Is that the bullet leaving the barrel?

[duelist1954]

I pulled some still pictures off of a video I'm working on. It looks like I can see the bullet exiting the muzzle, but maybe I'm just seeing the muzzle hole itself. What do you think?

Shot from an ASM .44 cal 1851 Navy replica
http://i.imgur.com/mCWSG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GBXnN.jpg

 

[buffcreekforge]

It could very well be the bullet exiting the barrel. When we shoot .45 auto pistols on a sunny day, you can see the bullets as they are leaving the barrel. I wouldn't want to get in front of them, but they are not traveling that fast! Cool picture, by the way!

 

[pargent]

I will go with projectile :thumbsup:

 

[George T.]

Yeah I believe that is the ball! The last thing the bad guy would see. Geo. T.

 

[D Sanders]

Great picture... Do you have a bullet proof camera? :rotf:

HH 60

 

[duelist1954]

I don't know...I keep shooting at it, but I haven't managed to hit it yet. I'll keep trying. :grin:

 

[Dickydalton]

Just like an eclipse, the ball is the moon. :thumbsup:

 

[pargent]

If you shoot like me put a bulleye target next to the camera that should give a garentie of a dead center hit on the camera .

 

[bobthemotorcycle]

I don't know. It seams to me that most videos I see of something like this I have noticed the bullet is usually way down range before the big flash pops out of the barrel.

Get a side camera to go off at the same time you have the front camera go off. Its probably the bullet but maybe its a new black hole phenomena that we are just learning of.

Cool shot not doubt.

 

[Many Klatch]

The muzzle hole would be full of fire and the same color as the rest of the smoke and fire, so that dark spot must be the bullet.

Many Klatch

 

[F.G. Ford]

We need a volunteer to stand and watch the muzzle the next shot to see what he thinks.
Fred

 

[Billnpatti]

I have seen this same video and assumed that he was shooting blanks, otherwise, how could he get such a photo without shooting his camera? I'd say that the best way to find out if that is the ball, is to contact the guy who made the video and ask him if he was shooting blanks or if he had a loaded gun. If it turns out that he actually was shooting balls, I'd love to have him tell us how he got this shot without shooting his camera. He fires 5 shots at the camera so if he was photographing using a mirror, it would only last for one shot. So, how did he do it?

Waaaait just a minute......I just noticed your name and you are the guy who made this video. I.ve got to have the answer to this question. :hatsoff:

 

[duelist1954]

It is loaded with live ammo... .454" ball over a lubed wad and 30 grains of Goex 3Fg.

This is a still picture captured from a video I'm working on. I end most of my videos with a scene I call the Bad Guy's View, or BGV for short. That's where I shoot a cylinder full of rounds straight at the camera.

I use a steel target system called the Evil Roy systen from Action Targets. I position a video camera right behind the steel target, just peeking over the top of it. Then I shoot at the steel right below the camera.

 

[F.G. Ford]

I think you could get better pictures if you had my brother-in-law holding the camera :rotf: :rotf:
Fred

 

[Billnpatti]

Ever get the camera?

 

[D Sanders]

It would be my luck I would put one right through the lens.

HH 60