#ballistic gel testing

[historyofguns]

The article "10mm Ballistic Gel Testing" by Yamil Sued on The Armory Life website discusses the performance and capabilities of the 10mm Auto cartridge, a powerful round designed in the mid-1980s. Conducting ballistic gelatin tests with a Springfield Armory Range Officer Elite Operator 10mm 1911, Sued tested three different 200-grain full-power 10mm loads: Federal Personal Defense HST, Speer Gold Dot Personal Protection Gold Dot Hollowpoint, and CCI Blazer FMJ range ammunition. The tests revealed that both the Federal and Speer hollowpoints achieved approximately 18 inches of penetration with substantial expansion, whereas the Blazer FMJ overpenetrated by passing through all 32 inches of gelatin. The article highlights the impressive stopping power of the 10mm cartridge, validating its efficacy in both self-defense and hunting scenarios.

[practicalsolutions]

Squishy lizard synth character maybe?

[ubercharge]

so ffxiv has this beloved meme

and a cn player actually put this to the test (thankfully with homemade ballistic gel, NOT with their actual butthole) and they even [ documented it here ] and i can't stop laughing

[mesetacadre]

that death penalty ask has me thinking how I once watched this video by one of those usamerican channels about firing guns, it was about performing different execution methods on ballistic gel dummies and seeing the damage, an interesting concept tbf. They tested three methods: the "American" method, which is 6 rifles aimed at the person with one blank so the members of the firing squad can think that maybe they fired the blank and did not kill the person. next, the "Soviet" method, which is a shot to the back of the head with a pistol, and the "Bonnie and Clyde method", which is recreating how one of them died getting peppered by machinegun fire and other kinds of rifles. Just an excuse to do shoot big guns, whatever.

What stuck out to me was that they also talked about the "brutality" of each method and if they'd prefer one to the other. The 2 presenters agreed that the firing squad method, what they call "American" was ideal, especially for the executioner, and the multiple guns ensures one of the bullets will kill you instantly. They both agreed the "Soviet" method was exceptionally brutal, which is fair I guess, I don't particularly care, but then they both also said the Bonnie and Clyde one was great and that they'd like to go out like that? and the ballistic dummy literally got cut in half at the torso from the sheer amount of bullets?? how ingrained does anti-sovietism have to be for you to unironically state you prefer to be cut in half by a machine gun than getting one bullet to the back of the head because the latter is too "brutal"?

[mysticdragon3art]

Faebruary 2024, days 1-9. Experiments in learning to draw chibi Ballister Boldheart fairy.

2 days ago, I finally remembered the Faebruary drawing challenge, which I always look forward to (because I like drawing butterfly fairies), but I always forget (because it's February). So I tried to cram in a bunch of catch-up drawings.

Every Faebruary, I draw chibi butterfly fairies of my current OTPs. This year, it's Goldenheart.

But I still need to learn to draw both Ballister and Ambrosius. And I'm still testing out which of my Copic colors to use for them. I'm especially having trouble drawing Ballister's hair, from a front point of view. I keep wanting to draw the upturn at the back of his hair, even though it's not visible when he is facing directly straight ahead. It's really hard to not draw the upturn, after those years of drawing Claude von Riegan.

This time, I've chosen real life butterfly wings to base theirs off of, instead of making up my own designs. Because Ballister's comic book name is "Blackheart", I'm basing his wings off the "Uranothauma nubifer" or "black heart" butterfly. Ambrosius Goldenloin's wings will be based on the "Wallace's golden birdwing" butterfly, because that was the first butterfly with the word "golden" in its name that appeared in Google search.

The problem is that I think I might have referenced the wrong pictures for the "black heart" butterfly. A Google search shows many different looking "black heart" butterflies. It's difficult to know which pic to reference. I initially went with Wikispecies's pic, since it was specifically labelled "Uranothauma nubifer". But it's also labelled "Uranotauma nubifer, as Lycaena nubifer Trimen", so it might be a different variation of that butterfly. Maybe??? I went with the mostly solid brown wing from Wikispecies's reference, since that would be easier to draw/color. But I later found several other websites specifically labelling photos of the "black heart" butterfly, which look completely different from Wikispecies's mostly solid brown wings. They're mostly gray and tan speckles on white. So I tried to stylize a design based on the more speckled "black heart" butterfly wings. I'm still trying to simplify it in a way that is easy to draw. And I'm still trying to figure out colors that don't get confusing when juxtaposed by Ballister's skin or clothing.

I usually draw my fairies without shoes, but I wanted to practice drawing Ballister's (and Ambrosius's) full outfits, since I'm just starting to learn to draw them. Also, their regular clothes are close enough to the "medieval fantasy"-inspired fashion that I usually draw my fairies in.

I was unsure about adding Ballister's cybernetic arm. How would a fairy get a tiny cybernetic arm? Does their hidden fairy society in the woods, have a whole system of technological equipment and supplies? Does a human use magnifying glass spectacles and miniature cybernetics to make a tiny robot arm for him??? So I skipped the whole subject by not drawing his robot arm.

2/8-10/2024. No pencil underdrawings. Platinum Preppy fountain pen, using Noodler's Ink. Colored with Copic markers and a Daiso Fluently marker. Some corrections made with white-out, Gelly Roll white gel pen, and digitally with Krita.

[riflebrass]

I took my very first actual gun class today. One thing we did was test out our carry ammo on ballistics gel. Most of the class carried 9mm Critical Duty but a couple guys brought a couple other rounds.

My bullet exited out of the back of the gel block so the instructor set the second block behind it. Somehow the second block reinforced the first block just enough to keep the bullet from exiting. Or maybe it bounced back since it's synthetic gel. Who knows.

Anyway the projectile on the left was Critical Duty standard pressure. The guy couldn't remember the bullet weight but he thinks it's 124gr. The bullet on the right was mine. Critical Duty 135gr +P.

As you can see his bullet got way more expansion. Mine penetrated a little deeper. We weren't super scientific about it and didn't measure but I think he got about 75% the depth of penetration as I did.

The instructor mentioned the gel was not calibrated to FBI standards anyway so this wasn't about seeing who's ammo is the best.

[punks-never-die205]

Does Kid jerk off with his metallic arm? 👀

Ahhh - no.

No I have to imagine not - at least not in the canon world. It's too clunky and pinchy. Even if he was a masochist, and I don't think he is, that's sadly a bit too extreme.

Metal and peen only mix when it comes to piercings, unless you're going to put your fleshlight in your stanley thermos and call it a day 😵‍💫

Now, in a more modern, less Just Trying To Survive situation, I can certainly see Kid, heh, dickin' around with attachments and such for his prosthetic. ❤️😎

Heat probably makes ballistic gel dildos for him to test things on, because even if you are friends with Law, you still don't want to accidental rip yer dick off testing a machine.

... though the idea that he'd make an automatic holster for a gel sheath... that'd be pretty hot.

[kineticpenguin]

Okay, one last thing on today's "Goddamn I Fucking Hate Gunfluencers" rant, but another thing that pisses me off about TGF is that she's fucking new and posts like it.

This is an indicator of being new and ignorant because the term "Fudd" used to actually fucking mean something: the old fat guy who rarely shoots and thinks all you need is a bolt-action hunting rifle, a double-barreled shotgun, and/or a 1911, and pushes for assault weapons bans. It does not mean "older guy who thinks there's more to firearms instruction than BEEP TINGTINGTINGTINGTING"

Again: Fucking new. You'd think she was talking about Nutnfancy. Paul Harrell takes his time with his videos, yes, but he is very thoughtful and deliberate in presentation, not rambling or repetitive. The very video she and YPT were reacting to has a response to the notion that his tests aren't measurable or repeatable. He defends his methods by saying there's about 100 other people doing ballistic gel demonstrations, the 101st guy isn't going to add much, so he does something different.

There is something I would like to say with regard to tests being repeatable. If you see a ballistic gel "test" on youtube, it is wrong. I have yet to come across an actual lab-quality ballistic gel test on YouTube. Proper ballistic gel tests require certain ambient temperatures and conditions, none of which you are going to find in someone's backyard in Texas.

Any "ballistic gel torso" test you see is no more scientific than Paul Harrell's meat targets, just more expensive. Ballistic gel is supposed to be a simulated average of tissue, blood and bone. Making a blob of it in the rough shape of a person with fake bones and organs in it defeats the purpose entirely. It's just an extra gross reactive target for fun.

And there's there it is. "My ego relies on my splits so even the gentle suggestion that there is more to training than speed, and speed might not even be that important is unforgivable blasphemy."

[yimra]

Those tests on YouTube if a guy sitting in likee behind a hill so to show what it sounds like ti be shot at by whatever wacky gun just seems like running out of ideas and also like boring and dumb to do. Just blow up a ballistic gel torso and advertise shittt products

[caxycreations]

Hey Dav!! :3 To try and distract you a littlw from the stress, tell me, what does each oc (anyones you pick) do to wind down after a stressful day? Do they have a confort food, a confort place...? I'd love to hear it! <3/p

I needed this, thank you <3/p

Well, let's go down the list.

Ryder

Ryder, on a stressful day, likes to go to the gym in the strip mall across town. It's got a little of everything (owned by Killian Industries, so of course it's well-furnished) and the sandbags vary from small and basic to heavily-reinforced.

He likes to head over there and wail on a sandbag until the frustration's out of his system. He's a regular, working out there once or twice a week just to keep his reflexes and muscle memory sharp, but when he asks for a bag, the clerk knows it's a rough situation.

They actually keep a few special ones in stock for stronger patrons, and Ryder gets one of their most durable bags: ballistics gel inside six layers of reinforced kevlar, wrapped in a layer of sand, all in a proper sandbag casing. Custom made for the strongest patrons, and still needs replacing regularly due to the level of abuse Ryder and those like him can dole out.

David

David likes to sit down on the couch, preferably cuddled up to Ryder, Trace, or Davina, and watch Lucky Duke until he passes out. Between the snuggles and the show, he usually forgets his stresses quick.

Davina

Davina will usually deal with a stressful day by calling up the pizza place down the road, asking for Kage (one of their delivery guys), and sending Moss to a friend's house for the night. You can guess what she and Kage get up to...

Trace

Trace runs. He finds a nice, long stretch of road or buildings and he runs as fast as he possibly can for as long as he's able. Sometimes he'll head out to the abandoned race track and really cut loose by running, jumping, and vaulting his way around the course at top speed for an hour or two.

Moss

Moss has a few ways they'll de-stress, but they usually de-stress by writing stories or reading them, usually in some tucked-away place, hidden from the world.

Luka

Luka doesn't get stressed, actually. Not even kidding, he just...doesn't. Problems roll off him like water off a duck's back, and he doesn't hold on to negativity long enough for it to turn into stress.

Olivia

She'll de-stress by talking with Luka. His insights, outlooks, and way of speaking all have a calming effect on her, so she enjoys venting to him because she knows he'll take it in stride and bring her back to level-headed with ease.

Cyrus

He doesn't de-stress, he uses the frustration as fuel.

Devon

I can't say how Devon de-stresses.

Kaleb

Kaleb doesn't get stressed, he has people to do that for him.

Zephyr

De-stresses by heading to the graveyard and spending some time with the spirits there. They understand him better than the living anyway.

Krieger

De-stresses by smithing. He works as a smith in Dornum, and enjoys it immensely. So when he's stressed, he'll smith. He's got all manner of trinkets and baubles he sells as curios on a shelf in his shop for cheap that were made from his frustrations and his stresses, immortalized in iron.

Carlisle

Carlisle de-stresses by practicing his monologues, watching the lowest-performing subordinate test his constructions, and by reading. Mostly the first one though.

[farsight-the-char]

Okay, lexicanum says Bolters (so stuff like the Bolt Rifle used by Primaris, or the Autoch-pattern Bolter used by the Hearthkyn) are 0.75 caliber, or 28mm diameter guns. 

For context, 12 Gauge Shotgun Slugs (modern guns) are roughly equivalent to 0.69 caliber, or 17.5 mm.

So the best bet for visualizing the carnage a Marine, Battle-Sister, Hearthkyn, or similar Bolter wielding lunatic can unleash with their standard weapon would be to look up the ballistic gel tests and the like of people trying out shotgun slugs.

[monsterwithametalarm]

Here’s the thing about the bamboo torture myth

Okay so Mythbusters finally made it’s way to a streaming platform I can watch -- and lemme just say about the bamboo torture myth, I think that the myth is flawed from the start. A plant needs sunlight to grow -- and a human body, unlike the body of the ballistic gel dummy they used for the test -- is opaque, not transparent/translucent. How is a plant meant to grow under the conditions that the myth demands as opposed to the testing phase that they presented?

Wild myth, and great to watch -- but I question their data

[initiala]

So I saw a video of this guy testing a bulletproof mask, with the mask being placed on a head made of a plaster skull and ballistics gel like they did on Mythbusters

And like

It was *technically* bulletproof in that the bullet did not penetrate the mask. Works as advertised, the end

*However* it’s probably not death-proof as it still had to contend with an enormous amount of force pushing a small, hard object with extreme speed smashing against a stiff piece of bulletproof material that still buckled under said force. The entire front part of the ballistics model between the jaw and under the eyes was shattered and even falling out of the gel, so unless some plastics and ortho surgeons pull off the miracle of a lifetime, the mask is likely just like. A way you’re not dying from a bullet wound. Just from being *punched in the face by a bullet and all it’s force*

Fucking wild dude

[drzewobojczyni]

If you are testing weapons for stabbing damage, and you use a ballistic gel dummy that DOESN’T have Julius Caesar’s face, what’s even the point?

[artmolds]

[mythbustersfacts]

In an unaired segment, Grant Imahara becomes infatuated with Tory Belleci and decides to create a humanoid robot with realistic female breasts based on Tory's physique. He names the robot "Belleca," after his crush.

At first, everyone thinks it's just a harmless joke until they realize that the ballistics gel Grant has been using has created unstable circuitry in Belleca's construction. During a routine testing session, Belleca malfunctions and goes haywire, attacking Grant and trying to kill him. The other Mythbusters must intervene to save Grant's life, disabling Belleca in the process.

In the aftermath, Grant is hospitalized with severe electrical burns and emotional trauma. He apologizes profusely to Tory, admitting that his obsession had clouded his judgement. The incident leaves everyone shaken, forcing them to confront the dangers of playing God with technology and the consequences of letting personal feelings interfere with their work.