Cartoons Were Right? Bending a Rifle's Barrel Backward Will Actually Redirect a Bullet:
In an experiment you should never, ever try at home, the experimenters at YouTube's DemolitionRanch found that if you were strong enough to bend the barrel of a rifle back on itself (a clever maneuver Bugs Bunny often pulled on Elmer Fudd) the bullet would actually follow the curved path.
[...] For DemolitionRanch's latest firearms experiment, it goes one step beyond what The Mythbusters tested[*] and bent the barrel of an automatic rifle almost 180 degrees backward so that it points back at someone unfortunate enough to be holding the weapon. [...] They built a remote rig to safely test what would happen.
[...] when the rifle was fired remotely, the bullet exited the barrel at its business end
[*] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xfYfgpjtws
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @02:11PM (1 child)
Not likely
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @05:52PM
Automatic rifle is just as accurate a description as saying Matt bent the barrel on an WWII artillery howitzer 180 degrees.
The AR in AR-7, AR-10, AR-15, etc. stands for Armalite Rifle, as in a Rifle designed by Armalite.