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Ponytail

Ponytail

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itsbob said:
I found out the hard way (bullets in my vest pocket) that a 9 V battery can cause a bullet to explode. You don't have to drop em..

Feathers flying everywhere. Never did find the bullet.
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:shocking:
 
desertrat

desertrat

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itsbob said:
I found out the hard way (bullets in my vest pocket) that a 9 V battery can cause a bullet to explode. You don't have to drop em..

Feathers flying everywhere. Never did find the bullet.
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Usually in that case it's the casing that really takes off. The bullet, having much more mass, doesn't go far.
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

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desertrat said:
Usually in that case it's the casing that really takes off. The bullet, having much more mass, doesn't go far.
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Same thing that happened to the boy. It was shrapnel from the casing that went through his foot.
 
Vince

Vince

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Like they said, the odds against one of them going off were astronomical. Weird. And who keeps bullets in the kitchen? :confused: I know, someone is going to jump up and down and say, "I do, I do."
 
Bustem' Down

Bustem' Down

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Vince said:
Like they said, the odds against one of them going off were astronomical. Weird. And who keeps bullets in the kitchen? :confused: I know, someone is going to jump up and down and say, "I do, I do."
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It's fun to put them in the microwave on the 4th of July.
 
BadGirl

BadGirl

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desertrat said:
Usually in that case it's the casing that really takes off. The bullet, having much more mass, doesn't go far.
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In my case(itsbob) it was only a .22, and the mangled case was still in the pocket, the bullet was gone.

I was at a gunshow at the time, taking a break from a shooting competition, heard the BANG.. saw the feathers, and thought "OH, CHIT, someone just shot me!!" Figured someone was screwing around with a gun at a table and hadn't cleared it.. Ripped the vest off, checked out my shirt... felt around my chest.. THEN got to the point of checking the vest pocket (upper pocket on the left side) where I found 3 or 4 more bullets, the battery, and the shrapnel that used to be the casing..

Heart was beating pretty good up to that point.
And through all of this, nobody else even reacted, nobody asked what happened, or asked if I was OK.. (I was 15 at the time)
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

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BadGirl said:
In my case(itsbob) it was only a .22, and the mangled case was still in the pocket, the bullet was gone.

I was at a gunshow at the time, taking a break from a shooting competition, heard the BANG.. saw the feathers, and thought "OH, CHIT, someone just shot me!!" Figured someone was screwing around with a gun at a table and hadn't cleared it.. Ripped the vest off, checked out my shirt... felt around my chest.. THEN got to the point of checking the vest pocket (upper pocket on the left side) where I found 3 or 4 more bullets, the battery, and the shrapnel that used to be the casing..

Heart was beating pretty good up to that point.
And through all of this, nobody else even reacted, nobody asked what happened, or asked if I was OK.. (I was 15 at the time)
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...I absentmindedly stuck a 9v in my change pocket one time. It got kinda warm for a minute.
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

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Larry Gude said:
...I absentmindedly stuck a 9v in my change pocket one time. It got kinda warm for a minute.
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Dunno if it is still taught but when I was in cub scouts (few years ago) they taught us to carry 9v batteries with is in case we NEEDED to start a fire cuz of the ease to do so with one using paperclips, steel wool, etc.
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Ponytail said:
Dunno if it is still taught but when I was in cub scouts (few years ago) they taught us to carry 9v batteries with is in case we NEEDED to start a fire cuz of the ease to do so with one using paperclips, steel wool, etc.
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That's how all the scouts started fires.. Steel wool and a battery... when asked to start a fire for their "boards"
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Larry Gude said:
...I absentmindedly stuck a 9v in my change pocket one time. It got kinda warm for a minute.
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It's a good thing I was 15 and 16 when I was.. I ALWAYS had bullets in my pockets. Got some strange looks at times when searching for change for a soda and pull out a handful of bullets and a couple of quarters.. I couldn't even tell you WHY I had a 9V battery in my pocket, transistor Radio maybe?
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

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itsbob said:
It's a good thing I was 15 and 16 when I was.. I ALWAYS had bullets in my pockets. Got some strange looks at times when searching for change for a soda and pull out a handful of bullets and a couple of quarters.. I couldn't even tell you WHY I had a 9V battery in my pocket, transistor Radio maybe?
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Quick energy boost when touched to the tongue? :lol:
 
MMDad

MMDad

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itsbob said:
It's a good thing I was 15 and 16 when I was.. I ALWAYS had bullets in my pockets. Got some strange looks at times when searching for change for a soda and pull out a handful of bullets and a couple of quarters.. I couldn't even tell you WHY I had a 9V battery in my pocket, transistor Radio maybe?
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:rolleyes: They didn't have radios when you were 15.
 
AK-74me

AK-74me

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If a round is fired but not in a sealed chamber it is far less dangerous, the projectile would really not have ability to do much penetrating when fired like this.

Anyone that has any experience with potato guns knows what I mean, you know when you get a potato that dosen't fit real tight, when fired it hardly has enough momentum to fall out the barrel.
 
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