tonight's question of the ages

[kaigou]

Let's say that there in front of you is bullet-proof glass. If you put the muzzle of a gun (regular 1911, nothing too fancy) smack up against the glass and fire... where does the bullet go? I mean, if the hollywood assumption is that bullet-proof is truly bullet-proof at least for the first nine rounds, then the first 9 rounds have gotta go somewhere, if they're not going through the glass... amirite?

Comments

[l-clausewitz.livejournal.com]

I'd second this--with a human hand holding the gun against the glass, there's no way you could press the gun home closely enough to leave no gap that would allow the gases to escape between muzzle and glass, thus throwing the gun back and preventing it from exploding in your hand.