How many water balloons does it take to stop a bullet ?

youtube ^ | Jan 16, 2015 | Nat Geo

[dontreadthis]

a 44 Magnum handgun bullet?

Make your guess before the test

[Yo-Yo]

Hollow point or solid? Hollow point, 8 balloons. Solid, 15+.

[NathanR]

Yes 4.

[CommerceComet]

Also, the color of the balloons is blue.

Now you tell us! I logically assumed they were red and that threw all my calculations off.

[2harddrive]

Obviously. it depends on the size of that water balloons, and the type of round fired. Having said that, assuming it is grapefruit or softball sized balloons, I would say 15.

[left that other site]

Yeah...and dirt doesn’t splash so much!

[blueunicorn6]

Man, I saw that gunfight. Didn’t end well for the guy throwing the water balloons.

[left that other site]

Eh...I’ll stick to Kevlar! hehehe.

It’s quite fetching clinging to my girlish figure! hubba hubba.

[builder]

Also, the color of the balloons is blue.

NOW you tell me. After I did all that math . . .

[Karl Spooner]

I didn’t exactly cheat, but I remember watching some tests some time ago and knew it wasn’t many. The SW 500 was far beyond any handgun by far...

[yarddog]

They learned during the War Between the States that sand was far better at stopping high velocity cannon than brick fortress walls.

[Boogieman]

Or attract animals.

[left that other site]

True..animals always head for the water. they can smell it!

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

About half a dozen or so, I would guess.

[vetvetdoug]

I guess 20.

[TigersEye]

I guessed 15 so I was way off.

[TomServo]

Red - no bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue!!!

[Marie]

That was my guess.

Humans are 70% water and we stop a bullet in less than 12”.

[vetvetdoug]

Screwed the pooch on that guess.....

[Billthedrill]

I think 5 based on my old water jug tests.

Yep. Shot the jugs too, which is how I knew. I'm sort of impressed that it flew true in the last one - mine started to tumble.

[21twelve]

In thinking about the zombie apocalypse, I imagine an upstairs room with a window and a good view. Then some sandbags and some pieces of plywood behind that would handle things pretty well.

Unless of course the Zombies have RPGs, molotov cocktails, or a match.