Jul 02, 2024 23:00:00

What does it look like to see the moment a padlock is shot through with a pistol in slow motion?

The Slow Mo Guys , a YouTube channel that has filmed various dramatic moments in slow motion, such as ' the moment glass breaks ,' ' the moment a giant water balloon breaks ,' and ' the moment an explosion penetrates an object, ' has released a slow-motion video of 'the moment a locked padlock is shot with a pistol.'

Can a bullet break a padlock? - YouTube


There is a padlocked box on the table, but I don't have the key to open it.

'Should we shoot it with a key?' Dan of The Slow Mo Guys clapped his hands in excitement.

So I put a pistol on the table.

Place a box close by and shoot the padlock.

There was a dry bang, and the padlock, which had been hit by a bullet, was blown away along with the box.

Watch the moment a bullet hits a padlock in super slow motion at a frame rate of 80,000 fps.

Flying bullets.

It hit the top of the padlock and a piece of metal flew off.

However, the padlock itself appears to be intact and is still locked.

Then the second shot.

This time the bullet hits the padlock almost directly in the center.

The impacted part was gouged out, but the padlock itself remained fastened.

Dan tries to pull it, but the padlock won't come off.

Thinking that it might be a bad idea to aim at the body of the padlock, I decided to try aiming at

the shackle part of the padlock this time.

Place the pistol and a padlocked box again.

At the same time as the gun was fired, the box was blown apart, and the lid was also open.

Even Dan could see with his own eyes that it was a success.

Let's take a look at the slow-motion video at 80,000 fps. A bullet flies towards Shackle.

This time it didn't hit the padlock itself, but the part of the shackle that extended into the clasp on the box.

The bullet penetrated the box and distorted the clasp.

Additionally, we could see that the shackle had broken due to the impact.

Dan smiles with joy.

The bullet struck the left side of the shackle, but it was the right side that broke.

The broken padlock was easy to remove.

I open the box, which still has bullet holes in it.

The Slow Mo Guys had planned to have the key to the padlock in the box, but the bullet hit the box and the key was shattered inside the box.