Post by: Pacific Ghost on September 25, 2019, 03:28:12 PM
Post by: HikerHunter on September 25, 2019, 03:37:25 PM
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Post by: Stein on September 25, 2019, 04:11:11 PM
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Post by: Caseyd on September 25, 2019, 08:16:38 PM
I remember Mythbusters where they tried to fire a .22 shell by putting it in the fuseholder of a car and the same thing happened - the brass went further than the bullet.
Little rim fires are easy to go off, they are like pop it’s
Post by: Gentrys on September 25, 2019, 09:27:33 PM
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Post by: Elkcollector82 on September 26, 2019, 03:38:25 AM
As a kid we used to throw them in the fire and then run like hell.
:o :o :o
Post by: nwmein199 on September 26, 2019, 06:54:06 AM
As a kid we used to throw them in the fire and then run like hell.
yup handful of .22 rounds when no one was looking :chuckle:
Post by: Pacific Ghost on September 26, 2019, 08:01:46 AM
That's crazy. Great lesson for us all. How'd your kid take it?He was fine. We used it as a teaching opportunity for both of us. Can't say that he's never teased me about it a few times since then. :rolleyes:
Post by: boneaddict on September 26, 2019, 01:04:25 PM
I always twinge if I have ever dropped one. I also wonder about the "spares" I have bouncing around in the bottom of my truck. I never intend to have any there, but I bet if I went and dug Id find some. I got searched really well at the border once. I think they found 5 or 6 different calibers back there.
Post by: fishnfur on September 26, 2019, 11:12:09 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on September 27, 2019, 02:16:18 PM
The reason I dropped it I was trying to hurry and load one in the pipe because a cougar ran across the road in front of me. Good thing it made that sound because I believe that’s what made the cougar stop and look back over his shoulder. Bad mistake on the cougars part. :chuckle:
Post by: fishnfur on September 28, 2019, 12:42:07 AM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on September 29, 2019, 12:47:31 PM
Post by: The Big Game Hunter on October 26, 2019, 10:51:43 AM
With hunting season basically upon us this year, I wanted to raise a little awareness and hopefully decrease the odds of this happening to anyone else. A few seasons ago, I took my eleven year old son out for his first deer hunt, as he had previously completed the hunter education course. We arrived at the location we would be starting from, and pulled in to the paved parking area. I instructed him to stay in the truck for a few minutes while I readied our stuff for the hike. While I was fumbling around with packs and gear etc, I dropped a 7mm WSM cartridge (a round I would be using in my own firearm) onto the ground. It landed upright, and primer down on one of the small rocks embedded in the asphalt below. Yes, there was a loud boom, and no it wasn't very funny. There was also at least one other vehicle in the lot at the time, which I don't think was another hunting party, and they didn't stick around too much longer after that. There are a lot of folks on here, and for those that may not know, when this happened the bullet did not go anywhere as it was not in a confined tube to project out of. But the powder does fire and explode, sending shrapnel here and there. Be careful out there this season, and something to watch out for.I had a similar thing happen once when I was deployed involving one of my Soldiers and a 5.56x45mm cartridge he dropped. He caught a tiny piece of brass in his neck, but it was fortunately very minor. Literally just a scratch. That's the sort of thing that's really scary and confusing when it happens, but as long as you don't get hit in the eye, it probably won't seriously injure anyone.