This is a relatively relaxing video of Youtuber Backyard Ballistics restoring a 1920’s Thompson submachine gun (aka Tommy Gun, Chicago Typerwriter, Trench Broom), which has certainly seen better days. By the end of the video though it’s been cleaned and repaired well enough to actually fire. I mean I personally

This is a video of Sith cosplayer Kurt Mannebach, who has a nifty trick to make his lightsaber hover around him when thrown for EXTRA dark lord flair. And that trick, obviously, is actually being able to harness the Force. And my mom said it wasn’t real! View this post

This is a video of a sweatered, pleasantly smiling gentleman displaying his skills with a metal bo staff. He starts off super slow to demonstrate the hand movements he makes to control the staff before going buck wild and spinning that thing like a pinwheel in a tornado. Honestly, that

Constructed by engineer James Hobson of The Hacksmith, this is a functional replica of the Level 2 Sentry Turret seen in multiplayer first person shooter Team Fortress 2. The turret is built around two Nerf knock-off X-Shot Insanity Motorized Rage Fire guns capable of firing 200 darts/minute and has AI-powered

This is a video of Slow Mo Guys Gavin and Dan teaming up with Scott from Kentucky Ballistics to fire golf balls and other projectiles from a massive punt gun (originally mounted to small boats back in the day for commercial duck hunting). The footage of the golf balls vs

This is a video from Slow Mo Guys Gav and Dan, who teamed up with funlovers Aussies Brett and Scott of How Ridiculous (when Youtube worlds collide!) to fire a bowling ball out of a cannon at 400MPH and directly into a realistic ballistics head, complete with skull. After watching

This is a video of Slow Mo Guys Gav and Dan hanging out with Scott of Kentucky Ballistics and firing his 950 JDJ Fat Mac, the largest sporting rifle in the world (and 1 of only 3 produced). The gun weighs 50 pounds, produces 300 pounds of recoil, and fires

This is a video of PPSS Group’s CEO donning one of the company’s stab-proof vests for a live demonstration at a trade show. The vest is made of a carbon fiber composite, and differs from bulletproof vests which are designed to flatten bullets but can allow a knife blade through.