Measuring the muzzle velocity of .22 caliber spring-piston pellet pistol
Channel: SMB
Date: 2011-06-26

Experimental setup to measure the muzzle velocity of my pellet gun using the following household items: Wood planks and some nails (to mount everything), 125 grams modeling clay, several feet of 6 lb. fishing line, 1 fishing weight (an egg sinker at the core of the clay ball), protractor printed on a piece of paper, a video camera, a tape measure, and a scale. You'll have to look up the physics on your own :) Oh, and you can't really see the fishing line swinging in front of the protractor in this video, but you could in the original.