Episode
MythBusters: Confederate Steam Gun
Overview
Jamie and Adam take on a steam-powered machine gun rumored to fire 400 rounds a minute at a 300-yard range. Kari, Grant, and Tory use their lying skills to test ways to beat a lie detector.
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2007-12-05
Episode context
Confederate Steam Gun is Episode 24 in Season 5 of MythBusters. It aired on 2007-12-05.
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Episode 23: Pirates (2)
Is it possible to survive an overturned boat by breathing the trapped air? Can you escape being buried up to your neck in sand? If no ammo was available, could pirates use cutlery, glass and nails?
Episode 25: Airplane Hour
Jamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can safely land an airplane. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths.
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Episode 21: Special Supersized Myths
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Episode 20: Exploding Water Heater
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Episode 19: Trailblazers
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Episode 18: Myth Revolution
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Episode 17: Superhero Hour
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Episode 16: Red Flag to a Bull
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Episode 15: Viewers' Special (1)
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Episode 13: Snow Special
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