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CountGlockula
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Just watched the "Wanted" movie episode.
WARNING: If you're six months pregnant (Kati), then you shouldn't be shooting a .45ACP!!! I hope the baby comes out with normal hearing.
WARNING: If you're six months pregnant (Kati), then you shouldn't be shooting a .45ACP!!! I hope the baby comes out with normal hearing.
SquirrelNuts
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You never do hear them speak in an anti fashion about guns when they do a gun segment. They don't act afraid of them, or talk a bunch of trash about being baby killing devices or such. They are even pretty accurate shooters when it comes down to it.
Experiments with trajectory
I Like the show, however this episode seems to demonstrate a lack of Ballistics knowledge :banghead: and demonstrate how you can tailor an experiment to give the desired results. Their experiment with projectile motion seems to have been conducted at ranges so short as to render negligible even normal bullet drop, let alone quantify motion imparted along an additional axis.
The smooth bore pistol got me wondering about NFA rules and weather or not they had a tax stamp for it
ATK
I Like the show, however this episode seems to demonstrate a lack of Ballistics knowledge :banghead: and demonstrate how you can tailor an experiment to give the desired results. Their experiment with projectile motion seems to have been conducted at ranges so short as to render negligible even normal bullet drop, let alone quantify motion imparted along an additional axis.
The smooth bore pistol got me wondering about NFA rules and weather or not they had a tax stamp for it
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1858rem
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yah i like that show lots, i think they are closet pyros lol....in a good way. cant believe i missed that one, or any where i get to watch neat shooting segments, catch it again at 12 tonight i guess.
i was just thinkin we should have a sticky on ideas for gun myths/tests and kinda flood them with so many we pretty much controll what they produce.....MUHAHAhahahaha
!!!! lol
i was just thinkin we should have a sticky on ideas for gun myths/tests and kinda flood them with so many we pretty much controll what they produce.....MUHAHAhahahaha
!!!! lolkingpin008
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Nonsense. The report of the pistol being fired won't be nearly as loud (certainly not loud enough to damage the developing child's hearing) after passing through all the flesh and organ structures it has to in order to reach the baby.
armoredman
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Kingpin, the fluids transmit the shockwaves direct to the baby's underdeveloped ears. our pediatrician warned us of the same thing, and he was a shooter.
Kind of Blued
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I wish Jamie & Adam, or the guys from Top Gear (British car show) would replace the tactical whispering guy on Futureweapons.
That show could be a lot of fun if it weren't for the bald fella.
That show could be a lot of fun if it weren't for the bald fella.
Mike128
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armoredman,
Have you ever been underwater in your pool and have someone talking to you? Does it amplify the sound of someone talking to you? I usually have a harder time hearing someone when I'm underwater than I do above. The baby is in a similiar situation.
If you want to play it safe I don't blame you, but the doctors are not always right.
Have you ever been underwater in your pool and have someone talking to you? Does it amplify the sound of someone talking to you? I usually have a harder time hearing someone when I'm underwater than I do above. The baby is in a similiar situation.
If you want to play it safe I don't blame you, but the doctors are not always right.
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love the show.. every show
nwilliams
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I've been watching Mythbusters since it first aired a few years ago I don't think I've ever missed an episode.
Lots of gun myths have been tested over the years and the Mythbusters have always seemed to be very pro-gun. As Jamie stated on the most recent episode when he pulled out the .50 and set it on the table "it always seems to bring a smile to your face".
My favorite gun episode was the one where we got to see Keri shoot the Minigun, so damn sexy
Lots of gun myths have been tested over the years and the Mythbusters have always seemed to be very pro-gun. As Jamie stated on the most recent episode when he pulled out the .50 and set it on the table "it always seems to bring a smile to your face".
My favorite gun episode was the one where we got to see Keri shoot the Minigun, so damn sexy
this is absolutely true if the sound originates IN THE WATER;however, when a sound originates out of the water, a great portion of the sound waves are deflected by the surface of the water while a small portion is obsorbed and subsequently transmitted.. get under water and have someone yell at you from outside the water, then under water and you will see quite a difference. I am not saying there is no foundation in your argument as to whether or not the intensity of the sound waves could damage a developing fetus' ears, but I see no scientific way to prove such a thing as any malformation could not be proven to be caused by exposure to loud noises. I think the pediatrician is being cautious about something he suspects but of which he has no proof.
Mike128
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If we go by your logic, ear muffs should also amplify sound since they are solid (plastic and foam) and the molecules are even closer.
Baby in belly and you in a pool. Same thing. Go by your experience.
To keep on track, Kari is hot and Mythbusters rock! They are one of the few shows that show guns in a positive light. We should be supporting them more and not nitpicking.
Baby in belly and you in a pool. Same thing. Go by your experience.
To keep on track, Kari is hot and Mythbusters rock! They are one of the few shows that show guns in a positive light. We should be supporting them more and not nitpicking.
kingpin008
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My sister is a nurse, and has spent a good amount of time in obstetrics and neo-natal care. She seems to think otherwise.
Even if the fluid did transmit the "shockwaves" directly to the baby (which it doesn't), those "shockwaves" have already had to pass through the mother's clothing, skin, fat, muscle tissue...etc. To retain enough volume or "shockwave" type energy after passing through all those barriers, the blast would have to be a heck of a lot louder than a gunshot.
slabuda
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Sounds like another myth to bust
maskedman504
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Adam is likeable in a goofball way; Jaime is tiresome.
The 2nd string is great; Keri and Grant are always very charismatic and Tory has some good fabrication ideas.
The 2nd string is great; Keri and Grant are always very charismatic and Tory has some good fabrication ideas.
amd6547
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I also wondered about the NFA aspects of making a 45 barrel smoothbore. I think they broke the law.
And, Kari IS hot!
And, Kari IS hot!
cloudedice
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I was thinking the same thing. There was a long drawn out debate about shooting while pregnant on this board some time ago. I'll try to find the link an post it here.
I was more concerned about possible lead particles getting into her bloodstream than the effect of gun report on her baby. However, they seemed like they took reasonable precautions and didn't fire an excessive amount of rounds. This is all probably a non-issue.
cloudedice
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http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9701967776/m/72419996101
Posted to their Ideas forum!
Posted to their Ideas forum!
longdayjake
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This is off topic, but have they ever done the one where some "spec ops" says that he has seen people that got shot at with a .50 bmg and it missed them but the bullet tore off their arm just by passing by? I have heard that about 50 times from "iraq vets." Is this something they tell our guys in the military to make their eyes wide and feel like the strongest army in the world? I seriously doubt it would do anything as I have seen graze wounds from pistols that just leave burns as they lightly touch the skin. I would however like to see what a graze wound looks like from a .50 bmg.
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