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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rookie808 on February 10, 2010, 02:14:29 PM

Title: csi meatball bullets
Post by: Rookie808 on February 10, 2010, 02:14:29 PM

i remember seeing an episode on csi vegas where a guy killed another guy using frozen meatball bullets.  when the csi guys went looking for the bullet evidence all they found was meat and they thought it was just the guys guts.  is that really possible? wouldnt the meat cook when the gunpowder explodes?  i know its just tv but it really made me think. 

Title: Re: csi meatball bullets
Post by: Tom_G on February 10, 2010, 05:27:10 PM

MythBusters did this.

Actually, they started with the legendary ice bullet, and found that to be totally busted.  But they went on to try other frozen substances, including ground beef.  It worked.  You can make a bullet from frozen meat that will function well enough to do the job.  If I recall, they were firing into ballistics gelatin at close range, so no word on the accuracy.  But the concept of a nearly-undetectable bullet is sound.

Title: Re: csi meatball bullets
Post by: 2aHawaii on February 10, 2010, 07:16:54 PM

Wow, that's pretty neat. If you wanted it really undetectable, you'd need to use an air gun.

Title: Re: csi meatball bullets
Post by: Antithesis on February 12, 2010, 04:29:59 PM

Interesting. I found the video Tom was talking about:

MythBusters 004 001 S01E01 Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter - (part 4) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j9Zn20JUCo#)

The poisoned umbrella-gun at the end is pretty neat too. 

Title: Re: csi meatball bullets
Post by: Rookie808 on February 17, 2010, 02:19:20 PM

thats cool.  thanks for the info guys