How Hard Is It To Actually Shoot Fish In A Barrel? | MythBusters

The saying has been used to describe anything easy for over a century — it's like shooting fish in a barrel — and Adam and Jamie decided to find out whether it's actually easy, starting with a 9mm pistol pointed at a motorized dead fish in a wooden barrel and discovering immediately that it wasn't nearly as straightforward as the expression suggested, so they painted the interior white, added transparent windows, upgraded to a shotgun, watched it hit only three of thirty smaller fish, and then did what MythBusters always does when the results aren't satisfying enough — acquired an M134 military minigun capable of firing 50 rounds per second, pointed it at a 3-foot sea bass in a barrel, and confirmed the myth in the most emphatic, most excessive, most perfectly MythBusters way possible: the barrel, the fish, and the surrounding area all ceased to exist simultaneously. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments