and fun.
the bone bit that flies out of the head when he slapped it at 8:21made me chuckle
I'd love to see a 500 magnum fail like that, I wonder what would happen with the cylinder. My guess is it would fail at the connection points to the barrel and handle, sending the handle backwards and the cylinder in pieces in every direction.
S&W’s .500 revolvers are extremely sturdy and durable. I don’t even know if you can load a .500 mag hot enough to do much eventful damage. Besides too much of the blast would already escape through the cylinder gap, with it being a revolver and whatnot.