Torching a .22 LR Cartridge

[Ghostmaker]

I don't think you understand how bullets traject when they aren't chambered, especially a .22. not really any more deadly than a firecracker and USPSA ricochets..

I think the negative comments come from ignorance. SAAMI, an organization that prides itself on safety to a fault, stood FIREFIGHTERS in the path of ammo in a fire. If SAAMI did it on film, how is some guy on YouTube now NOT safe. The case penetrated 2/3 as far as a BB does in ballistic gel.

[DeanW66]

now why is it the case that the brass is more of a projectile than the actual bullet, when heated with the torch?

I would guess it's a matter of mass and the law of conservation of momentum. The bullet being much mass more than the case, tends to stay put.

[Ghostmaker]

I would guess it's a matter of mass and the law of conservation of momentum. The bullet being much mass more than the case, tends to stay put.

What I don't get is that they should both have the same ENERGY, but the bullet doesn't go in the gel. It bounces off one block and then the other and flies off.