Can Explosions Deflect Bullets? 2 MILLION FPS - The Slow Mo Guys

Had to do quite a lot of noise cancellation on our mics for this one. The audio track had a bunch of hiss and clicks on it as though no mics were plugged in even though all our mic audio was also there 🤔. So sorry for the slightly weird audio on this one!

I love how ridiculously complex the setup is, how precise everything has to be measured, and then the final target they’re using to measure success or failure is flapping around madly each time. 😂

In the quiet of my mind, you guys are now the spiritual successor of the mythbusters and I love you for it.

For the love of god! use a marker to mark your old bullet entries so you won't have to guess which one is the new one!! 😁 Nice explosions though! I bet the bullet is deflected a tiny bit, which may show better if target was like 1km away

PLEASE continue answering questions absolutely no one was asking, because this has to be one of your coolest and most interesting videos to date. So glad that 13 years later, you guys have still got awesome ideas for content, and have the resources to really take these experiments seriously.

Gavin starting off by saying its a very Mythbusters style of experiment at the exact moment i thought to myself "these two are the new mythbusters to me" is wild and i hope it continues forever

I think a revisit on this is in order. The shockwave happens so late vs the passing of the bullet. The flamefront and detonation is dead on the explosion's 6, but you can see the shockwave when the bullet has moved off to around 4 on the watchdial. Looks like you needed to set the detonation off even earlier.

I am guessing that the gyro stabilizing effects of the spinning bullet make it very hard to push it off course. Whatever the reason, it is very cool to see in such slow detail. Awesome job!

Super cool video.

Came for the bullet, stayed for the shock waves. Stunning!

Awesome video guys! As a precision long range shooter I think your lack of bullet defection has more to do with the distance of the explosion to the target. It had very little distance/time to show you the deviation before it made impact with the target. When shooting long range wind deflection of the bullet to the intended target is more important at the shooting location than it is closer to the target. Think, its has more time to deviate if there's wind at the gun than the close to target at say 1,000 yards. Heck of a video, idea and effort! Very entertaining for sure!

I just graduated from Mines and I had no idea yall have been here. Makes me even more proud of it. Helluva Engineer

A few slow-mo "Myths" with Adam Savege would be amazing! Incredible footage as always as well :D

since you mentioned a storm coming in, an explosion going off in the middle of rain couple look super cool! Seeing all the rain droplets being displaced by the shockwave and stuff

I would love to see this revisited with sub sonic rounds.

You need to think of this like the timing of a car’s ignition system. For the most effective firing, you set the ignition to fire just before the piston is at the top of the cylinder. Therefore you need to look not only the explosion, but the shockwave. The bullet has already traveled quite a distance between the explosion and the shockwave.

I’m currently a student at Mines, and I’m glad you guys enjoy your time here!

I’m so glad you guys have just kept going. Never went too corporate, never became some crazy production. Still just 2 fun guys who slightly got some more money and equipment over time. Love it

I really think you should try to get the explosion ahead of the bullet, almost like a dome shield to try to divert it, so the bullet travels into the shockwave that is already there and moving.

Just discovered these Slow Mo videos yesterday and have been binge-watching. They are fascinating! So cool.