The Box O' Truth #19 - The Water Box O' Truth Part 3: Rifle Rounds

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The Box O' Truth #19 - The Water Box O' Truth Part 3: Rifle Rounds - Page 1

I've had a few folks ask me to do some tests to see what rifle rounds did when fired into water.

Mythbusters did something like this a while back, but I wasn't satisfied with their methods.

First, we went to Wallyworld and bought 24 gallons of water.

We were afraid that we would start a rumor that another hurricane was on the way and a riot would ensue.

But no problems.

Rifles often penetrate further than pistol rounds. But when shot into water, it is possible that a rifle bullet is traveling at such a high velocity that it will "tear itself to pieces" when it hits the water.

Let's see what happens.

The Water Box O' Truth Part 3: Rifle Rounds

This is the setup.

The box has 12 gallons of water in a row. If the rifle rounds penetrate more that that (about 7 feet), then we will be out of luck.

One problem we will face is trying to get the rifle lined-up so that the bullets stay in the middle of the box.

But we found that the bullets sometimes deviated from a straight path and this caused some problems, as we will see.