Bullet proof glass? Not what you think... price ruperts drop(Super Slow Motion)

[F2CMaDMaXX]

This video will tell you what a "Prince Rupert's drop" is, and how amazingly strong they are.

It's not the bullet that breaks them......

Here's the follow up, .38 special point blank wouldn't break it!

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[edslhead]

Now I gotta go out and shoot my little glass Dolphin and see what happens

 

[DuneHopper]

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!

 

[Flopsweat]

Destin has a lot of really good videos.
SmarterEveryDay

 

[Heyjoe]

So awesome! Thank you for sharing sir!
Things like this are why this is the greatest site known to maaaaan!

 

[rick49]

What is a Prince Ruperts Drop you ask?

 

[Member 5605]

Oh man I remember when Destin got started many moons ago. He has constantly created quality content and has amazing videos.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

lol i would make a joke bout the shape of the "ruperts drop" in the first vid and how it resembles a swimmer but we're all mature adults here so i wont


awesome tho

 

[etrain16]

lol i would make a joke bout the shape of the "ruperts drop" in the first vid and how it resembles a swimmer but we're all mature adults here so i wont


awesome tho

I think it's safe to say probably everyone was thinking the same thing, you're just the first to say it, so you win the award of the smut-mind

 

[oknow]

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

I think it's safe to say probably everyone was thinking the same thing, you're just the first to say it, so you win the award of the smut-mind

 

[Jamie6.5]

Very cool Rick. Great find.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

HUH???

 

[Xaevian]

Well it IS called "Prince Rupert's Drop".

 

[Certaindeaf]

Well it IS called "Prince Rupert's Drop".

This explains why Prince Albert was always in a can.

I guess the shattering front propagates at a mile a second.. it'd be cool to see a mile long piece of it disintegrate in a second.

 

[Flopsweat]

 

[P7M13]

Good stuff. Scientific American had an article on this back in the '80's, extrapolating it to the function of tempering glass.

 

[Ruger Rich]

Well now, what to say? I was entertained, thank you.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

And here's the followup with it finally being defeated, high speed rifle calibre