My Favourite Channel
I just catch a very cool show on the tube: Mythbusters on Discovery Channel.
It is basically a group of people trying to debunk all the urban legends and old wives' tales. It is really interesting and the guys really go to the extreme to test out the myths.
In the episode that I watched the first myth was that during a shootout between the police and a robber in Seattle, the robber managed to fire a round into a policeman's empty revolver's chamber. Hence the guys went on to make an experiment, using laser sight to make sure the accuracy of the bullet. Finally after many tries they confirm the myth when the bullet shot through the revolver's chamber looked almost identical to the newspaper's picture years ago.
Next they try to re-enact what happened in Vietnam War when an American sniper picked out his enemy by shooting the bullet right through his scope. Although all 4 tries destroy the scopes, the dummy suffered no physical damage at all because the scopes deflected the bullet's path. Hence the boys had to declare the myth busted.
The last myth that they investigated was that during the American Civil War there was two bullets which actually fused together when they were fired simultaneously and met each other along their paths. They managed to find replicas of the rifles from that era to test out the experiment. Initially unsuccessful because they could not get the rifles to fire the rounds out at the same time. However they decided to try to hit a stationary round with another bullet. In the end the two bullets fused and they decided that the myth is plausible.
These guys are so damn cool when they go about testing whether the myths are real. I'm just wondering whether the safety procedures are safe enough. Playing with firearms is cool but getting hit by one isn't. Beside this it seems that weapons of all types are easily available in the United States and hence tragedies like the recent Virginia Tech massacre are happening.
Hopefully the next episode that I watch has nothing to do with guns and ammunition.
It is basically a group of people trying to debunk all the urban legends and old wives' tales. It is really interesting and the guys really go to the extreme to test out the myths.
In the episode that I watched the first myth was that during a shootout between the police and a robber in Seattle, the robber managed to fire a round into a policeman's empty revolver's chamber. Hence the guys went on to make an experiment, using laser sight to make sure the accuracy of the bullet. Finally after many tries they confirm the myth when the bullet shot through the revolver's chamber looked almost identical to the newspaper's picture years ago.
Next they try to re-enact what happened in Vietnam War when an American sniper picked out his enemy by shooting the bullet right through his scope. Although all 4 tries destroy the scopes, the dummy suffered no physical damage at all because the scopes deflected the bullet's path. Hence the boys had to declare the myth busted.
The last myth that they investigated was that during the American Civil War there was two bullets which actually fused together when they were fired simultaneously and met each other along their paths. They managed to find replicas of the rifles from that era to test out the experiment. Initially unsuccessful because they could not get the rifles to fire the rounds out at the same time. However they decided to try to hit a stationary round with another bullet. In the end the two bullets fused and they decided that the myth is plausible.
These guys are so damn cool when they go about testing whether the myths are real. I'm just wondering whether the safety procedures are safe enough. Playing with firearms is cool but getting hit by one isn't. Beside this it seems that weapons of all types are easily available in the United States and hence tragedies like the recent Virginia Tech massacre are happening.
Hopefully the next episode that I watch has nothing to do with guns and ammunition.
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