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    .38 Special vs Prince Ruperts Drop at 170,000 FPS - Smarter Every Day 169

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    6:00 · 5.6M views · Apr 26, 2017

    Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day fires .22 Magnum and .38 Special bullets at Prince Rupert's drops, filmed at 170,000 frames per second. The slow-motion footage shows the bullet shattering against the glass tadpole while the drop initially survives.

    Cited in Prince Rupert's drop threads as the best high-speed footage of a bullet hitting one.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @NickHoffMay 2023· in “Prince Rupert's Drop”

      There's also this one. this video He shoots the Prince Rupert's drop with a bullet. The bullet wins. In high speed, you can see the bullet splat against the glass and break into shards, long before the glass breaks. Really neat.

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    2. @kahirschMay 2017· in “Scientists solve 400-year-old mystery of Prince Rupert's drops”

      The Smarter Every Day YouTube channel has done several high-speed videos about Prince Rupert's drops, including a couple released just last week. * 2013-03-22 [LINK] * 2016-12-29 [LINK] * 2017-04-26 this video * 2017-04-30 [LINK]

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    3. @gnicholasApr 2023· in “Prince Rupert's Drop vs Molten Glas”

      He also did a bunch of super slow-motion videos about shooting a Prince Rupert's drop with various firearms: [LINK] this video [LINK]

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    4. @satvikpendemDec 2022· in “Does Glass Break Faster Than a Bullet?”

      Related, hitting a Prince Rupert's drop with a bullet: this video TLDW: The bullet shatters and the drop stays intact.

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