Popcorn question...

[XDRoX]

If I were to load a shell with popcorn kernels and fire it would enough heat be created to pop any of the kernels as the fly out of the barrel?

[cHaOs ReX]

You should try it and record it and post it to youtube.

[wjc]

[aippi]

You have to much time on your hands sir.

[rspar]

Kind of doubt it but would like to see the youtube.

[Remus]

Well I can share that a shot cup filled with cheese wiz will penetrate your drywall ceiling.

[CrippledPidgeon]

If I were to load a shell with popcorn kernels and fire it would enough heat be created to pop any of the kernels as the fly out of the barrel?

Yes, and no. Yes, the gasses are hot enough, and no, they won't pop.

Popcorn pops because the moisture inside the kernel boils, increasing the pressure inside the kernel until the shell bursts. The heat from shooting the shotgun isn't applied long enough for the water to boil and pressure to build, so the popcorn won't pop.

I vaguely remember mythbusters trying something with explosives and popcorn, but I'm not entirely certain about that.

The other reason is due to the wadding. Obviously, the point of the wadding is to keep a majority of the gasses behind the projectiles as everything gets expelled out the barrel. Of course, some of the gasses will leak around the wadding, but I assume that the heat transfer will be pretty poor.

[jeffrice6]

Forget rock salt, getting peppered with popcorn kernels ~ OUCH

[chillincody]

OP watcha smoking on ??lol jk

[XDRoX]

OP watcha smoking on ??lol jk

Actually I'm a high school math teacher. One of my students asked me this question today. I told him I'd post it on the Internet and see what the experts have to say. I figured it was a long shot but hey, you never know

[cHaOs ReX]

Yes, and no. Yes, the gasses are hot enough, and no, they won't pop.

Popcorn pops because the moisture inside the kernel boils, increasing the pressure inside the kernel until the shell bursts. The heat from shooting the shotgun isn't applied long enough for the water to boil and pressure to build, so the popcorn won't pop.

I vaguely remember mythbusters trying something with explosives and popcorn, but I'm not entirely certain about that.

The other reason is due to the wadding. Obviously, the point of the wadding is to keep a majority of the gasses behind the projectiles as everything gets expelled out the barrel. Of course, some of the gasses will leak around the wadding, but I assume that the heat transfer will be pretty poor.

Why would you say this BEFORE we see the video? You may have just un-motivated him into not doing the video...

[paintballergb]

Just don't try to catch it on the way out of the barrel.

[DaveInOroValley]

You could patent it and call it "Shot And Pop"

[snypr]

Yes, and no. Yes, the gasses are hot enough, and no, they won't pop.

Popcorn pops because the moisture inside the kernel boils, increasing the pressure inside the kernel until the shell bursts. The heat from shooting the shotgun isn't applied long enough for the water to boil and pressure to build, so the popcorn won't pop.

I vaguely remember mythbusters trying something with explosives and popcorn, but I'm not entirely certain about that.

The other reason is due to the wadding. Obviously, the point of the wadding is to keep a majority of the gasses behind the projectiles as everything gets expelled out the barrel. Of course, some of the gasses will leak around the wadding, but I assume that the heat transfer will be pretty poor.

^+1 This

[aippi]

You could patent it and call it "Shot And Pop"

The above made the post worth reading. Love it. And soon the Mossberg guys would be posting in how their 590 Pops the stuff better then the 870 and the semi-auto bunch would be bragging about the volume of "Shot and Pop" they can put out over the pumps. And sure as **** Kel-Tec would come up with a dual popper. Where will it end?????????????