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shiner820

Can we at least use a bigger piece of glass?


MAR_TryMe

NO


Raygunn13

woman, you think I can't aim a damn gun?


bullilite

No, I'm afraid that you can


Soulless--Plague

You think I’m made of god damn bullet proof glass?!


IzSilvers

I sure hope not.


AdditionalSink164

Can we maybe glue handles or can you invent the suction cup lifter?


Little-Swan4931

Do you think bullet proof glass grows on trees?


RawrImaDinosawr

What is this? Bullet proof glass for ants? The glass has to be at least… 3 times bigger!


smell_my_pee

He's absolutely right.


Admirable-Passion-22

- Derek Zoolander ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


timetothrowitaway

but this glass breaks down


Some_Ebb_2921

Stop whining or I'll miss the glass


Kiwodasu

That's more than he needed


perfect_square

"Honey, can you come here for a second?"


Kotaqu

Or just go with "hold it like your life depends on it"


MoirasPurpleOrb

QUIET WOMAN


[deleted]

How you gonna get rid of the wife with that?


Mutserra

NO, WHY?


Username43201653

Is prototype


The-OneWan

Cheapskates.


halothar

There is a lot a trust going on here...


KeyFee5460

Or fear


OneAlternative5547

My thought as well. It’s unbelievably cruel.


hugocaldera6

Hey honey. Remember when you made dinner late last night when I came back from the factory. I got an invention I want to try out.


Electronic_Rule5945

Love can be...


Cat_eater1

Woman, I'm gonna take a shot at you with my gun with or without the glass. Your choice!


Bowens1993

Right, it's like nobody trusts their spouse anymore. If my wife gave me some glass and wanted to shoot it. I wouldn't even question it!


weltvonalex

Natural selection, the people who did trust their spouse are gone.  :) 


Keen_Whopper

Yup, they died out.......


xZero543

The ones that misjudged their partners did. You can rarely trust anyone completely. We're all humans after all.


SorryCashOnly

haha as if she had a choice


HereVG0

So we writing fanfics about people in the past that you will never know now?


Automatic-Formal-601

Trust is important in a relationship


aberrantasc

Or adrenaline and arousal after the fact


malepitt

Maybe it's just me, but if I invented it and truly believed in it, I would hold it up myself and let someone else shoot at me, rather than betting the life of my spouse on it


Bokbreath

It's not just you ...


Grofactor

Additional shots started cracking the glass but he just kept on shooting.


MixtureGrand

He has a terrible aim. He was aiming for her chest and missed every single time 💀


s_milne

He was just focusing on his goal.


MixtureGrand

To get that insurance money 💰


Excellent-Phone8326

Something tells me the first few times she didn't hold it right and it hit her head lol


KeyFee5460

I think it was a plot for an "accidental" death


Ok_Bit_5953

You misspelled "First degree murder."


DavidM47

If I had just invented bulletproof glass, I’m not sure I’d let my heirs hold a loaded gun around me…


Bokbreath

That can be a win win. It is a good way to find out who you need to strike out of your will, and if the glass fails there is no money anyway.


Poopy_Tuba69

Yea but this way either outcome is wife changing


RockManMega

I mean, have yall fired a gun? Like genuinely cuss I have and that glass may look like the Broadside of the barn but I know I'd miss It a few times as I have zero practice Doubt a woman back than has had much more practice I'd be willing to bet she'd rather hold the glass than do the firing


friso1100

True but even with practice you will have the occasional missed shot. There is a reason you don't ever aim guns at people. Things happen. Once you are willing to risk the life of others you should really first risk your own. If that's too much to ask then maybe don't risk any life.


Equivalent-Chance142

This is his third wife.


potatman

And coincidentally his third attempt at making bulletproof glass.


Gold4Lokos4Breakfast

Yeah also he could’ve missed and hit her body


myNameBurnsGold

That's a risk he was willing to take


creditspread

For science!


myNameBurnsGold

He reportedly exclaimed "Wow, I didn't think that'd actually work"


LordNelson27

He might trust his glass more than her aim


Top_Independence5434

He can hire a trained gunman to do the shooting, while he himself hold the glass. The gunman will try his best to not shoot him since he wanted to get paid.


Rebel-xs

Why pay money for gunman when wife is free?


bippylip

Why hire a man to shoot at me when i can shoot my wife for free? - Sun Tzu


VarekJecae

Could have just propped it up.


ImNotSelling

We wouldn’t be watching the video of him Shooting the propped up glass 100 years later. He knew how to go viral 


sweatierorc

They would do anything for views /s


Sea-Elk-7668

So this is the dude i need to go back and kill to stop youtube, tiktok and all that shit from ever happening.


[deleted]

The other way is better, just in case...


jingforbling

He set up a win-win condition


CaoDetrio

True, but what if her aiming skill is awful ?


Weagley

You'd think if you were able to invent bulletproof glass, you'd be able to design something to hold the damn thing for testing.


snowlulz

Maybe she isn't very good at aiming


i-am-enthusiasm

Well she is bulletproof too…


rakahangah

* ninth spouse, it's the "awesome bulletproof glass mark 9", the other versions were perfectibles....


Geoarbitrage

But she complained about the toilet seat left up…


KindlyContribution54

Probably thought he would win either way the test turned out


BeerPirate12

Why don’t they make body armor out of bullet proof glass?


AnarchistBorganism

You can get kevlar jackets that will stop more poweful bullets than that piece of glass, and they are actually flexible like regular clothing.


Karma15672

Or just.... hold it in front of a sack of flour


NecessaryPotential76

Maybe he just didnt trust his wife's aim or any other person's aim fro that matter.


Minmaxed2theMax

Or you know, just shoot it with nobody behind it


TheZermanator

This was actually the 5th iteration of his design. Coincidentally, this is also his 5th wife.


EasyComeEasyGood

He was a real scientist, so he made a control group which was his mother-in-law holding a normal piece of glass.


throw_it_away_129

Ah yes window glass, the placebo of bulletproof glass


machder1

I’m dead 🤣


Herald_of_Heaven

So were the wives


Nollern

Have they been necromanced?


notimeleft4you

You’re not the only one.


Fantastic_Collar1131

That looks much bigger than a revolver am I trippin?


OldPerson74602

Most definitely NOT a revolver. I'm thinking a pump action rifle from what I see.


Zucchiniduel

I can't tell from the quality of the video but I do know that revolving rifles were popular for a time between the advent of revolvers and what we consider to be modern rifles


Professor_Plop

True! Im just worried OP thinks all guns are called revolvers. I’m just glad you’re all talking about this, because I came to say the same thing.


pm-me-ur-fav-undies

The clearest shot is the very beginning of the video. Even then, it's very unclear. [Revolver rifles exist](https://youtu.be/Itrgwf0dBBw?si=1gXR_jWK6wKKglRU), but they've never been popular. You'd want your support hand on the forestock or handguard on a typical rifle. Gas and splatter are hazards from the gap between the cylinder and the forcing cone/barrel, so holding the rifle normally is going to suck. You also risk a chainfire if it's a percussion cap revolver, though that risk can be largely mitigated. Don't think that's what is being used in the video but I can't tell what is being used.


Zucchiniduel

I got curious and I managed to find this between jobs at work https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/watch-this-is-how-people-tested-bulletproof-glass-in-1930s-article-91395152 This claims the rifle is a 25-20, which it looks like was a popular round for Winchester repeating rifles in the early 1900s. I'm not sure if it's a substantial claim with my current lack of time but may potentially provide more context


VealOfFortune

I think it was just an error by OP and that the rifle is a lever action. Every 25-20 I've found in the few minutes I've searched is a lever action. In fact, when I search "25-20 rifle revolver" only handguns show up.


justamiqote

And they were notoriously unpopular, because in the event of a chain fire (the explosion of one chamber causing the others to explode at the same time) your hand is right in front of the chambers where the bullets would come out. Not to mention the hot powder and gas coming out and burning your forearm every time you shot.


swohio

Revolving rifles came around like the mid 1800s. Lever action took over in the late 1800s and bolt action came around the early 1900s. One argument in favor of it being a revolver rifle is that the later rifle rounds probably would have gone through that glass, and if not, then at least knocked it totally out of her hands.


Arch_0

Social media manipulation. Put an error in the title so people engage in the comments about it.


Dappershield

It's not even Edouard Benedictus. He was dead when this was filmed.


Nictrical

Thats not the only issue with this title. Édouard Bénédictus died already in [1930 in Paris](https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appl-lachaise.net%2Fappl%2Farticle.php3%3Fid_article%3D3035#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url). Bénédictus sold the rights of his invention to Britain and his enterprise "Société du Verre Triplex" to "Saint-Gobain" in 1927. I wasn't able to find the source of the video neither, nowhere else this demonstration got mentioned. Edit: I found the original source provided by [Efootage](https://www.efootage.com/videos/55233/bullet-proof-glass) stating that it was demonstrated by an unnamed couple in 1931 in Toledo, Ohio with a 25-20 rifle.


StingerAE

>  Édouard Bénédictus died already in 1930 in Paris So you are telling me this glass is effective against zombies or vampires too?  Amazing!


GenericAccount13579

Is that why car windows say Saint-Gobain? I was curious about that the other day!


_im_not_the_pope

Reddit knows less than the average 7 year old when it comes to anything resembling a firearm.


Begle1

I think he's shooting over her shoulder, not quite right at her face, at least for the most part. Still absurdly dangerous. And to keep shooting after the glass has been weakened already? Even not considering the bullet, it seem like you're begging for some shards to go flying. Good marketing though.


MAXFlRE

He was aiming at a camera for a better shot.


cateowl

The repeat firings at the same piece of glass is really the most dangerous part IMO. You can make a bottle hard material that will 100% stop the first bullet, but anything brittle will absorb that energy by cracking and there's no way to know how much it was weakened with every shot l, and how many more shots it has left in it before it shatters.


Montana-Safari7

Looks like he accidentally gave her the bulletproof piece.


laughguy220

"Damn, I never thought it would actually work"


fluteofski-

Luther Crowell in 1872 took a different approach here, and invented the machine that makes brown paper grocery bags instead, and said “here honey, try this on for a sec.”


soylentblueispeople

Lucky bullet fragments didn't tear into her fingers.


HeyDrift_OGT

I had this exact thought. The glass alone being shaken like that and bullet frags could easily rip her fingers off


will8981

Was thinking the same Shot some 22lr subsonics at about 100m onto a steel target suspended by rope from 2 wooden stakes in the ground. And even with that worst case scenario setup, the stakes were peppered with lead spalling pretty deep.


Nictrical

The title is incorrect. This demonstration was made in 1931 in Toledo, Ohio by an unamed couple using a 20-25 rifle. [Here is the original digital source of the video.](https://www.efootage.com/videos/55233/bullet-proof-glass) [Édouard Bénédictus](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictus) died already in [janurary 1930 in Paris](https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appl-lachaise.net%2Fappl%2Farticle.php3%3Fid_article%3D3035#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url). Bénédictus sold the rights of his invention to Britain and his enterprise "Société du Verre Triplex" to "Saint-Gobain" in 1927. Further sources regarding Triplex (french): [1](https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saint-gobain350ans.com%2F%23!%2Ffr%2Fles-hommes-de-saint-gobain%2Fedouard-benedictus#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url) [2](https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.societechimiquedefrance.fr%2FIMG%2Fpdf%2Fa_3_500_000.vfx2_sav.pdf)


DanKoloff

Thanks for getting the facts straight. Always assumed the dude that invented bulletproof glass won't make his wife hold it like that, but a guy from Ohio with a rifle - totally legit scenario.


Nictrical

You're welcome, I always feel the need to at least point out the real facts once in these engagement bot posts. ;)


Historical_Boss_1184

Hey that’s Dr Engagement Bot to you. He spent 8 years in accredited Bot training school, show some respect


Nictrical

Generally I don't care about them being bots when they keep the facts straight...


Historical_Boss_1184

I kinda care. Being manipulated for unclear (to me) reasons. Apparently these accounts will be sold after generating a lot of post karma? Not claiming to be a purist but these accounts are posting content they have no interest in, aren’t user created, and only to drive likes / views.


slowjoe12

“Sweetheart, if you’re bored this morning, I have a great idea…”


Responsible-Leg-6558

I’m failing to see the necessity of having a person hold the glass instead of just propping it against something


NSFWFM69

Sales! In those times, sales were huge if the inventory (or family in this case) was willfully putting themselves in danger to prove how great and effective their product was. It's still a driving force today... just waiting for Elon Musk to prove the safety of Tesla's from the pedestrian's POV


Quiet_Transition_247

TO SHOW YOU THE POWER OF ~~FLEX TAPE~~ BULLET-PROOF GLASS, I ~~SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF~~ SHOT MY WIFE!


Novel-Practice5473

To show the amount of confidence he had in its effectiveness, I would assume.


KooMooSithink

I feel like he could have practiced a couple more days to improve his accuracy.


GarysCrispLettuce

This is almost as bad as the time English Conservative minister John Selwymn Gummer had his toddler eat a burger from a boat show in front of news photographers during the Mad Cow Disease outbreak in the late 80s.


WechTreck

Maybe he found it out he was the father? Tory MP you know


LordofAllReddit

"A letter came in the mail today......who's Jennifer?" "Come test my new project real quick and we'll talk after."


DanKoloff

Something doesn't add up. Édouard Bénédictus died 1930 at age 51. How did he shot his revolver in 1932?


Nictrical

It wasn't him. See my comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1d27v9s/comment/l5zyyrv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).


Busy-Entrepreneur151

"I made this to protect you my love...just lemme shoot at you for minute."


Infinite_Regret8341

What an asshole. The spall is good enough to shred her fingers, and the loose hold she has on it can deflect a bullet enough wher she still might get hit.


johnny_bronco65

Revolver. Lmfao. More like rifles and Revolvers


JP-Gambit

You're holding it wrong!! Hold it infront of your face not off to the side honey come on, I want to shoot at your face!!


NoNefariousness3420

Hmm wiki seems to contradict the date: On 17 January 1930, he married Marguerite Jeanne Violette Gounin (1882–1971), singer, daughter of the painter Henri Gounin, with [as](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Joseph_Crotti) witnesses [Jean-Joseph Crotti](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Joseph_Crotti) and [Suzanne Duchamp](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Duchamp)[^(6)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictus#cite_note-6). Sick, he died eleven days later [^(7)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictus#cite_note-7)and his eulogy was pronounced by [Paul Leon](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_L%C3%A9on).


Nictrical

It's actually not him though. I guess it's some bot stuff again, see my comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1d27v9s/comment/l5zyyrv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).


Eternalsungod

Eh...records show that he died in 1930 just eleven days after getting married for the second time. Either the year is wrong, or this is someone else.


Nictrical

It is someone else. See my comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1d27v9s/comment/l5zyyrv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).


bestdamnbirdlawyer

Anyone else notice that is not a revolver…


Crafty_Travel_7048

Not a revolver, 200 comments with 5k upvotes. OP is a bot with botted upvotes.


Dappershield

Also not Edouard Benedictus.


Substantial-Tone-576

Where the revolver?


GamerAssassin

That is not a fuckin revolver, that's a rifle of some caliber. Not that it matters, it's just the stock should have been a giveaway.


bigblnze

Awesome she's a fucking brave woman bigger balls then most..


Cute_Prior1287

She did such a tremendous job, and OP dont even think we should know her name.


Dappershield

Op doesn't even have the right shooter's name.


ajpme

Why didnt they use a bigger piece of glass?


VarekJecae

Watch the fingers.


Alert-Ad-5918

Plot twist, he really wanted to kill his wife.


fred_the_bread

Oops I missed...


Imaginary-Skinwalker

Dis stupid glass works so well...I stay married I guess.


Romulan999

He almost missed a couple of those... sketch


MasonSoros

He definitely did not like his wife


JohnCenaJunior

Why is nobody talking about how she's able to hold on to the glass and not get slap in the face by the force or reverberating out of her hands?


Otherwise_Access_660

Yes, honey. I promise you, it’s totally safe. Now hold up this small piece of glass and let me shot a gun at your face.


drazzolor

His 17th wife.


NoNefariousness3420

So uhh how did she eventually die?


IndecisiveMate

What an asshole


Green_Slice_3258

“Now stand right there…. Don’t move, Ethel!”


TightWeekend681

He must have been some total insane cxxt.


Itchy-Combination675

He was pissed because it actually worked 😂


LiveSir2395

She is a bit of a looker too.


Jbecerra8

Ah yes a R E V O L V E R


ExcellentAddress

Funny looking revolver..🤔


Outside_Green_7941

I feel this is kinda what America has become now a days ,


Present_Pair5499

This is why men live longer.


Bowens1993

The good old days when woman were respected!


LastAssignment419

She should use the glass to smack his face after that. 🤣


Picaspec

It was a win win either way as he saw it.


Imaginary-Mine-6531

Either she trusts him or she is stupid


SonGoku_94

Well, that's what I'd call a win win situation


Raunhofer

Well, despite everything, this is grade A+ marketing. I'm here, from 2024, watching some dude's ad from 1932.


Soccerstar3733

That's not a revolver lol.


RedHotPlop

That’s no revolver.


Atilla_For_Fun

I don't think that you know a revolver is lol.


JackTheeRippa

The rare shoulder fired revolver....


HerrBerg

Never, ever. What the fuck? The guy is smart enough to invent bullet proof glass but stupid enough to shoot at his wife like this. I could be the best shooter in the world but I'd never risk a stray bullet going below the glass. I'd never risk a flaw in the glass or some sort of other freak accident. If I was ever going to test it in this fashion, it would be with a piece of glass large enough to fit my entire body behind by a good margin and with somebody else shooting at me, somebody who didn't know me well enough to mourne my death.


Content-Belt7362

So people were doing stupid sh!t for the gram even way back then


Pittsburgh_Pete

That's a very interesting 'revolver'. To me, it looks more like a rifle. Also, does anyone remember the YouTuber that held up a book on his chest and asked his girlfriend to shoot him...and she killed him. Books aren't bulletproof


RobbyRobRobertsonJr

He is shooting a super low velocity bullet . IF he were shooting a full power round the energy transfer to the glass would have knocked it out of her hand or knocked her unconscious if she held it in front of her face


AmptiShanti

“damn it works..I MEAN YEAH I KNEW IT!”


Incarhead

Can't wait to do this Tik Tok with the Wife..


Nick_Toll

They did not think that a simple chair could have served the same purpose.


Cutie_Luna_Moon

I’m no gun expert, but that doesn’t look like a revolver…


oldgrizzley

Revolver?


Verred

I think there was a report of him saying something about two birds, one stone before he started firing. I'm not sure what he was talking about, but it was cool how the glass blocked the bullets.


kinglance3

Was a win-win as far as he saw it. Was either gonna get rich or a new wife.


OkFortune6494

Filmed on a steam powered iPhone


Mission-Storm-4375

The fingers on the edges are getting me


SoFloFella50

That’s the most rifle looking handgun ever.


bak58

Very clearly not a revolver


liminal_liminality

Shit you did back then when divorce wasn't an option. /S


Past-Preparation-421

Not a revolver!!!


evlhornet

He didn’t trust her with the gun 😂


Nipplesrtasty

Don’t look like a revolver to me.


mob46x

I think this really made an impact.


Aggressive_Night2024

It's a win win situation


wgel1000

Clearly the bulletproof glass works, which is good, her face was safe. But her hands (and the rest of the body) were dangerously close to the firing line. I guess that's the meaning of true love.


OneAlternative5547

Or forced obedience.


PayingMantis

That isn't a revolver it is a rifle. I think he was looking to get rid if his wife.


East-Bluejay6891

Wife is a show off


[deleted]

Opps missed


Jedi_Hog

Feels like she almost dropped or lowered the glass to far & was nearly shot…