A trypophobia nightmare

@Seb123

Жыл бұрын

ok

@MajorKittense

Жыл бұрын

@@Seb123 ok

@reee_fund6637

Жыл бұрын

@@MajorKittense ok

@DAFPvnk

Жыл бұрын

@@reee_fund6637 ok

@Wolfwent79

Жыл бұрын

@@DAFPvnk ok

You know what video you guys should do? It may be expensive, but Adam Savage formerly from Myth Busters has told the story a few times about how the shot he regrets missing the most of his career, was the episode where they put TNT in a cement mixer truck. There was an issue with their slow-motion camera and they never got the shot of the truck exploding. If you got in touch with Adam Savage, and got sponsors and a safety team and stuff, it would be AMAZING if you could give him the gift of recreating that explosion so he could see the shot in slow-motion. I know you guys mentioned being inspired by Myth Busters when younger, it seems like the perfect excuse to have an amazing collab. Anyway, love you guys, always great content.

@harrymalm

Жыл бұрын

This is such a good idea

@paulessdot2

Жыл бұрын

Yea i would like to see this as well

@EcoCurious

Жыл бұрын

YES THIS.

@SUPRAMIKE18

Жыл бұрын

THIS!

@PiotrBarcz

Жыл бұрын

They did get a slow motion shot of it later on, but only at 1000 fps, peanuts compared to the 28 thousand used on average for this channel's videos

I was thinking maybe I can hold my hand in front of it with no damage, but after seeing the ham... NO!

@JadoShiRS

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've always wondered that, it just shows that things that look harmless most certainly can harm. I guess I don't have to tell you that though lol

@timslack7568

Жыл бұрын

look up Jon-Erik Hexum, he thought the same as you, now nobody remembers anything about him but his final mistaken thought

@brachypelmasmith

Жыл бұрын

i wished they placed a slab of bacon or a drumstick to see the effect on something more fleshy

@DragoonZell

Жыл бұрын

Ive known for awhile that you *never* should fire a blank point blank because it still could do some serious damage.

@theslowmoguys

Жыл бұрын

No one wants ham hand.

I appreciate that Dan still does the "Made ready" safety stuff even when there's a blank. A real professional.

@puppergump4117

Жыл бұрын

Whether or not that's a blank, it's still a real gun.

@Dr.Spatula

Жыл бұрын

Weird thing to appreciate. Why wouldn't he be safe with a firearm that is firing?

@kederaji

Жыл бұрын

@@Dr.Spatula because some people get flippant about blanks because there's no bullet.

@puppergump4117

Жыл бұрын

@@kederaji REAL BULLETS

@Dr.Spatula

Жыл бұрын

@@kederaji pretty sure the only people doing that are ones that do the same with slugs

I wonder if Dan ever wonders "How did I end up in a quarry, shooting blanks at a slice of ham while my mate films it?"

@morphingninja

10 ай бұрын

living the dream, doing whatever you feel like and getting paid for it.

@andrewdescant

10 ай бұрын

Gav likes to ask him that waiting for giant balloons to pop

@billant2

5 ай бұрын

They are beating their meat for sure. lol

Gav covering his mega-expensive super-duper-slow-mo camera in a TARGET bag of all things.

@5peciesunkn0wn

Жыл бұрын

Gotta save money elsewhere. ;)

@anonymousperson2886

Жыл бұрын

This is the magic of the slow mo guys

@Spiker985Studios

Жыл бұрын

He was trying to reverse-psychology, Dan

@coreytaggart128

Жыл бұрын

see that would be a good way to do product placement nothing said and you still got the business name out there and it doesn't look tacky.

@mwater_moon2865

Жыл бұрын

hey, walmart bags have gotten so thin they probably couldn't stop a piece of egg shell

I used to work as a gunsmith in the entertainment industry and we used to have to demo the dangers of blanks for people before they were allowed to rent them. We'd use styrofoam and thin particle board for the demonstrations and it was always kinda wild seeing how much damage the blanks can actually do. We always made a point of informing them of at least a few of the 'on set' accidents that have happened with blanks as well. One thing I'd like to point out is that all the unspent powder you're seeing in the clips here is only there because there's nothing slowing down the exhaust of the gases so it doesn't have the time to burn. When using a weapon converted for blank firing, or using one of those blank firing devices, the gases are more contained and you get more complete combustion of the powder so there's less particulate matter, but more gas coming out the barrel so there's more muzzle flash. I'd personally be really interested to see slow mo of a converted blank firing weapon being discharged to see how much less powder is ejected. :)

@archerelms

Жыл бұрын

I'd also like to see the converted weapon, not just to see the difference in unspent powder and muzzle flash but also to see if there's a different level of damage. At the very least, I bet the damage as it's happening would look different even if the result is practically the same

@Potatinized

Жыл бұрын

How far should the actor stay apart from the shooter if there's a shot that requires both to be on the same shot using the converted guns? Not that I want to do that at all, just curious.

@BCM1959

Жыл бұрын

Off topic... What's your take on Baldwin? Was it his fault or should someone else take the blame?

@yc3zy

Жыл бұрын

@@BCM1959 As an actor, Baldwin is not responsible for firing a gun he thought was safe, but in his role as producer, Baldwin is ultimately responsible for any reasonably foreseeable and preventable injury on set and definitely shares blame for the specific issue of lax gun safety protocols (and for this reason, the production company was fined $100,000 by the New Mexico OSHB).

@evolicious

Жыл бұрын

@@Potatinized They should never be down-range, period.

As cool as the footage always is, the best part of these videos is that it’s Gav and Dan. Together.

@Fingeringmyboarddude

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely

You did not misuse the term “point blank range.” I’m impressed.

When I was in Army BCT, we were doing trigger pull exercises by balancing a coin on the end of a cleaning rod and one genius private decided to use a magazine full of blanks (obviously, the rifle is supposed to be clear for this particular exercise)...the first trigger pull blasted the cleaning rod out of the barrel and all the way through his buddy's upper thigh nearly missing his eggs and meat. The drill SGTs heard the blank go off and ordered everyone into formation. This guy pulled the cleaning rod out of his leg and proceeded to try and stand in formation like nothing happened...while a puddle of blood formed around his boots. Needless to say, it didn't take long for the cadre to figure out what happened.

@nipstyler

Жыл бұрын

Jesus respect to that guy who tried to just get on with it.

@darkwinter6028

Жыл бұрын

“It’s just a flesh wound!” 😳😬

@TheNinthGenerarion

Жыл бұрын

@@nipstyler it’s possible he was simply in shock, he did just get shot with a broom.

@jhorn64

Жыл бұрын

in that location he is lucky it didn't hit the femoral artery

@L5GUK

Жыл бұрын

This is peak British squaddie. In fact, it's probably just peak squaddie. For both of them

What i like about these guys videos is that they don't waste our time. They're straight into the content, no pointless filler.

@iammashdots

Жыл бұрын

they really don't faff about, yeah?

@Welshwarrior85

Жыл бұрын

@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.18 I won't pal, don't worry

@needude7218

Жыл бұрын

​@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.18 sort your life out, mate

@NeatNit

Жыл бұрын

There is some filler but it's actually the right amount and justified, not endless and boring and useless. Some filler is necessary IMO as I wouldn't really know what to make of slow-mo after slow-mo without unwinding in between.

@pat2rome

Жыл бұрын

@@NeatNit yeah, it's just enough banter to give the "two guys messing around in the yard" vibe we all love.

I appreciate the fact that after every single shot, you make sure the gun is safe and disarmed before checking the footage! Also the ham puns 😂

@evolicious

Жыл бұрын

Did a better job than an armorer being paid 100k a year to handle blank firearm movie props, and a director with no regard to their own safety........................

@bunglecryptid

Жыл бұрын

@@evolicious my thoughts EXACTLY

Gentlemen, thank you. My later father was a US Army veteran of WWII, and he impressed upon myself and my brother that blanks are not always harmless by telling us this story: During training they had a simulated-fire war games exercise where everyone had blanks in their guns. The side my father was on captured one of the soldiers who was spying from he other side and interrogated him. During the interrogation, someone decided to intimidate the "prisoner" by putting their blank-loaded rifle up to his chest and pulling the trigger. The discharging gasses punched a hole in his heart and killed him. Your videos are always fun and informative, but this one is also a public service. Well done.

@petezah2686

Жыл бұрын

That's funny

@12th.jahlil

Жыл бұрын

far from funny ​@@petezah2686

@alangordon3283

Жыл бұрын

@@petezah2686feeble minded aren’t you.

@petezah2686

Жыл бұрын

@@12th.jahlil in a tragic sort of way, it is funny. I mean think of his reasoning. "Oh, I'm gonna intimidate this captive by shooting him in the chest, then he'll talk" doesn't make sense, whether it's a simulation or real.

@pewtube

Жыл бұрын

Eric, as someone who teaches gun safety for actors, anecdotes like that can be helpful... do you know of any documentation or reference other than you late father's story?

Dan just patiently holding the ham to keep it from flapping, then blowing it away, while Gav runs for the camera, easily one of the best sequence of events.

@JerGol

Жыл бұрын

I love Dan's new job title of ham wrangler. 😂

@ComicusFreemanius

Жыл бұрын

They decide when ham can flap

A classmate of mine was hit in the leg by a blank from a starter pistol at a track meet. I believe it was a mix of the unburned powered and some of the dirt off the ground getting blasted by the gas that hit her. The guy who shot the starting pistol was insistent that "it was a blank, so it couldn't have done anything". Her leg was peppered and was lightly bleeding from a wide area on her calf. Blanks still have their dangers, so I'm glad to see this kind of video out there to teach people whats what.

@sithyarael6807

Жыл бұрын

Oh blanks still have that pressure wave. If close to them then it not good.

@RaXXha

Жыл бұрын

What was his explanation then? That she just started to spontaneusly bleed from her leg? 😂

@RamonInNZ

Жыл бұрын

Why was he aiming at the beeping grpound with a weapon!

@sithyarael6807

Жыл бұрын

@@RamonInNZ what is a grpound?

@alexsis1778

Жыл бұрын

Poorly made or reused brass cartridges also have a chance for the metal in the crimp itself to break off giving not just powder as shrapnel but actual flecks of metal as well.

4:19 the two dialogue about whether or not this scene is appropriate to show Gavin then proceeds to make it the thumbnail of the video XD

That 'hambulance' joke @5:00... 🤣🤣

"I'm almost as blown away as the ham was" You guys often bring a smile to my face, but this one really cracked me up! I love the footage and the humor!

@soundped

Жыл бұрын

Call the Hambulance!

Never thought I'd see Gav and Dan shooting blanks on KZread.

@MrFozzie52

Жыл бұрын

Got the snip

@calebadam2576

Жыл бұрын

Just a "pfft" but hardly anything comes out by comparison, eh?

@iBeerus-

Жыл бұрын

now THATS a comment

@fezbomb123

Жыл бұрын

I’ve only ever seen it on the hub tbh

@abhishakedas

Жыл бұрын

Ba dum tsss

6:10 I love how the ripples are spreading, but then get frozen once the balloon rips.

Every time they showcase the highspeed footage, I will find myself just skipping back a few times to watch it over and over and over. This time (2:38) I was cracking up hearing Gavin say "It was absolutely pebble dashed" over and over and over again! XD

I had a family friend who lost his life because he didn't understand the danger of the exploding gases and gun powder. RIP. Thank you Slow Mo Guys for showing the danger and hopefully someone else won't have to go what my friends family has had to go through. All guns should be treated as if they are loaded, and this is a great example of why, even with blanks!

@Imaproshaman7

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you had to go through that. :( I hope you're all doing okay.

_"I'm... almost as blown away as that ham was!"_ - Ham-Wrangler Dan.

Can we take a moment an appreciate the extremely proper and safe handling of that fire arm? Thank you for the great content!

My favorite line from this video..." It was absolutely pebble dashed!" I love you guys lol

Can we take a second to appreciate Dan's gun safety? Good work

@victoriaeads6126

Жыл бұрын

It's that UK military training in play. That's why Dan is always the one to handle the firearms.

@evolicious

Жыл бұрын

One more reason as to why only professionally trained people should ever handle firearms.

@Dr.Spatula

Жыл бұрын

Why are people talking about appreciating Dan for doing his job and handling a firearm like literally anyone that knows how to handle a firearm would?

@victoriaeads6126

Жыл бұрын

@@Dr.Spatula There is far too little said about responsible firearm safety.

@Dr.Spatula

Жыл бұрын

@@victoriaeads6126 in mainstream media, yes. Everywhere else, not so much

It kinda reminds me of a special type of 12 gauge shotgun shell. A "Dust" or "Powder" round. Instead of BBs it's basically iron filings or steel dust. Typically used for breaching doors. You guys should check those out!

@BogeyTheBear

6 ай бұрын

The military application of this in a missile or bomb warhead is known as Dense Inert Metal Explosive, or DIME. The intent is to create bomb that is absolutely lethal within a smaller blast radius, but cannot carry that energy beyond the walls of a building-- a surgical strike that can take out a large room or a building without killing bystanders in adjacent buildings. There is contention in its use, though, because one can imagine the horrendous injuries inflicted by metal dust being used as a blast projectile against actual humans rather than doors or walls.

Wow! That was incredible. The blanks are not to be taken lightly. Even .22 caliber blanks can drive anchors in concrete and steel with the Hilti powder actuated tools used in construction. I never would have guessed that was a piece of ham on the video thumbnail btw!

@CdEmm50

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they are actually more powerful than regular. 22, they are colour coded here 👍🇬🇧

My experience with blanks in the army was that they were extremely inconsistent. Some wouldn't even cycle with a BFA, others would surprise you with a decent kick.

@lieutenantdan8541

Жыл бұрын

"Military grade"

@reliantncc1864

Жыл бұрын

I only got one day of shooting blanks from an M-16, but I never got one to cycle it. All manual operation for me. Some of the others I was with fared better.

@jonbutcher9805

6 ай бұрын

With my recollections, spotty as they are. However, when I was in basic training way back yonder, I seem to recall the blank cartridges we used as having wadding inside them, I believe with the intention of creating sufficient pressure's for bolt cycling and with the instructors giving us various displays of their lethality should one be foolish enough to think of them as being harmless because of the name designation. My memory, being as spotty as it is may well be playing tricks on me. Perhaps there is someone who can clarify my claim. I should add some context. HRH Armed Forces R.E.M.E, 1970s, 7-62 (308) FN SLR Full, Semi auto and single shot rifle using Yellow Tip full powder charge cartridges with full bolt cycling from a 20 round magazine with manual loading. RIP Queen Elizabeth ll.

@spike3082

4 ай бұрын

I never had a problem with cycling using blanks in an M4 carbine or M249 with the belt just when using the M249 with a standard magazine was when it wouldn't cycle properly

@IstasPumaNevada

3 ай бұрын

To me it makes sense, given the way it looks like there's a little open end where the crimping is. Any small inconsistencies in crimping would lead to notable differences in how easily the exhaust flowed out of/pushed them apart, and small changes in that could lead to large changes in the pressure, which would change how fast/completely the propellent burned.. I doubt it's even a manufacturing defect, just the way things are.

I'd like to take a moment to appreciate how on target that bag protecting the camera was.

@OkThxBye1

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@johnlucas6683

Жыл бұрын

Hehe

@Texas_Swift

Жыл бұрын

They tucked it in there.

@tomtheplummer7322

Жыл бұрын

😏

Blanks are no joke, but I would have been more interested to see what it did to a much thicker piece of meat.

@KonradTheWizzard

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping for a piece of scrap leather - apparently that's a pretty good substitute for skin (HPC used that recently to show injection injuries).

@joedanger88

Жыл бұрын

There was an actor in the 80's, Jon-Erik Hexum, that killed himself (unintentionally) with a blank. He was joking around on set and put the prop gun to his head. The pressure from the gasses pushed a chunk of his skull into is brain

@MrWarbadger

Жыл бұрын

One of those balistic gel hands would've been cool.

@Puffleman24

Жыл бұрын

Excuse me, his name is Dan

@akyhne

Жыл бұрын

Mythbusters already tested this, with meat, trying to debunk the story. Turns out the story was true, a guy got his finger almost cut off by the flames of his revolver. The same happened in the Mythbusters test. Brutal! Although that was with s live round, they contain around the same amount of gun powder, as in a blank.

The back shot of the ham is genuinely one of the coolest shots I've seen!

"Pebble-dashed" has got to officially be THE most British thing I've ever heard anyone say now 😂

When I was in the army, we used BFA’s (or recoil enhancers, as we called them) when using blanks. At the time we had a 5 meter safety distance for shooting blanks towards eachother with the BFA, and 15 meters without one using 5,56. This shows why.

@mikeharman4257

Жыл бұрын

We used to have to do a safety demo, by firing a blank into a plastic bag filled with water to show what would happen if you shot someone from the same distance.

@sharg0

Жыл бұрын

Don't remember the safety distance for the Swedish 9 mm SMG but dedicated barrel with cap was a must since those rounds had a ceramic plug instead of bullet. (With the added note that those ceramic plugs were blood coloured and invisible to X-ray.)

@mattfleming86

Жыл бұрын

Another advantage of many BFAs is that in the event of a live round being fed into the gun, the BFA will act as a sacrificial bit to absorb the energy from the projectile and reduce the likelihood of downrange people being injured.

@nipstyler

Жыл бұрын

We were also told the safety distance was also do do with how far a BFA can be ejected from the barrel if not screwed on properly or it fails. One lad had an ND with his rifle in his sleeping system thankfully it just damaged his bag....

@manicdan481

Жыл бұрын

@@nipstyler Sounds like the BFA needed a secondary tether (no clue how possible that is since I know nothing about therm)

Wow, it would be interesting to find their "range of injury" or something like that by using ballistic gel or just paper on different distances

@qbertgaming

Жыл бұрын

sometimes the brass crimp breaks and comes out like a bullet... has killed many a people

@mrpurple2306

Жыл бұрын

I can see Kentucky Ballistics do a video about that!

@freedomofspeech2867

Жыл бұрын

Pork ribs.

@BenLA5

Жыл бұрын

​@@qbertgaming Alec Baldwin be like: lets point the gun directly at someone anyway, knowing that any gun with any bullet should never be pointed at someone

@thescruffinator8830

Жыл бұрын

@@BenLA5 He's an actor, his job is to fire the gun, he was told it had a blank round in it and the armorer responsible was a 23 year old girl who had no qualifications to handle firearms. She had never even done it before. She was literally only hired because her father is a film armorer. Baldwins job is just "Grab the gun, say your lines, and then pull the trigger". It's not his fault she loaded it with real ammunition.

When I was in the Canadian Armed Forces, on one training exercise a sargeant accidentally discharged his 9mm pistol into his left hand. The barrel was just above the heel of his hand. The blank lifted all of the skin off of his palm and flopped it over his fingers. It was a very graphic lesson to us trainees to be careful with our toys.

Seriously this channel is the very best reference art

Another cool idea would be slow-mo of blowing glass. There are a number of processes in glassblowing that I think could be really cool when seen in slo-mo.

I do like how weirdly educational the slow mo guys videos are.

@shona-sof

Жыл бұрын

They're filling the space left by Mythbusters.

Dan can now add Professional Ham Wrangler to his resume. Nice job!

Glad you guys are pointing out the danger. I'm old enough to remember the show "Cover Up" from the 80's and how Jon Erik Hexum died. He was bored on set so he put a blank in a revolver and put it to his temple pretending to play Russian Roulette. The hammer landed on the blank and it killed him. That was in 1984 and I still remember it every time someone talks about blanks.

I've been shooting blanks for a while now. Still liked the video.

"I'm almost as blown away as that ham was" made me laugh hard!! hahahahaha

It's INCREDIBLE what people will just forget about - like the AIR.

The scene from "In Bruges" (amazing movie, highly recommend) where he blinds that guy with a blank makes a lot more sense now.

Second balloon was awesome. That blown out fireball was so very visually appealing. Always a good day to see some fun slow-mo action.

I love how you guys show safe gun handling techniques in your videos

I have been watching your videos for several years, and this one is, in my own honest opinion, the most awesome and amazing one I've seen. Not only did I not know what a blank is, what it's made of, how it works, etc. But also to see in slow motion what it can do at close range. I was astounded to see the flame surround the objects when I could see nothing from a distance. I have learned something I did not know a short time ago. Thank you for this wonderful demonstration. Truly thrilled. Cheers

The explanation of how a blank works was so perfectly delivered

I remember on the first blank fire exercise I did in phase 1, to prove the danger of firing blanks at each other in under 5 metres distance, they put an apple on a log and fired a 5.56 blank at it with a BFA attached. Safe to say the apple disintegrated, and the fresh troops were suitably shocked.

@----.__

Жыл бұрын

Want another swearing joke?

That was brutal on the meat. Demonetized

@dmg4415

Жыл бұрын

You mean demeatized? 😊

@marcel_max

Жыл бұрын

@@dmg4415 It did not even have the time to cook, even a little bit.

This is one of the best y'all have done in a while

When I was in Cub Scouts, one night during a meeting/event, one of the guest instructors (or possibly a Scout Master, can't remember exactly it was a long time ago) was teaching us about blank safety. He demonstrated by taking an empty soda can, saying to us all "this can's outside is harder than your skin, right?" to which we agreed. He then took a blank-firing pistol, put it right up next to the can, and fired. The can had a massive hole in it, was distorted in shape, and had also went flying a short distance. It still sticks with me, frankly one of the best ways to teach the dangers of something is to show it. I also remember he brought up that accident where a Hollywood actor put a blank-firing pistol up to his head and fired and then died, but simply hearing wasn't as impactful as being directly shown.

Actor Jon Erik Hexum (1980s) died of an accidental self inflicted wound with a gun that was actually loaded with blanks... So yes. They are still very dangerous.

@Yora21

Жыл бұрын

Several actors were killed by blanks.

@stormgeist1766

Жыл бұрын

Hexum was goofing around with the crew while filming an episode of his TV show, and put the blank-loaded gun right on his temple, thinking it would do no damage

@johnofthenorth6653

Жыл бұрын

Brandon Lee is another quite famous one but he was killed by a squib fire that was forced out by the blank.

@SuperVstech

Жыл бұрын

@@stormgeist1766 I MISS that show, to this day…

@eroraf8637

Жыл бұрын

​@@stormgeist1766 And this is why the first rule of gun safety is to always treat every gun as if it is loaded.

SMG: 3 ft seems like the very edge of the effective range of a blank. Alec Baldwin: Someone hold my incompetence.

As someone who used to do blackpowder western type shows, I can honestly state that I have had my feet knocked sideways by a shotgun blank at about 2.5 meters whilst running to a new position. (Timing error) Edit: One of the things we did at every outdoor display was to show the public just how dangerous our blanks were was to do shots against sheets of newspaper at around 1 meter. Even the .38 pistol blanks from a choked blank only barrel, (custom replica weapon with cast in ramps in barrel), would put holes in the paper. The result from my 45/70 trapdoor at 3 meters always got a good response! If we were doing and indoor display, we would do a blindfold fastdraw shot with a balloon between some volunteers knee Always fun and, yes, my blindfold was a partial fake. I could see shadow patterns through it but no detail. FYI, the pistol blanks were mainly .38/9mm loaded with 20 to 30 grains 4F black powder and compacted with a 10mm thick, (pre-pressing), polystyrene wad. The wad tended to vaporize at muzzle exit.

Two fun facts about blanks: Jon Erik Hexum (an actor back in the eighties); while filming a movie, he decided to put a blank into one of the chambers of a revolver from the set and played russian roullete with the overwhelming misfortune that it not only fired, but the energy from the explotion of the blank propelled the disk of skull onto which the barreled was pressed, towards and into his brain... killing him. Brandon Lee (actor and son of Bruce Lee), on the other hand, had the core of a previous round, that had been fired prior by using only the primer, stuck in the barrel of the gun that was later fired with a normal blank which propelled the projectile as if it had been a regular bullet. (Goodness gracious did l use a lot of commas for that effing paragraph!)

@pattheplanter

Жыл бұрын

Which is why they don't use any live ammo, blank or not, on the John Wick films. Chad Stahelski was Brandon Lee's stunt double for The Crow. All CGI, no unnecessary deaths.

@strangeworldsunlimited712

Жыл бұрын

Hexum was on set of his TV show when he messed around with the blank that killed him. His character and a group of women were spies who went from place to place posing as a photographer and his models. Good show, honestly, but quickly canceled after the blank incident.

@strangeworldsunlimited712

Жыл бұрын

Oops. Okay. I remembered it wrong. The show was Cover Up, and it starred Jennifer O'Neill and Hexum. SHE was the photographer and HE was the CIA agent posing as the model. He died halfway through the season, so they recast a new model/agent and continued from there, but the ratings dropped off and the show was canceled after the one season.

Stunning that you can see the ripples in the balloon in the water after the ballon has popped. Great video guys!

I never thought i would watch 2 guys playing with their ham. :))

Another phenomenal video. It's always good to get a reminder that blanks are no joke.

I've always known blanks to be for the most part non-lethal ammunition used in movies and whatnot, but I never really looked into the construction of one and what it actually consisted of, and just how dangerous they actually still are. This video really answered a slew of questions regarding blanks, even the fact that they don't allow the gun to load the next round. I never knew that before.

@evolicious

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of people have died from blanks, even famous people. Really stupid the fact that blanks can be just as dangerous as real ammunition is still not drilled into everyone's heads.

@TheBntimmins

Жыл бұрын

CSI Las Vegas? had an episode where the blank had a paper wad where the bullet would be. Still killed the guy.

Never a blank fired from the slow mo guys until today :P Amazing footage as always lads!

This is a good example of treating every firearm with respect and as a potentially dangerous object. People have been killed because they thought 'blank' meant 'safe'.

Absolutely incredible footage. And from the angle the pink balloon was filmed, it's almost like the flames of the muzzle flash melted the rubber, leaving the blank fragments to pepper the water. Gav, Dan, you two never disappoint with your content. I can't wait to see what you glorious Slow Mo Guys do next!

Top quality work as ever. I like the way you just get on with it rather than spinning it out to fill a time target.

Amazing to see these guys have better gun safety protocols than the entire crew of the Rust movie!

I wasn't expecting such an amazing video going by the title! The ripples in the water right after the balloon burst open was especially remarkable This made me realize the the gunlance in monster hunter is just firing very big blanks

My mom told me a story once about a theater show where the performer was supposed to mime killing himself with a blank in a gun, but he put the barrel right up against his temple and then actually died because of the gas pressure. Blanks are kinda scary.

@amyhull754

Жыл бұрын

Was this on a stage or was it Jon-Erik Hexum on the TV set of his show "Cover Up"?

@R4yj4ck

Жыл бұрын

@@amyhull754 I don’t know. I was like eight and the name wasn’t really the part I kept in my memory. I don’t think she even said it.

even without the fragments of brass and unburnt powder, the blank is still very dangerous up close. you don't want to be anywhere near an explosion with supersonic shockwave being focused to a single exit point.

Oh I remember the yellow blank firing adapter from military. It was absolutely obligatory not only to make the semi-automatic rifle function with blanks, but also as a double puropose safety feature: there wouldn't be as much stuff flying out of the rifle (though there still were strict safety rules for firing blanks towards people, partly because in theory the adapter could fail and fly out if it was attached poorly), and the bright yellow plug at the end of the rifle was an easy to see indicator for whether the gun is in a non-lethal mode or not, because I'm pretty sure the rifle would just break if you shot real rounds with the adapter on, and removing it took a bit of time. We shot so much blanks on exercises, and the gun would get like ten times dirtier when firing blanks compared to when firing real hard rounds. The blanks had a wooden bullet replacement that would shatter and burn upon firing, and while some of the muck would get out through the adapter, a lot of it would remain in the barrell as a grey soot. Like, shooting just a handful of blanks in a combat exercise would make the gun as dirty as a full day of shooting exercises.

4:49 I would love to see "Ham Wrangler" appear in the credits of a movie.

I was messing around with these when I was a teenager, and completely tattooed the palm and side of my hand. Most went away after a few months, but one speck stayed in my palm over ten years! It came out in the shower one day. Be careful people!

@justinm16

Жыл бұрын

that's crazy

I knew they were dangerous but I never knew why. Glad to see that the powder still has a great deal of power even without the bullet. Would make a great reference for a safety course on blank usage.

the comedy is strong in this one, thanks guys!

“Don’t fool around with bullets” Thanks for the life hack at the end Gav!

I like how they use a "Target" bag to cover the camera from debris from the "target" lol

It's always a good day when Gav & Dan post a new video! BTW, your terminology of "Powdery Schmutz" to describe what the blank spews out is right on! 👍👍💥💥

My Pawpaw was a bullet reloader/gunsmith, I was playing with an empty bullet case when I was maybe 6 or 7, and my Pawpaw saw me and worried that it had a live primer, it was common for empty bullet casings to be laying around with live primers. Anyways, he grabbed his .44 mag and brought me outside with an empty soda can and popped it from a few inches away, that thing blew the can wide open and tossed it probably 15-20 feet. And that was with just a primer, no powder at all. Bullets are no joke people, always act as if a gun is loaded and don’t assume that an empty bullet won’t hurt you if it only has a primer

I did not expect this to be one of my favourtie videos of yours ever. Amazing! We need more!

Every time I watch one of your videos, I am almost immediately sucked into it and time just flies by. Keep up the fun and interesting videos.

4:14 i know you get this alot but this looked so cg and i love that , it shows how good and real i can make a shot

The ham shot from behind was awesome. Thanks guys!

Really informative video. I am reminded of the sad fate of Jon-Erik Hexum from the 80s TV show "Cover Up", who died after accidentally shooting himself on the set with a prop gun filled with blanks. The way you filmed in slow motion the slice of ham being perforated and the egg exploding, I can only imagine that was what happened to Jon-Erik's skin and his head.

@randygreen007

8 ай бұрын

That happened October 12, 1984 he was actually pronounced deceased later that month. I still watch his tv shows and movies from time to time. RIP Jon-Erik.

@Talk-Nerdy-To-Me

6 ай бұрын

His show Voyagers was one of my favorite when I was a kid. As I watched this video my first thoughts were about his demise.

I really dig how when you guys are filming at this (or one similar) location you finish up with the setting sun behind you. Very nice.

I love all the horrible puns. Every time I think that has to be the last one on this shot, then there's another one. Brilliant guys.

the egg shot I think it was the 3rd angle, 45 degrees, was EPIC, one of the coolest shots on the channel I've seen!!! and unexpected

Confirmation that Dan is, indeed, firing blanks My condolences to Mrs Dan

@Chasmodius

Жыл бұрын

Some would consider that a desirable feature.

This reminds me of a 1000 ways to die episode where a girls father threatens her boyfriend with a gun to intimidate him. Then when the boyfriend freaks out the father says relaxe its only loaded with blanks and shoots himself in the head to demonstrate. Unfortunately for the father he didn't realize how powerful blanks are at close range and he killed himself. Very interesting demonstration guys.

I can say with confidence that training blanks for the M16 rifle can burst a hole through a tin of peanut butter! I was at Fort Hood, and for most field training they issued us a few rifle-blanks. Not for training, for self-defense! Fort Hood was in the middle of Copper-head country...damn venomous snakes that loved to 'play tag'. If you could smell Asparagus, you were in serious trouble! The snakes would sleep in big nests, the smell was unmistakable! The snakes had a habit of following movement...like the motion of a rifle-barrel! We called it 'snake charming'...one guy collected the skins, made belts and head-bands. I kinda miss Texas...

Prime Dan on this one. Loved it

You should do this again with balistics gel to show what would happen if you fire one at at a person from various distances and the amount of damage it would cause, to encourage people not to mess about with blanks.

Brandon Lee was killed by a foreign body in the barrel of a gun shooting blank rounds. Through medics i've heard of horrible hand/face injuries due to poor muzzle awareness with blank rounds. So good job Slow Mo Guys on showing folks how dangerous blank ammo is. Even with a BFA (Blank Firing Adapter/Attachement) they are still dangerous. So Don't Eff around to Find Out

@jeremypnet

Жыл бұрын

The foreign body was a bullet. They had previously done a shot from the front of the gun with real rounds without powder. The reason for that was, if you film a revolver with blanks in from the front it’s super obvious that you’ve got blanks in. Unfortunately they left the primers in the rounds and firing the primer was enough to push the bullet into the barrel. Then the blank that came after fired the bullet almost like normal.

@pattheplanter

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremypnet They don't use any live ammo, blank or not, on the John Wick films. Chad Stahelski was Brandon's stunt double for The Crow. All CGI, no unnecessary deaths.

Those rounds being as inconsistent as they were gave me some Kentucky themed Flashbacks.

have to love the Target bag on the camera.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I knew blanks pack some power and danger, but I had no clue it was this much. One of my favorite vids from you guys, love it

@rocketman221projects

Жыл бұрын

Kentucky Ballistics made a video with some larger blanks and they pack a lot more power. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqSqlcuNoNHJk5M.html

I Did A Thing is summoning you to his attic.

Putting a Target bag on your expensive camera while filming firearms is sure a brave call!

When they shot the ham that was probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

Would be interested to see the difference that a blank in a longer barrel weapon has. When we were in training we were all on parade and the CO had a squaddie with an L98A1 come up to the front. He threw an apple up in the air and in one of the most impressive shots I've seen the squaddie put a blank through it in midair. It looked like absolutely nothing had happened until the CO caught it, inspected it, turned it a bit and blew through it, and half the exit side of the apple just fell away in pieces. A really memorable safety lesson.

1:04 dan has had so much firearms training, he instinctively flinched down after pulling the trigger, even though there is little to no recoil

@First_Grafter

Жыл бұрын

I didn't notice that the first time, thanks for pointing it out!

@chaparmusic

Жыл бұрын

nice detail, thank you

@emilysmith6897

Жыл бұрын

I thought you're supposed to flinch less if you're training properly.

@Killbayne

Жыл бұрын

@@emilysmith6897 flinching is nothing bad, after all its your brain compensating for the muzzle kick of the gun. however too much flinching and too early can make you mess up your shot. even with people like demolitionranch or Brandon Herrera who've put many thousands of rounds down range, you'll still see them flinching when a gun doesn't fire when intended. was interesting to point out that Dan did flinch on that blank shot though.