Husband Tested Bulletproof Glass with His Wife

Posted by Queuebot in Video Clips, Weapons & War on January 18, 2009 at 8:29 pm



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Made in the early thirties, here’s a video clip of a man with a rifle testing an early version of the bulletproof glass … by having his wife hold the glass to her face while he shot at her!

No matter how good a shot I am, I don’t know if my wife would ever agree to such an experiment!



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21 comments to "Husband Tested Bulletproof Glass with His Wife"

  1. los tacos
    January 18th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    Wow what a dumbass.

    Even if the glass held just think of the impact of the bullet making the glass smack back into her face and break her poor nose.

    I guess this may be why women don't list inventor as the profession desirable in a mate.

    Edison was never a mac daddy.

  2. Kevin
    January 18th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Maybe he was hoping it wouldn't work.

  3. coraleaterlinda
    January 18th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    i would not agree to this.

  4. praump
    January 18th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    they say every dream is a wish.

  5. Nathan Miller
    January 18th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    @los tacos - that's exactly what I thought. I hate to be the one to yell 'fake' even at something in B&W, but how can this be? The rifle really didn't have enough force to knock the glass against her, or out of her hands? No wonder it didn't break the glass.

  6. Kathy
    January 18th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    She's a real loser for agreeing to that!

  7. Frau
    January 18th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    Didn't say if it was his first wife. Did it?

  8. Sofar
    January 19th, 2009 at 12:43 am

    Well, it looks like he was a good shot at least.

  9. nicleT
    January 19th, 2009 at 1:09 am

    Totally insane!

  10. PJ
    January 19th, 2009 at 1:53 am

    what a sick guy!

  11. Guy
    January 19th, 2009 at 2:14 am

    This reminds me of a story from Eric L. Haney's book, Inside Delta Force. He talks about how they had a company making them different bulletproof gear and they had just sent over a headpiece/helmet for them. One of the guys who swore by the stuff this company made wanted to test the helmet by wearing it and getting shot. None of the other guys was willing to be the shooter though. This was lucky because the company had actually sent a mock-up which was not actually bulletproof.

  12. Evilbeagle
    January 19th, 2009 at 3:33 am

    I am not going to sit here and claim that this has to be real or fake. I certainly don't know. But if it is real, then that's a mixture of blind trust and stupidity.

  13. darlzwik
    January 19th, 2009 at 6:19 am

    Maybe it was just a .22 and he was aiming off just a little bit, just to make a good show. Sort of like the guy in the circus who throws the knife near the spinning woman.

  14. Frau
    January 19th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Me again. Perhaps the guy tested it a few times before the actual filming. Kind of like how you would try a new recipe for cake a few times, before brining the perfected cake to a potluck. You do not want everyone to know your failures.
    we only see this film. We have not seen that maybe there were trial runs.

  15. Jamie G
    January 19th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Is it just me, or does she look a little like the Mona Lisa?

  16. renderanything
    January 19th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    There are some interesting photos on Shorpy from a live bulletproof vest demonstration. Amazing what people tried with friends and family members first.

  17. amelia
    January 20th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    he is mad, she is crazier.
    love is blind.

  18. Torsten
    January 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am

    @Kevin: Funny comment! :D

  19. fluff
    January 20th, 2009 at 10:20 am

    If I loved my wife I never ever would point a gun even remotely in her direction. Waait a moment! I never ever would point a gun in anybodies direction...

  20. zondron
    January 24th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    that, my friends, it's called trust, trust like that - hard to find these days

    ok, it's crazy too

  21. Bullet Proof Glass
    April 29th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Haha so crazy! I can't believe she did that!


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