This is not new. Back in the 70’s I did a lot of competitive shooting with a muzzleloader.
One of the novelty shoots was like this. You would shoot at an axe head with a clay pigeon hung on each side. And we didn’t have the gun clamped in a vise. We shot offhand at 25 yards.
I thought the blade wobble on the first shot was the best part.
Don’t try this at home? Of course it isn’t. This trick was meant to be tried lakeside, on Saturday afternoon, with your buddies.
Elsewhere, "ax" was termed an improper spelling. I've seen it spelled both ways; in fact, this video's text spells it "ax".
But—it's a hatchet. ;)
The lead inside of a copper jacketed bullet isnt melted in there. Its a die process that usually drops the lead plug into the copper jacket, then that assembly is pressed through one or a series of dies for final sizing. This basically squeezes the lead into place with no bonding at all. Those bullets were split and the lead immediately separated from the copper jacket loosing energy and reducing the focused shock of the bullet on the target.
Hunters dont want/like this. So a few manufacturers are now bonding the lead into the copper jacket by a melting process. These bullets will deform and mushroom but the lead is chemically and physically bonded, (soldered) to the copper so it will not separate and retains close to 98% of the original bullet weight after doing the job. More concentrated weight, stays together after impact, mushrooms bigger because there is more bullet left to mushroom thus creating a larger wound channel. This increases your chance for a 1st round kill on Yuge game like elk, water buffalo, etc.
Swift Scirroco and A-Frame, Nosler Accu-bond, and Hornaday all are making bonded bullets now (they aint cheap) and they are the choice of serius hunters that want maximum force put into the target.
Shoot that axe blade with a .450 nitro express with a bonded .45 cal Swift A-Frame Swift bullet and watch it do its dance!
They do that to test knife blades on Forged in Fire.
Thank you Dan and Gav.