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A door fastener having a contained metal ball which is under pressure from a spring; the ball engages a striking plate and keeps the door from opening until force is applied.

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"They just stack them all up and go, 'You are going to bash someone with a toaster, there is the saucepan for the bullet catch, there is the champagne bottle' - it's like The Generation Game, pick your prizes.

BEST OF ENEMIES

Stage magician Malachi Muldoon is the world's most dangerous practitioner of the arcane arts with his performance of the notorious and potentially lethal bullet catch. His show in Bear Creek draws the interest of Adam Clements and Deputy Hayward Knight.

Bullet Catch Showdown

Enter the G2 Acreage Bullet Catch and Strike Plate.

Acreage bullet catch

ANNA BURNSIDE IN FIDELITY | TRAVERSE, UNTIL AUG 28 IN ROB Drummond's last Fringe show, Bullet Catch, he asked an audience member to shoot him in the mouth live on stage.

BEST OF THE FEST

He said: "We're ending the show with the world famous bullet catch. Don't worry though, I won't be in any danger.

Piff the dragon breathes new life into magic; Grumpy magician and pet take break from bright lights of Las Vegas for Fringe show

Other tricks include a riff on free speech that involves the suggestion of a flag burning and a bullet catch that nods to the Second Amendment.

Using your illusions

In the episode which went out in April, the killer trick was the Bullet Catch, which has killed 12 magicians who tried to catch a bullet in their teeth.

Never afraid to ice with death

The bullet catch and the infamous water torture cell.

Take five; Actor and writer Stuart Brennan convinces us to see... his latest stage show Houdini

It is certainly among the best--if not the greatest bullet catch of all time."

Good words for 'Bad Boys': originality, generosity and oddball humor have endeared Penn & Teller to friends and rivals alike

And as if that wasn't enough, he undertakes one of the most famous illusions in magic; the bullet catch. He must catch a bullet fired at point blank range from a .22 calibre gun in his mouth - a stunt captured on a camera recording footage at 10,000 frames per second.

Blaine attempts bullet catch

"I've come up with 35 new illusions for it - including the bullet catch. It's really fast moving."

Irish magician Keith takes bullet in bid to be the best; I'm bigger than David Blaine says The Druidmaster

Much of Rob's previous work has involved him doing dangerous stunts, such as recreating the bullet catch magic trick or learning to be a wrestler.