I enjoy the content that the Slow Mo Guys create. I am a fan of slow-motion footage and while my amateur Chronos camera is not remotely in the same league as their Phantom cameras, I enjoy filming firearms with it. Recently they did a video collaboration with Scott from Kentucky Ballistics. They each produced their own separate videos using the Phantom camera so let’s see what they filmed in slow motion!

Slow Motion @ TFB:

• Slow Mo Guys Bouncing Bullets On Water In Slow-Motion
• Slow-Motion Malfunction – Seeing The Unseen
• Shooting a S&W Model 61 in Slow Motion
• DIY Schlieren Imaging of Bullets In Slow Motion

Slow Mo Guys/Kentucky Ballistics Video Collaboration

The first of two videos is the Slow Mo Guys, Gav and Dan visit Scott of Kentucky Ballistics to do a video collaboration. The Scott blows up two guns while the Slow Mo Guys film it with two high-speed cameras. The first one was not mentioned what make and model it is but it films 1,000 frames per second at 4k resolution.

For this video collaboration, the Slow Mo Guys brought out their Phantom TMX7510 which can film over 1 million frames per second.

For the Slow Mo Guys video collaboration, Scott of Kentucky Ballistics sets up an AR-15 with a squib and a live round that is overcharged. They remotely pulled the trigger and film the explosion.

The AR-15 is destroyed. The upper receiver decides it wants nothing to do with the lower it storms off after bouncing off the Lexan shield placed directly over the AR-15. Look at the bolt below. It has been destroyed.

According to Scott, in this video collaboration, the brass-colored chamber is due to the brass detonating and coating the entire chamber in brass.

The Slow Mo Guys starts off filming at full resolution with only 1,000 frames per second. The explosion happens so fast that even in playback you cannot see the flames of the explosion.

Next, they switch to the footage of the TMX7510, only this time they filmed the explosion at a mere 82,000 frames per second. Now you can see the flames of the explosion. They slowed down the video frame by frame and you can see the explosion propagate in every crevice to find the path of least resistance.

Gasses escape out of the magwell around the magazine and eventually, the conflagration causes destruction to the PMAG. And then of course the whole gun is destroyed. The upper receiver is launched upwards but is deflected by the sheet of Lexan and it goes forwards leaving the BCG and lower receiver.

After the AR-15 destruction, Scott brings out a Remington chambered in .300 Win Mag. It also has a squib and he plans to destroy it with an overcharged round. One of the things Scott wanted to see in slow motion was what happens to the bolt. Some people think the bolt will shoot back into the face of the shooter.

After the Remington rifle was destroyed, they found the bolt still attached to some parts of the receiver and trigger.

At 1,000 frames per second, the explosion was rather fast. What was most interesting is the jet of stuff shooting out the barrel. Scott thinks it is oil in the barrel but the squib did not leave the barrel. Perhaps there is enough of a gap in the lands and grooves for some gases to escape around the bullet?

In this video collaboration, the Slow Mo Guys set their TMX7510 to 187,000 frames per second to capture the exploding .300 Win Mag Remington.

They measured the velocity of the escaping gasses and figured it was moving at 415 mph. I witnessed a .300 BLK being shot in a 5.56 G36 post sample. It only fired once but I filmed it and I saw gases escape out the vented gas block. The bullet was lodged in the barrel and yet gasses were able to get around the bullet.

Kentucky Ballistics Video Collaboration: Kentucky Roulette

As mentioned earlier, this was a video collaboration with Slow Mo Guys and Kentucky Ballistics. Scott posted his own video on his channel and he had Gav and Dan participate in his Kentucky Roulette. They would shoot a Taurus Raging Judge chambered in .454 Casull. Scott will load the cylinder with a single round, split the cylinder without looking and close it up. They will each take turns pulling the trigger into a gallon bottle filled with some sort of liquid. The order was Dan, Scott and then Gav. Gav was lucky since the cylinder only holds 5 rounds. As the third person in the sequence, he only has to pull the trigger once while Scott and Dan have to pull the trigger twice, doubling their chances of shooting the Taurus Raging Judge.

They started off pretty easy with a gallon of water. They went through all three guys and then Dan went up the second time to explode the gallon of water.

The look on his face shows his realization that he lost the game.

Next up is a gallon of chocolate syrup. Scott ended up being the one to pull the trigger and explode the syrup all over himself.

After Scott cleaned himself a bit from the chocolate syrup, he lost once again in this video collaboration. He exploded a gallon of Grey Poupon Dijon mustard.

At this particular angle, you can see the bullet slowly fly through the gallon of mustard.

I found it funny how much Dan jumped but Gav remained composed.

Next up is probably the worst of all the Kentucky Roulette targets in this video collaboration. Smoked eggplant puree. Dan lost this round, apparently it smells like a “wet ashtray”. That sounds gross.

The Phantom camera slows the Taurus Raging Judge so much that you can see the gases and small flames escaping the cylinder gap. If pay attention to the video, you can see the shock wave as well.

So far Gav lasted unscathed but on the last target, a large jar of mayonnaise, he lost the Kentucky Roulette.

I find the two screenshots to be very funny. Dan has his hands pressed together, which I assume is him praying that Gav loses.

Once the realization that Gav lost sets in, Dan is elated and he shows it. LOL.

 

This video collaboration was funny. I was surprised at how different the liquid targets reacted to the .454 Casull flying through it. The chocolate syrup seemed to get everywhere and all over Scott compared to the mayonnaise that hit Gav. I hope they collaborate more in the future. I like watching slow-motion firearm videos.