Bullet Fired Into Frozen Lake Will Spin Like Top

17 Comments on Bullet Fired Into Frozen Lake Will Spin Like Top

1. Why I carry. 45

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2. Must have been a racist cop.

   Warned the lake to ‘freeze’ or he would shoot…fired his gun regardless…

   Hands up…don’t shoot!

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3. Rifling… duh!

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4. It’s weird that the bullet wasn’t distorted and still had a point to spin on. Another magic bullet?

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5. …any videos of what they do when fired into a Democrat?

   …nah, not here, thats more of a WorldStar thing…

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6. I invented the 9 mm.

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7. Poor firearm safety.
   No one in their right mind or with half a brain would fire a bullet at a hard surface.

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8. “No one in their right mind or with half a brain would fire a bullet at a hard surface.”

   Now you tell me! I’ve been shooting steel plate matches for over thirty years. Why didn’t somebody warn me? Heh.

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9. ^^^^^^
   Especially when standing close to it with other people around.

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10. A little thicker ice and I’d try it with the 10mm. LOL

11. Ordinarily the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
    Is this not true in ballistics?

    I am steeped in ignorance and am asking for an answer.

    izlamo delenda est …

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12. “Ordinarily the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. Is this not true in ballistics?”

    Not always, depends on various factors involved than there are with a beam of light or a billiard ball. In this case there was penetration of the ice the same way a bullet digs in when it hits dirt or wood. For the larger part, soft bullets or shot tend to skate along the surface more than reflect off of it (something very useful to know if you’re using a shotgun).

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13. My uncle used to chase tin cans across the frozen river using his tommy gun.
    That was many years ago…

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14. Dood… that thing spins like a top!

    That’s why he’s called Top Gun…

    Groan

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15. In today’s prices that shot cost $5.

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16. The bullet seems to have followed its path backwards, as if doing a nearly 180 degree shift off a non-perpendicular (to its trajectory) surface. Seems highly unlikely.

    I don’t own a 9 but I may have to get one to try this next winter.

    izlamo delenda est …

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17. Brian Williams…BS! It was invented by Inspector Luger from the Barney Miller show, they even put his name on the bullets! 🙂

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