If you plug a gun or cannon barrel with a finger, rock or anything else, will the barrel burst like in the movies and cartoons?
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From Bugs Bunny to Indiana Jones, plugging a gun or cannon barrel with a finger, rock or any other readily available item is a sue fire way to save yourself from impending doom! But could it actually work? Join us as we investigate this classic movie trope from pistols to tank cannons!
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Producer / Researcher / Writer / Presenter / VO - Stu K
Researcher / Writer - Jacob T
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LINKS
DEMOLITION RANCH - CARROT IN THE BARREL
https://youtu.be/nVuWs1n2sQk?si=hFqeHGdQ1LFQZLTv
TARGET FOCUS LIFE - NEVER Do This… Shotgun Barrel Exploded
https://youtu.be/v3gtY_rlPNU?si=SyP4tr9rOmKwH-qL
Botasixtysix - M16A1 explodes
https://youtu.be/A5bs6epOYLw?si=epkIDWNwu3UwIYcJ
"Gun Bullies": Shotgun barrel burst due to mud obstruction
https://youtu.be/38VE9M7YH6g?si=3UMxJOyH_8jeV_lI
SOURCES
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FingerInABarrel
https://schoolworkhelper.net/how-guns-work-physics/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squib_load#/media/File:HN-British-3-inch-coastal-gun-1.jpg
https://blackmacearms.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/barrel-bulging/
https://letstalkdefensivegunuse.com/what-can-cause-a-gun-to-explode/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kv_CRGx3MU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-AWDXa_zxQ
https://skullsinthestars.com/2010/01/10/mythbusters-were-scooped-by-130-years-finger-in-the-barrel/
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/4.-On-the-Bursting-of-Firearms-when-the-Muzzle-is-Forbes/153388ff97da3579d2298f22c0b0a937f5a5edd1
https://www.historynet.com/korean-war-battles-of-the-bowling-alley/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PovuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT522&lpg=PT522&dq=%22That+was+my+little+part+of+the+Bowling+Alley.%22&source=bl&ots=EH_d1EtSpd&sig=ACfU3U2mFDIF4tA2lb2fPQG4tFGnlzTgew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj27feCttaHAxWRWkEAHR4WLCQQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22That%20was%20my%20little%20part%20of%20the%20Bowling%20Alley.%22&f=false
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