.38 Special vs Prince Ruperts Drop at 170,000 FPS - Smarter Every Day 169
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Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day fires .22 Magnum and .38 Special bullets at Prince Rupert's drops, filmed at 170,000 frames per second. The slow-motion footage shows the bullet shattering against the glass tadpole while the drop initially survives.
Cited in Prince Rupert's drop threads as the best high-speed footage of a bullet hitting one.
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4 comments from Hacker News
There's also this one. ▶ this video He shoots the Prince Rupert's drop with a bullet. The bullet wins. In high speed, you can see the bullet splat against the glass and break into shards, long before the glass breaks. Really neat.
He also did a bunch of super slow-motion videos about shooting a Prince Rupert's drop with various firearms: link ▶ this video link
Related, hitting a Prince Rupert's drop with a bullet: ▶ this video TLDW: The bullet shatters and the drop stays intact.
The Smarter Every Day YouTube channel has done several high-speed videos about Prince Rupert's drops, including a couple released just last week. * 2013-03-22 link * 2016-12-29 link * 2017-04-26 ▶ this video * 2017-04-30 link