This is Why You Should NEVER Shoot Mild Steel - Ballistic High-Speed

If you've ever heard that you should never shoot mild steel today, we're going to show you exactly why that is. And to do that, we're going to start with your standard full metal jacket at a few angles on this mild steel, swap it for a steel core at those same angles, and see what happens on our dummy head. And with the use of ultra high speed cameras and some mirror magic, we're going to capture hundreds of thousands of frames per second to see exactly how that ricochet forms. And by the end of the video, we're going to show you what type of steel you should be shooting. Welcome back to Ballistic High Speed. Hey, that's my line. All right, we're going to get this started with some good old FMJ. Trigger bar powered. Colliding two bullets in three. All right, first FMJ. Three, two, one. All right, gun has been made safe. There's our ricochet nice close to our protractor. That's a lot of damage. Didn't really carve. Okay, well, we were only at a 20 degree angle, so. Yeah. Just atomizes the surface. Pretty much stays together. Probably flattened out a good bit. Yeah. Now it's going right into our dummy head. All right, this is our shallowest angle. Shallowest and softest bullet. Let's try 45 degree. Trigger bar powered on. Here we go. 45 degree bullet into mild steel in three, two, one. Oh, wow. Oh, it's way different. Full new pattern. But this is starting to show us why that little carve. Yeah. So the theory is with mild steel, the round will carve and make itself a channel to just escape from. So we're going to get great high speed of that. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Look at that. It's still breaking the bullet up pretty good. Which is not going to be the case when we get to steel. You can just tell there's a crater there right now. Yeah. It just erupts out. It's covering almost this entire 90 degrees of debris. Once you start coming off a super shallow angle, you risk shrapnel back at you at almost any angle. And this is only going to get worse when we go to like 70 degrees. And remember, this is just FMJ. Yeah. It's just copper and lead in there. Once there's a steel core in there, it's a... Very cool. Powering trigger bar on. Good to roll. 75 degree FMJ into mild steel. Three, two, one. Okay. I didn't hear like a... As cool of a sound as that is. That's pretty scary. Yeah. Oh dude, look at that crater. Yeah. So now we're really starting to see why. So we shot in at 75 degrees, which is right here. And most of the debris came out about mirrored to that. Yep. Probably put the whole tip of your finger in there. I don't know if that carries through on camera well. Do you want to try and get that? Here, I'll just look through the mirror. Okay. And that's not even the back, I don't think. Yikes. It's like a geyser. That looks like a bomb erupting in the earth. Oh, big chunks of lead. Yeah. And pieces of the mild steel all coming out together. And there's about to be a steel core. 20 degrees, 45 degrees, 75 degrees. It is way worse. I mean, look how far out we moved the dummy. Yeah. And I'm not even sure he got touched. It might not make a lot of sense now, but just wait until the other plate comes into play and you're going to see why. Yes. All right. High speed saved. What's going on over here? Getting some AG-1 hydration. Ooh, is that the tropical one? This one isn't. Oh, I love the tropical one though. I know. I love the slow-mo you did of the tropical one. Okay. I got to admit, I went a little over the top on slow-mo b-roll for this one, but with good reason. I've been drinking AG-1 almost every day for the last month, even while editing this commercial and the difference is drastic. A lot of what we do on this channel requires us to be completely on top of our game, working around firearms or explosives, where safety and having a clear mind are paramount. It's super simple too. 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That's going more straight back at the shooter. Oh, you're right. We were shooting at 75 and look, it completely covers the end of the 75 degree line. Which means we're hitting the point where at a certain caliber, certain distance, potentially coming back at you. That's terrifying. Yeah. That high speed is going to be pretty cool. Yeah. I don't know if I see a steel core just intact. That could maybe be part of it. I wonder if it fused. Say, it's either in there or it did break up still. Yeah. Yeah, look at our incoming and outgoing angle. It's sending stuff exactly right. Was that it? Oh, there it is. That's it. Okay. Oh, dude, that came right back at the shooter. Yes. It is exactly the same angle. Yeah. That is horrifying. Yes. That steel core is coming at the shooter. I'll be interested when you can do feet per second on that. Yeah. I think the 45-ish, we will really see that carving motion where these are kind of plugging and rebounding. Yeah. Which is terrifying to say about a steel core. But we're so excited. Let's go see. I think he's going to get hit in the face. I hope so. Our dummy is at the opposite 45 degrees. So if this craters nicely and symmetrically, he's done for. In three, two, one. Still no crazy ricochet sound. Nope. The left side of his face up high is pretty jacked up now. Something went through his eye socket. He's got a couple big chunks in the top of his head. Oh, yeah. That's a good scoop. That's that channel I was talking about. That's exactly what you were wanting to see. Yeah. Look how smooth it makes the metal. We're guessing everything broke up and then the steel core stayed alive. Which piece was our core? Oh, that's it right there. I could see that. It's so hard to tell. I mean, either way, it's either this or this. And both of those are coming back at like a 30 to 35 degree. Definitely not good. Oh, a piece of the mild steel got torn off. Sending a steel core to our dummy head in three, two, one. Oh, he got smoked. He got smoked. That's not gonna be good for him. Yeah. Okay, yeah. Oh, dude, this lines up perfectly with his face. Look at his entire front face. Oh, yeah. Did he eat it in his mouth? Yeah. Oh, man. That looked like buckshot to the face. It was such a shallow angle that all the raised up bits of the other craters just get smashed. And look, it ignites on it. That's freaking sweet. That core is still completely intact. It is kind of crazy though that, I mean, the bullet kind of gets torn up. It doesn't take a whole lot for them to start breaking apart. Yeah, that's the core right there. Yep. Still moving at mostly the same speed. Like it's hardly slowing down. Okay, we are moving into metals that you should be shooting. This is SR500, not to be confused with AR500. The SR actually stands for shooting range. This is, they, do I go below the bar? We got this from Oshkut and you're about to see just how tough this is. They make it with steel core and armor penetrating rounds in mind. That's like what this stuff is for. AR500 solves the problem of ricochets for FMJ, but it doesn't fully solve it for steel core. So even AR500, you need another upgrade from that and that's what this is going to be. It's thinner, lighter, stronger. Harder, better, faster, stronger, all that good stuff. Harder, better, faster, stronger. He's getting smoked by this. Oh, he's done. Shooting into the back of his head now because that's the only thing left. Yeah, he got pretty tore up on the front. And three, two, one. Oh, geez. What is this? What the heck is that? It's in... What? It tore the paper. And just dagger knifed it into him? And then, yep, here's a bunch of the frag. His whole spine is just... Yep, through his skull. Don't spread his neck. And look how flat that is. There is no crater at all. And that's the steel core. But that is the easiest angle. Yep. Oh, that's totally different. Yeah, that gave zero away. Yeah, you can tell there is zero crater being formed and it just snaps the neck right off. There's the core. It doesn't have angle to work with to be able to destroy the steel core because it's just literally bouncing off of it. Right, yes. I've never seen that. That's insane. Let's ramp it up, shall we? Firing at 45 degrees in three, two, one. Oh, I think I saw some goop come off. Was that goop off of him? Pretty good lineup there. That looks flat as ever. He is so eaten up. Oh, that's the goop we saw. I bet that was the core. Oh, yeah. And from this angle, it pretty much hugged the plate. Almost no angle off the board. Stay off the wall, kid. Super flat. Oh, is that flames? Yes. Wow, interesting. I wonder if it's atomized paint igniting. Oh, okay. Or, hell, I don't know. As you can see, we've got some new merch. We did our pineapple grenade episode recently. 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That one sounded pretty violent. Look how flat the debris is. Yeah. Like it hardly comes off at all. This little thing. Did it even dent? Maybe a little bit. Dude, but compare that to our other plate. Right. Yikes. And then... Oh no, that got eaten up. How is it still in one piece? I actually am not real sure. It's kind of cool. Can I see you in there? Where are you at? Hello. Hi. We shot at a steep 75 degrees and all of the debris went flat against the plate. And since we're remote firing, we're at like 25 feet. Recommended safe distance, I believe, is 100 yards. So this is like absolute worst case scenario. Right. Whoa. Yeah, just pancakes. This is probably just too high of a frame, right? But like, is the plate even like wobbling? It is. It's just barely. Yeah. I mean, this one will show us. Oh yeah. Yeah, if we do a fast forward. Oh, it actually bounces off a little bit. Now I feel way, way more comfortable shooting with this kind of plate than even AR500. It just doesn't care. Like watch out on the paper. Basically, nothing gets out here at all. Yeah. He's just done for. It feels like one good push and his head would just like come off. Is that what you want to do? Oh, that's what my back sounds like in the mornings. No bulges? I don't think so. Okay. That's pretty impressive for such a thin plate. It is. When they sent it, I was like, what? Super cool. All right, the cool thing about this channel, you don't even have to just take our word for it. There's all of the high-speed imaging. Here's the physical proof. Never shoot mild steel. And if you're going to get range targets, make it SR100. Link in the description below to get yours.