Posted on 04/24/2009 7:15:08 PM PDT by John W
Ever put “strike anywhere” matches on an anvil and hit them? quite the bang for a kid...
Reckon why not?
“One move and the ATF guy gets it!” /blazing-saddles
“Fath said he’ll never hit a bullet with a hammer again. “
He will instead, just dispose of unwanted bullets either in his oven, or in his lit charcoal grill.
A .22 knocked him on his buttocks? Must have been badly off balance to begin with.
Cartridges which are set off, or cook off as in a fire, outside of a chamber which provides the strength to contain the pressure of the gasses produces by the powder burning, either split, like a firecracker, or expel the bullet at very low speed, or both.
Even a .22 fired from a handgun or a rifle isn't likely to be knocking anyone, not even a Mary Martin type, on their ass.
Might kill you if it clipped an artery, or from infection even from a minor wound. (.22 bullets are usually lubricated and pick up all sorts of nasty stuff).
And he might not vote for Obama in 2012 again, either...
Bullets are to cartridges as flour is to bread, as cement is to concrete, etc. When will they ever learn?
***What the hell kind of tenants were in those rental houses?***
Good question. It was a mining and oil drilling area. We were renters also. You would be surprised at the stuff we found in them.
I had a buddy in high school with an arc welder and acetylene torch. On 4th of July one year they got around to taking hefty trash bags and putting them under 40 gallon or so metal garbage can, filling the bag with acetylene and setting the welder contacts under it. Then they’d go into the garage and turn the welder on, nearly sending the can into low earth orbit with a window rattling boom and a resounding crash when it came back down to earth...
I think he’s full of beans on how he shot himself. There have been plenty of studies done, and the brass will go a hell of lot farther than the bullet. Without something, like a chamber/barrel to contain and direct the pressure, there really isn’t any direction to the energy, and frankly, with smokless power, if it ain’t contained, it doesn’t build much pressure. I suggest that the local law enforcement folks investigate this thoroughly. My guess is that they will find a gun somewhere.
I am a certified firearms, and reloading instructor, and I have had ammo pop on me in the form of the rechargable battery pack from my camera flash setting one off in a jacket pocket. I jumped pretty good. There was a scorch mark, but the cotton pocket was fine and contained the bullet and case.
YOu can do that with high powered military rifle cartridges.
Ask me how I know... I had a problem with aftermarket magazines for my 7.62x51 H&K. About the 3rd or 4th round from the end would stovepipe, putting a big dent in the case. I pulled the bullets with a pair of pliers, well two pair, and burned the powder...That last turned out to be the "more than I expected" part... but only because I was living an apartment at the time, and burned several catridges worth on my patio. Kinda scorched the underside of the balcony above. :) Nice pretty purple flame, a BIG pretty purple flame.
And a cousin can jump even further when you give him a jumper wire with a break in the insulation?
My Grandfather would check the spark on the RidgeRunner (ground up built 4 wheel drive vehicle with a 1946 4 cylinder, air cooled, Wisconsin engine from an old hay baler) by pulling the plug wires off and just feeling it. I was close enough once or twice for him to grab hold of me and ask if I thought it was firing properly...
***He will instead, just dispose of unwanted bullets either in his oven, or in his lit charcoal grill.***
When I was young (8) way back in 1956 New Mexico I had a Navajo Indian friend. He and I would go to his house and start a bonfire then throw .22 cartriges in it to listen to them pop!
I am surprised we kids didn’t get seriously injured from some of the stunts we pulled then.
Hitting a whole roll of them at one time makes an even nicer bang. Do it in the just inside an open garage and you get a nice booming effect.
Last fall, I watched a gun store, well a pawn shop that did a lot of firearms business, new firearms and ammunition burn to the ground. It sounded like popcorn, only I was 100+ yards away. Firemen didn't seem overly concerned about being much closer to it than I was. Some were even almost on top of the fire on the ladder truck's extended ladder.
“I think hes full of beans on how he shot himself. There have been plenty of studies done, and the brass will go a hell of lot farther than the bullet. Without something, like a chamber/barrel to contain and direct the pressure, there really isnt any direction to the energy, and frankly, with smokless power, if it aint contained, it doesnt build much pressure. I suggest that the local law enforcement folks investigate this thoroughly. My guess is that they will find a gun somewhere.
I am a certified firearms, and reloading instructor, and I have had ammo pop on me in the form of the rechargable battery pack from my camera flash setting one off in a jacket pocket. I jumped pretty good. There was a scorch mark, but the cotton pocket was fine and contained the bullet and case.”
Finally, someone that knows what they are talking about. A cartridge not in a firearm won’t propel the bullet, it is more likely to toss the case. Or the case will rupture. I have seen pictures of ammo subjected to fire and the cases usually burst. I don’t see how a 22 caliber rimfire round hit with a hammer on a rock is going to present much of a projectile danger. My biggest fear would be small fragments hitting the fool’s eyes.
I’m not going to try it either. :-)
My problem was with the sheriff. He didn’t get the information right either.
The primer is in the rim. It's just not a replaceable Boxer or Berdan center fire primer. A cartridge "fired" in this fashion doesn't develop much velocity as the pressure developed is not confined in the chamber and accelerating the bullet in a controlled fashion down the barrel. It is essentially a brass firecracker. It was a dumb stunt.
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