hey what’s up guys welcome back to the
shop in this video today we’re doing one
of those experiments that you really
shouldn’t try at home we’re gonna be
taking one of these brass cartridge
casings loading it with the ear plug and
trying to shoot it out of a Glock 19
now the inspiration for today’s
experiment comes from a youtube channel
called twang and bang and one of his
videos I discovered a couple years ago
where he was using ear plugs for target
practice apparently if you take an empty
cartridge casing with a single primer
and fill it with the ear plug you can
actually get it to shoot at reasonable
speeds so the purpose of our experiment
today is really to see if we can
replicate those results using a Glock 19
handgun and some empty nine-millimeter
casings a standard round of ammunition
has three main components it’s got a
primer it’s got the gun powder inside
and it’s got the bullet that gets
projected out at great speed but take
away the bullet empty out the Gunpowder
and all we’re left with is the primer
and the cartridge casing which amazingly
is just the right size for accepting a
generic ear plug now before we jump into
this experiment I do want to stress that
guns are not toys this is not an
experiment I want you to replicate at
home it is merely to show the power of
the primer itself the primer is the main
source of ignition in a bullet but for
this video I wanted to show you just how
powerful they are in and of themselves
so the premise of this experiment is
actually very very simple we’re just
gonna take an empty cartridge casing
with a fresh primer we’re gonna take one
earplug we’re gonna squish that end down
push the two together and let the
earplug re expand we’re gonna simply
load that into the chamber point it in
the safe direction pull the trigger and
see what happens now whether or not
you’re playing with toy guns or real
firearms all the standard safety
procedures do apply never point at
people any living thing and always treat
the gun as if it’s loaded with a live
round of ammunition with that being said
let’s go ahead and load our earplug
bullets into our Glock 19 blow up some
balloons and pull the trigger to see
what happens
so here we are guys moment of truth
we’ve got all of our balloons flown up
and taped to the wall I think we need to
take the first shot at the green one in
the middle using an orange earplug
bullet so you can see we’ve got no
magazine we’ve got one earplug bullet in
the chamber let’s make it count okay so
I was aiming for the green balloon it
took the green balloon out you can
actually see a mark on the wall right
now where the earplug hit it oh my
goodness okay so this might not be the
smartest thing to do you can actually
see it’s actually put a hole in my wall
an indentation shaped like an earplug I
went straight through that balloon and
bang on straight into the wall so
apparently even though this is an
earplug it carries a tremendous amount
of force which is wild because there’s
no gunpowder in there all we’re using is
the primer itself to project it it’s not
amazing let’s try another one
alright guys for the second shot I don’t
really want to damage my house much more
than I have done already so I’ve
attached the balloons to this crafting
mat which will hopefully soften the
impact and prevent any more holes in my
wall for the shot I’m gonna go for that
green balloon on the bottom left oh I
missed I missed but where did that hit
it might have been a little bit low
alright chambers clear I was aiming for
this balloon right here I don’t know if
they hit it or not so let’s load up
another one and try it again
which one pop the one on the left oh
yeah it’s an orange balloon because you
can see it went up to the top so I was
going for this green balloon here and I
think it popped the one just to the left
of that orange one which is evidenced by
the shrapnel you see sticking to the
ceiling right now so either these ear
plugs aren’t as aerodynamically accurate
as I was hoping they would be or I’m
just a very poor shot in case we’ve got
a couple more rounds we can try a few
more shots and see if we get anything
different this time I’m going for the
blue one and dead center
Oh a little to the right interesting
alright chambers clear while we’re here
I’m going to go for one more
which one did I hit oh look the bullet
bounced back look at this I hope we
actually recovered the bullet
it’s got scorch marks there’s like
ripped in half and it’s got scorch marks
in it but that is the bullet that we
just shot it bounced off the wall and
rolled up my workbench here okay so
we’ve seen primers by themselves shoot
earplugs off with tremendous force I
have a couple more shells here that
still have the Gunpowder in them so what
do you think will happen if we add
earplugs to gunpowder will that make any
kind of a difference so I have two ear
plug bullets here one green one orange
and these cartridges are filled with
gunpowder as well so let’s see how much
of a difference the Gunpowder makes I’m
still thinking that bottom green would
be a good shot so let’s go for that oh
dang that was loud
that was ear piercing lis loud I still
missed the green balloon you can see
it’s still intact but that was Wow like
I think next time I need to put your
putts in my ears as well as the gun so
adding gunpowder definitely more power
definitely a lot louder not much more
accuracy of course it might just be user
error right over here I can actually
smell the Gunpowder I can smell that
smokeless powder it smells delicious it
smells like the fourth of July fantastic
let’s see if we can find the bullet so
just found the green ear plug here
what’s really interesting is there’s a
hole in the top here and it seems to be
very consistent like most of them have
these little holes near the top I’m not
sure if that’s because it’s hanging up
in the barrel or something but that’s a
little bit odd that’ll just be chunks
missing out of the top probably have
something to do with the friction of the
barrel we can see the rest of the plug
is so in tact cool round 2 and this time
I’ve got your plugs in my ears once
again I’m going for that stubborn green
one from the bottom left
nailed it yeah oh my gosh holy heck Oh
oh my goodness look at that it put a
hole straight through my craft mat oh it
actually put a hole through my wall as
well or at least it dented it if you
look down there there’s quite a bit of
damage so from this map being bubbled a
little bit apparently there was enough
powder in that ear plug to go straight
through this mat which I’ve cut this
with scissors I’ve cut
exacto knives and I’ve never been able
to do any damage to it it’s self-healing
but that your plug went straight through
it and left a nice little scar on the
wall behind better do it again let’s go
for the top green where did that one hit
oh look at that
this mat is destroyed I have to buy a
new one it went straight through it hit
the wall bounced off I was aiming for
this green one apparently I was off a
little bit to the left
so look at that it shredded that mat
that is unbelievable
that’s an earplug all right I got one
shot left guys I’m going for that orange
one just to the left of the blue and
right underneath the green we got one
shot to make you pee on a completely
destroying my wall but I’m doing it for
you
are we learning something here haha okay
a little bit high so it looks like I hit
a little bit high and to the left I
check out that green one there and if
you look at the mat here it doesn’t look
like we did any damage until you pull
this forward or push it back it actually
took out that entire section almost as
one clean circle look at that let’s go
ahead and take this down let’s look at
the damage it’s left behind on the wall
oh gosh that was not a good idea
alright so duct tape on the wall and
does that be getting that fixed have to
hang a picture there or something that
was our first shot right there left a
nice little indentation that was our
second shot that went through the craft
paper and then over here we’ve got
another indentation now I didn’t see any
damage from that last shot and just
crack the board itself but here we have
a totally damaged wall and the most
damaged ironically is done from the duct
tape itself that was used to tape the
board to the wall so use caution when
using duct tape
lesson learned so there you have a guy’s
ear plug bullets it’s a relatively
viable idea and shoot him off here today
we learned a few things first of all we
learned that just because there’s no
bullet and no gunpowder in a cartridge
casing doesn’t mean that they’re safe if
you have a loaded primer on the back it
can still pack enough punch to send an
earplug bullet flying and leave a fairly
substantial impression in the side of
your wall taking time to actually aim
the gun at a specific target had mixed
results sometimes we hit the targets
dead-on and other times they seem to
miss completely missing the target by up
to 5 inches for one final experiment we
tried firing ear plugs from cartridge
casings with the gunpowder left in them
to see what kind of a difference that
made and the biggest difference I
noticed is how loud they were I have no
way to measure how much faster those
projectiles were going but they
definitely left a lot of damage on my
wall and the bang was so loud it left my
eardrums ringing so the point were
actually used earplugs for their
intended use so there you have a guy’s
ear plug bullets they fire they fire
very quickly they can do a lot of damage
is this an experiment you could try at
home possibly is it something you should
try probably not
but thanks for joining me for this
experiment today so we can see exactly
what happens if you did I’ll see you in
the next video talk to you that might be
a stupid thing to do
and all we’re left with is the cartridge
casing we were shooting earplugs I’m
kind of a rector rector wall a little
bit and check that out
shop in this video today we’re doing one
of those experiments that you really
shouldn’t try at home we’re gonna be
taking one of these brass cartridge
casings loading it with the ear plug and
trying to shoot it out of a Glock 19
now the inspiration for today’s
experiment comes from a youtube channel
called twang and bang and one of his
videos I discovered a couple years ago
where he was using ear plugs for target
practice apparently if you take an empty
cartridge casing with a single primer
and fill it with the ear plug you can
actually get it to shoot at reasonable
speeds so the purpose of our experiment
today is really to see if we can
replicate those results using a Glock 19
handgun and some empty nine-millimeter
casings a standard round of ammunition
has three main components it’s got a
primer it’s got the gun powder inside
and it’s got the bullet that gets
projected out at great speed but take
away the bullet empty out the Gunpowder
and all we’re left with is the primer
and the cartridge casing which amazingly
is just the right size for accepting a
generic ear plug now before we jump into
this experiment I do want to stress that
guns are not toys this is not an
experiment I want you to replicate at
home it is merely to show the power of
the primer itself the primer is the main
source of ignition in a bullet but for
this video I wanted to show you just how
powerful they are in and of themselves
so the premise of this experiment is
actually very very simple we’re just
gonna take an empty cartridge casing
with a fresh primer we’re gonna take one
earplug we’re gonna squish that end down
push the two together and let the
earplug re expand we’re gonna simply
load that into the chamber point it in
the safe direction pull the trigger and
see what happens now whether or not
you’re playing with toy guns or real
firearms all the standard safety
procedures do apply never point at
people any living thing and always treat
the gun as if it’s loaded with a live
round of ammunition with that being said
let’s go ahead and load our earplug
bullets into our Glock 19 blow up some
balloons and pull the trigger to see
what happens
so here we are guys moment of truth
we’ve got all of our balloons flown up
and taped to the wall I think we need to
take the first shot at the green one in
the middle using an orange earplug
bullet so you can see we’ve got no
magazine we’ve got one earplug bullet in
the chamber let’s make it count okay so
I was aiming for the green balloon it
took the green balloon out you can
actually see a mark on the wall right
now where the earplug hit it oh my
goodness okay so this might not be the
smartest thing to do you can actually
see it’s actually put a hole in my wall
an indentation shaped like an earplug I
went straight through that balloon and
bang on straight into the wall so
apparently even though this is an
earplug it carries a tremendous amount
of force which is wild because there’s
no gunpowder in there all we’re using is
the primer itself to project it it’s not
amazing let’s try another one
alright guys for the second shot I don’t
really want to damage my house much more
than I have done already so I’ve
attached the balloons to this crafting
mat which will hopefully soften the
impact and prevent any more holes in my
wall for the shot I’m gonna go for that
green balloon on the bottom left oh I
missed I missed but where did that hit
it might have been a little bit low
alright chambers clear I was aiming for
this balloon right here I don’t know if
they hit it or not so let’s load up
another one and try it again
which one pop the one on the left oh
yeah it’s an orange balloon because you
can see it went up to the top so I was
going for this green balloon here and I
think it popped the one just to the left
of that orange one which is evidenced by
the shrapnel you see sticking to the
ceiling right now so either these ear
plugs aren’t as aerodynamically accurate
as I was hoping they would be or I’m
just a very poor shot in case we’ve got
a couple more rounds we can try a few
more shots and see if we get anything
different this time I’m going for the
blue one and dead center
Oh a little to the right interesting
alright chambers clear while we’re here
I’m going to go for one more
which one did I hit oh look the bullet
bounced back look at this I hope we
actually recovered the bullet
it’s got scorch marks there’s like
ripped in half and it’s got scorch marks
in it but that is the bullet that we
just shot it bounced off the wall and
rolled up my workbench here okay so
we’ve seen primers by themselves shoot
earplugs off with tremendous force I
have a couple more shells here that
still have the Gunpowder in them so what
do you think will happen if we add
earplugs to gunpowder will that make any
kind of a difference so I have two ear
plug bullets here one green one orange
and these cartridges are filled with
gunpowder as well so let’s see how much
of a difference the Gunpowder makes I’m
still thinking that bottom green would
be a good shot so let’s go for that oh
dang that was loud
that was ear piercing lis loud I still
missed the green balloon you can see
it’s still intact but that was Wow like
I think next time I need to put your
putts in my ears as well as the gun so
adding gunpowder definitely more power
definitely a lot louder not much more
accuracy of course it might just be user
error right over here I can actually
smell the Gunpowder I can smell that
smokeless powder it smells delicious it
smells like the fourth of July fantastic
let’s see if we can find the bullet so
just found the green ear plug here
what’s really interesting is there’s a
hole in the top here and it seems to be
very consistent like most of them have
these little holes near the top I’m not
sure if that’s because it’s hanging up
in the barrel or something but that’s a
little bit odd that’ll just be chunks
missing out of the top probably have
something to do with the friction of the
barrel we can see the rest of the plug
is so in tact cool round 2 and this time
I’ve got your plugs in my ears once
again I’m going for that stubborn green
one from the bottom left
nailed it yeah oh my gosh holy heck Oh
oh my goodness look at that it put a
hole straight through my craft mat oh it
actually put a hole through my wall as
well or at least it dented it if you
look down there there’s quite a bit of
damage so from this map being bubbled a
little bit apparently there was enough
powder in that ear plug to go straight
through this mat which I’ve cut this
with scissors I’ve cut
exacto knives and I’ve never been able
to do any damage to it it’s self-healing
but that your plug went straight through
it and left a nice little scar on the
wall behind better do it again let’s go
for the top green where did that one hit
oh look at that
this mat is destroyed I have to buy a
new one it went straight through it hit
the wall bounced off I was aiming for
this green one apparently I was off a
little bit to the left
so look at that it shredded that mat
that is unbelievable
that’s an earplug all right I got one
shot left guys I’m going for that orange
one just to the left of the blue and
right underneath the green we got one
shot to make you pee on a completely
destroying my wall but I’m doing it for
you
are we learning something here haha okay
a little bit high so it looks like I hit
a little bit high and to the left I
check out that green one there and if
you look at the mat here it doesn’t look
like we did any damage until you pull
this forward or push it back it actually
took out that entire section almost as
one clean circle look at that let’s go
ahead and take this down let’s look at
the damage it’s left behind on the wall
oh gosh that was not a good idea
alright so duct tape on the wall and
does that be getting that fixed have to
hang a picture there or something that
was our first shot right there left a
nice little indentation that was our
second shot that went through the craft
paper and then over here we’ve got
another indentation now I didn’t see any
damage from that last shot and just
crack the board itself but here we have
a totally damaged wall and the most
damaged ironically is done from the duct
tape itself that was used to tape the
board to the wall so use caution when
using duct tape
lesson learned so there you have a guy’s
ear plug bullets it’s a relatively
viable idea and shoot him off here today
we learned a few things first of all we
learned that just because there’s no
bullet and no gunpowder in a cartridge
casing doesn’t mean that they’re safe if
you have a loaded primer on the back it
can still pack enough punch to send an
earplug bullet flying and leave a fairly
substantial impression in the side of
your wall taking time to actually aim
the gun at a specific target had mixed
results sometimes we hit the targets
dead-on and other times they seem to
miss completely missing the target by up
to 5 inches for one final experiment we
tried firing ear plugs from cartridge
casings with the gunpowder left in them
to see what kind of a difference that
made and the biggest difference I
noticed is how loud they were I have no
way to measure how much faster those
projectiles were going but they
definitely left a lot of damage on my
wall and the bang was so loud it left my
eardrums ringing so the point were
actually used earplugs for their
intended use so there you have a guy’s
ear plug bullets they fire they fire
very quickly they can do a lot of damage
is this an experiment you could try at
home possibly is it something you should
try probably not
but thanks for joining me for this
experiment today so we can see exactly
what happens if you did I’ll see you in
the next video talk to you that might be
a stupid thing to do
and all we’re left with is the cartridge
casing we were shooting earplugs I’m
kind of a rector rector wall a little
bit and check that out
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