This Device CATCHES Your Bullet !!! (The Alternative Less Lethal)

Hey Scott, what's up? Hey Houston, how's it going? Yeah, it's going pretty good. What are you up to? Oh, nothing. Just about to do some filming with this really cool new Les Lethal that I have and I was curious if you would want to be in the video. Yeah, man. Well, what is it? Well, it's this really crazy device. It attaches to the end of a live firearm. Then it fires a live bullet into a little metal ball. It catches it and then the ball hits the target. Houston, are you still there? Yeah, yeah. I'm still here. So it shoots a live bullet into a metal ball and then catches it? Uh-huh. Yeah, that's what it does. Yeah, cool. Yeah, man. So do you think you could come and film with me this month? Let me check my calendar. Oh, yeah. It's looking like this month is pretty full. Oh, man. Are you serious? Could you squeeze me in somewhere? I really think this would be really cool. I think you need to be a part of this. Yeah, man. It's looking like I'm completely booked out. Busy, you know what I mean? Okay, well, maybe next time, right? No, definitely next time. All right, man, well, you be safe. I'll talk to you later. Yep, have a good one. I really dodged the bullet. Like, literally. What's up, everybody? My name is Scott and you're watching Kentucky Ballistics. And over the years, I have tested out a lot of less lethal options. Some have been pretty effective, some not so much. But today, I have the most ridiculous, craziest, less lethal I have ever seen in my life. This is the Alternative, made by Alternative Ballistics. It is a very interesting concept. So you have this part here, which is called the dock, which slips over your handgun. And then on the end here, we have an aluminum alloy ball. Your firearm is loaded with live rounds. And then when you... Sorry, I had to. When you pull the trigger, the gun goes off. And then the bullet is caught within the aluminum alloy ball. Catches the round. And then this becomes a less lethal projectile, moving around 220 feet per second. If there was a fence separating lethal and less lethal, this thing would literally be riding it. I am very excited to try this thing out. From what I understand, it is a tested and proven product. And as long as your dock is seated properly onto the fireworm... Fireworm? Gosh darn it. What's a fireworm? And as long as you have this seated onto the firearm correctly, it should work flawlessly every time. What is wrong with me today? Why waste time? Say lot word when you word do track. And as long as this is seated correctly on your firearm, it should work flawlessly every single time. But I have a lot of questions that need answered and a lot of experiments I want to perform with this today. So without further ado, let's go get set up and get started. If you're carrying a balance on your credit cards, it's costing you money every single day you wait. 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It's time to take our first shot with the alternative. A few things I want to point out real quick. This is attached to a Glock 17 9 mil. Now this fits most Glock 9 mils, but it also fits on a lot of other models of handguns that are chambered in 9 mil. This is only rated and meant for 9 millimeter, but it doesn't seem like it matters what grain weight you use. From what I understand, you could be 115 grain all the way up to 147 grain, but I think most of their testing they did was with 124 grain. I am loaded up with one round of 9 millimeter, 147 grain HSTs. And now I'm going to shoot this gun with a metal ball about a quarter inch from the end of the barrel. Seems like a great idea. All right, making sure we have a good seal. It is on there real nice and snug. Here we go. That was pretty cool. One of the questions I had was, am I going to get splattered? Because it's catching that round inside that tiny metal ball. So I thought, would it hit in there and then kind of shoot out the sides and affect the shooter? But I felt nothing. It was just like shooting a gun normally, and I think it worked perfectly. So the first shot was a success. It went off like it should and the ball, it took off and I can't find it. But I really want to find it because I want to see what that bullet looks like inside there. So we're gonna take another shot now at the berm. That way we can find it. Now the dock worked perfectly. None of the little pegs popped off and you can see there's a lot of muzzle burn in there. And I want to point out the top of this has magnets in there to help secure it to the firearm. There is the alternative and there is the home defense, which is the civilian model, which is pretty much the exact same thing, just a different color. So I'm going to use this one this time, 147 grain 9 mil again. And let's just see if we can catch it. All right, here we go. Shot number two. Well, the ball bounced over the berm. Darn it. All right, we are not having much luck catching these things because they go pretty far. And they like to ramp the berm and take off. And I can't find it. But you know what? We'll find it. The lawnmower. It's going to be bad. I'm going to need new blades. So up next, what we're going to do is actually test this out on a test medium. This is a ballistic dummy lab, zombie torso, zombified with green blood. And now we're going to see what would happen when you hit it with the alternative, less lethal projectile. I'm pretty sure we will be able to recover a ball after this because it should just bounce off of him and not go much further. From what I understand, the primary places to aim on a subject would be the stomach and the upper thighs. The secondary choices would be the chest, the lower arms, and the calves. And the restricted areas obviously are the face, the neck, the groin, if you're behind the subject, the spine, back of the head, kidneys, all of those places. So I don't know if you know this. You are watching Kentucky Ballistics. So we're going to test it how we should test it. And then we're going to see what would happen if you hit those no-no zones. I believe most of their testing with this was at 30 feet to 5 feet. So we're going to start at 30 feet, meet somewhere in the middle, and then go to 5 feet. Also, I know you're going to make fun of me in the comments. I guarantee you I said growing wrong or growing or however you say it. So I just say giblets most of the time. I was trying to be scientific. Let's see if I can hit him. Here we go. Hey! We're good. So we have finally recovered a ball. I wonder if it's hot. It's not. It's not very hot. And that bullet is smack dab in the center. And it caught it. That is pretty cool. Now it's a little sticky. That's because we hit our zombie torso. I was aiming a little high because I was compensating because I figure this is going to drop. I think I kind of hit in the sternum region. Oh, I hit right there, I believe. That definitely would have hurt. I mean, skin is cracked a little bit. And I heard it from back there, even with earplugs in. When this hit that zombie torso, it had quite the thud. Now let's take a shot at 20 feet. I have another one on here. This is the home defense version. It's just a different color. Same thing. And also, if you're wondering, these are single use. Really not sure where I hit him. Well, we had a good hit. A really good hit. Right here is where we hit with that ball. And as you can see, it's gone inside it. I can feel it right here. I don't think I can get it out. Oh, wait. I think I got it. Oh, yeah, there it is. Oh, yeah. Now, take into consideration, we have no shirt on this. And this gel here is supposed to simulate human flesh. But it's not exactly like human flesh. I am a lot more stretchy and dense, I feel like, than this here. I don't know if I got hit in the stomach with this, if it would go in me that far. But it definitely would do some damage, obviously, at 20 feet. That's some pretty serious business, though. From what I understand, this is producing around 70 to 80 foot pounds of energy. Enough that you're going to notice. OK, just out of curiosity, I have to know what happens when we do the same test again, but this time with a shirt on. Here we go. Nailed it. Here's the ball. Caught the bullet perfectly again. And it's pretty obvious where we hit. Right there. Smack that shirt. Did not go inside even. Look at that mark. Ooh, that left a big mark. Golly, this thing's not playing around. You know, I was kind of curious, like, how much energy could this really be producing when you get hit with it? That would definitely, that would definitely sting. Now we are around seven to five feet. I'm going to do this test with the shirt and then without the shirt. Again, aiming for the stomach region. OK, here we go. So here's the ball. It rolled back and hit me in the ankles. And again, caught the bullet perfectly. You know, that was my biggest concern with this product. Is it going to catch the live round? And it's catching them every single time perfectly every single time. And honestly, I think it's pretty impressive. And the one thing that I do think is cool about this is you have your less lethal on there. But then after that's deployed, your very next round is a lethal round. So you don't really have to swap. Anyways, let's take a look at this. We hit right there and it looks like it pushed that shirt into the zombie. Oh yeah, that would sting. Well, now we got to take this shirt off of here because I just got to see. I got to see what's going to happen. I really feel like it's going to go inside him, especially at this distance. But then I'm really curious to see what happens when we hit in the pectoral region. And then we kind of work our way up. Same shot five to seven feet into the belly region. Yeah, that definitely went in there. Right there and did not come out the back. So we did make it inside the zombie again. And I would say for sure at five to seven feet. I don't know if I would guarantee penetration, but definitely going to be breaking some skin and causing some damage. Before we continue our testing on our ballistic dummy lab zombie torso, I am really curious to see what happens when one of these balls strike something hard like an AR500 steel plate. I am angled so it should bounce that way. Let's see what happens. Here we go. Oh, my goodness. Man, that hit that plate hard enough to knock paint off. It's been cooking in the sun. Oh, it put a dent in it. That is crazy. That thing is hitting hard. I wonder if it would break car glass. I have my car graveyard here. And fortunately for us, the newest edition has a fresh piece of glass. Don't really want to get that close to it, though. So I'm going to climb up here. There we go. All right. Let's see what happens. Definitely I'll make it through car glass. See if I can get down without getting hurt here. Parkour! So we went through the glass and there's the ball right there. Yeah. You can see where it hit it actually. It's got a little mark. And caught that bullet perfectly every time. Every time it's catching it. It's pretty impressive. Now let's take a shot at one of the secondary areas, which would be the chest, which the chest on these is a lot more firm than the abdomen. This is really kind of squishy. So I'm really curious to see what happens there. I'm just going to get back to about, I don't know, 10 feet. See what happens. There we go. So looks like the ball entered the dummy and broke that rib inside it. That is wild. But we have no shirt on right now. So I am curious to see what would happen at this distance with a shirt on the zombie torso. And I'm wondering if that really would penetrate that deep in a real world scenario. But I think it goes without saying. No question. When you're closer with this, you're definitely going to do more damage. Got a shirt on the zombie. Let's go again at about 7 to 10 feet. There we go. Did not make it inside that time. Here is the ball. And again, it caught it perfectly. Take a look at that. It looks pretty bad. Peel that up. Oh, oh, oh, I was accidentally accurate again. Shot right next to the old hole. It broke this rib. So that is some serious force. That is crazy. Breaking ribs. All right, I want to have some fun now. Let's aim for a no-no zone. Let's be realistic first. Start at 20 feet. We're gonna aim for his face. See if I can even hit him. Here we go. Oh, we got him. That did not look like that would have felt good. Caught the bullet. Oh, right there, right in the brow. Oh my gosh. Oh, okay. This is just kind of hollowed out anyways. Smacked him right in the brow. That would definitely hurt and would definitely incapacitate you. 10 feet to the face. Here we go. Oh, man. This is ridiculous. It is lodged in his forehead. Oh my goodness. Dude, it looks like he got hit with a cannonball. It's a big old pimple. You gotta pop it. Hold on. Looks like the Cyclops from the Odyssey now. That is all cracked. It's not good. Not good. There's a reason that's a restricted zone. Big no-no. Caught the round though. It caught the round and then he caught the ball with his face. It's a lot of damage, but we're gonna scoot up even closer now. Going worst case scenario here. This is exactly what you should not do with the alternative or the home defense. We are very close. Here we go. Oh, yikes. Well, oh, it's coming out. It's coming out. Twisting. Shoo. Okay, so even at like five foot. That wasn't five foot. That was like point blank. Still stopped on the skull. What about the softer part of the skull though? What about like the temple region? Point blank in the temple region. Here we go. Oh, yep. Yep, that's worst case scenario. Don't do that. We have a crack all the way around. So if you come right here, you can see the skull is cracked on the other side too. Oh, we're leaking. We're leaking right here. See the crack comes all the way around here. So it looks like that went in and then hit the other side of the skull hard enough to crack it open. There's a reason they say you shouldn't do that. That was an excellent test. Now we know at what point this becomes lethal. And the point is blank. We've done quite a bit of testing with the alternative at this point. And I would say that it functions exactly as it should function. But now I want to know what happens when you throw in some user error. If this is not seated onto the firearm correctly, potentially you could have an oopsie. And that's what we're going to do now. This is not seated down all the way. It's angled. So technically that bullet is going to enter the hole of the alloy ball at an angle. Is it going to catch it or is it going to just fly out? What's going to happen? I don't know. We're going to find out. I have it in a vice grip and I'm going to pull a string and I've got it pointed at our ballistic dummy lab zombie torso. That is melted. And he is really feeling that Kentucky heat. Okay, I'm going to say I'm not far enough back. Here we go. Oh, that didn't look good. This dude's whole face has melted off. It's just dropping off onto the table here. And his belly is melting too. Okay, so I looked at the slow-mo footage and it does look like the bullet escaped, but it deflected downwards away from the zombie. We have the dock way back here. As you can see, it's kind of bowed open and split. And that's from where, you know, didn't have a solid hit. And then I believe the ball is right here on the ground. And you can see where the bullet hit. See it kind of hit downward and didn't capture the bullet. Actually, it looks like it captured something. You can see it's not very smooth in there. It's actually pretty lumpy, like something hit it. So maybe it captured the bullet for a second and then maybe it came out. In the slow-mo, you can see something coming out of this. Regardless, he did not get hit. And I would say that really shows why you would need to make sure that this is properly seated on the firearm. Otherwise, it may not work correctly. The alternative less lethal is only meant for 9mm firearms and 9mm projectiles. The little hole in that ball is designed for 9mm. But obviously, I can't help but wonder what would happen if it was used with a caliber that's not 9mm, like something a little bigger, like maybe 10mm. If you put this on a 10mm, what would happen? Let's find out, shall we? This is a Glock 40 Gen 4 chambered in 10mm, and I'm loaded up with one round of 180 grain 10mm. 10mm is bigger in diameter and more powerful than 9mm. So I'm curious to how this is going to hold up. Again, it's not meant for anything other than 9mm. Just going to make that crystal clear. Keeping it tight. Okay, here we go. Oh, that doesn't look good. Okay, so like I said, meant for 9mm, nothing else. 10mm is bigger. According to slow-mo, it caught the bullet. Now, it was under some stress, broke the dock, and two pieces shot perfectly. One right, one left. I can't find the one that went that way. The gun looks pretty good. I don't really see, well, you can see here like some blowback and whatnot on the gun. I do not know what it would be like for the person shooting. If you would have caught shrapnel on your hands, I'm guessing you might have actually caught some probably because if it didn't catch the whole bullet, something's coming out. We're going to find out what that ball looks like because the ball is inside this disgusting melted zombie, and I believe it went in somewhere in this area. Took my watch off. I'm going to shove my hand in there and see if I can find it. Not really excited about this one. Here we go. Oh, this is gross. This is gross. Oh, what is that? I can't find... Oh, you know what? This is... Ew! That makes me want to barf. I'm not going to lie. It doesn't smell or anything. It's just the way it feels. I think I feel it. Oh, oh, sorry about that. Oh, so yep, that's where it hit. You can see that it crammed itself inside there. There is some marks on the outside of that rim. So I'd say probably some of that bullet escaped a little bit, but not enough to affect Mr. Zombie here. He still would have just got hit with the metal ball. So that's actually pretty cool. But now I want to know what happens if you put this on something a whole lot bigger than 9mm. So up next, we have a .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum. This is a Taurus Raging Hunter, and I really want to see what happens. But it does not line up correctly. I will say if we can get it to line up correctly with the particular rounds I have, which are .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum, 375 grain. I believe these are XPBs. I may be wrong. But as you can see, it has a cone, and that would fit in that hole, technically. So I'm really just curious to see if the aluminum ball would hold up to the .500 Magnum. So I may just kind of rig it and see what happens. Okay, looks like this next test is a go. I figured out how to make it work because I have a big, big brain. I'm totally smart. And if you also have a big, big brain and you have an interest in firearms technology, check out SDI. There's a link in the description down below. It's scooting back a little bit for this one. Rightfully so. Here we go. Oh, it's out. Uh, let's go check that out. It looks like the gun is A-OK. I was a little worried about it, honestly, in this vice grip, because it's really hard to hang on to a .500 Magnum with a vice grip. But it did. Well, my grip may be a little warped. But we had good ignition. The gun looks good. It looks fine on the gun. Nothing hit the zombie. And judging from the slow-mo, it looks like that round went inside that ball and potentially could have broke a chunk off of it. The way that thing was on the gun, it wasn't able to leave in a perfect fashion. You know, it kind of could catch left or right instead of going perfectly straight. And it went left past Mr. Zombie here, what's left of him, and went that way. And I cannot find it. I'm going to say .500 Magnum probably is a little too much for the alternative. But I did bring another .50 Cal alternative. Up next, I have a .50 BMG. And I'm really curious to see if the ballistic alternative alternative can handicap this into a less lethal. So as you can see here, it actually fits pretty good inside there. I believe it could catch it. Now, here we have a Serbu RN-50. When it comes to sketchy .50 BMG things, the RN-50 is naturally the right choice. My neck's kind of burning right now. Anyways, check this out. As you can see, we obviously got it on there perfectly. It fits snug, like a glove, perfectly on there. Almost like it was meant to be on there. But it's not. It's not. This is only intended for 9mm. I just want to make that perfectly clear. But we are going to see what would happen if we have an alternative with a .50 BMG. Okay, here we go. Oh, I don't know if that little aluminum ball held up. Okay, so, oh, it's right here. Here it is. And we blew. Oh, that is so hot. Ow. Let's see if I can put a little bit of grass in my hand here. That big brain, big brain here. We went right through it. Blew through it. That is crazy. I can't believe we found it. So I went right through that, went through the sandbag, through the cinder block, and into the berm. There's a reason it's only rated for 9mm. That was really cool, though. I can't believe we caught that. That'll make a really cool desk ordnance. It looks like a meteor. Oh, yeah, Ralph is back. I'm very excited to have him. I can start smashing stuff again. Let me know what you thought about the alternative in the comment section down below. I was honestly pretty impressed by it, but I really want to know your thoughts. Also, be sure and give today's video a like, and make sure you hit that subscribe button, and be sure to check out Kentucky Ballistics memberships for exclusive content. And if you're interested in a Kentucky Ballistics shirt that's not covered in sweat, be sure to swing over to KentuckyBallistics.com. There's a link in the description down below. And as always, my name is Scott. Thank you so much for watching Kentucky Ballistics, and I'll see you next time. Guess what? I put on these Metaglasses to let you see what it would look like, and I forgot to turn them on!