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30-NOV-2006

BF5T9028.jpg

The way this tall and upside-down champagne glass collapses under its own weight is very different... Maybe obvious to someone, but it is somewhat cool that the debris scatters in the direction where the bullet came from. I would have guessed the opposite...

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Guest 20-Oct-2008 19:17
with the glass upside down the shockwave creates pressure inside the glass. it escapes throught the weakest point, the point of impact, thrusting the glass fragments back towards the pellet.
Jim Ross30-Nov-2006 20:23
Smashing shot... :-)