http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ

I saw this, Is it real? and do people really compete at this ...what are the "rules"

I totally 2nd this as a great thing to test! I wonder how much bigger the mythbusters could make it!

Shooting 200 feet using only blackpowder?.. Hmmm

Somehow I doubt that, but it could be fun to test...

I wonder what the specs on those anvils are anyways..

I think this would be a great one to test, it looks real but blowing up stuff and making large metal objects fly through the air is fun!

After thinking about it, I say they should do it. Especially since they will follow the video the first time or two, and then most likely see how extreme they can get (can you say "C4"? LOL).

Here's a news article about it:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com...thin-shootin-anvils/

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Here's a news article about it:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com...thin-shootin-anvils/

Great article!!!

Thanks for posting it.

It seems that they do measure heights, so the 200 feet height is no mistake.

here's another video of anvil shooting

I was about to start this thred darn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_c0B00Ax3w&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ

I was going to start this thread too This would be nice to see on mythbusters!

That it would, but there's no myth involved, so I don't know that they'd do it.

Just because not many people have heard of it (heck, *I* never heard of it until people started posting it here) doesn't make it a myth.

I find it hard to believe that the amount of black powder they used could have that kind of effect on a 100 pound object. It might work if it were launched out of a tube to allow the epanding gasses to accelerate it. However, most of the gasses do not help accelerate the anvil because as soon as its seperate from the anvil below it the gasses rapidly escape in all directions. My thoughts are that they must be using something other than black powder to get that much force.

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I find it hard to believe that the amount of black powder they used could have that kind of effect on a 100 pound object.

Follow the links and Google "anvil shooting". It isn't a myth, it's a real event done just as shown in the video.

My guess as to how it works so well: the anvil below has a corresponding hole in the bottom (which is why it is positioned upside-down). That give an empty space for the gasses to expand, generating the force necessary. If you tried it from a flat surface, it wouldn't work nearly as well.