smerchly Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Story in the paper ....California .....police find dead body in a house and found 1200 guns of all sorts and over 2 tons of ammo ! The whole stash will probably be destroyed even if they could make thousands of bucks selling it . If the house caught fire , I'm wondering if the ammo would explode ,sending bullets in all directions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Story in the paper ....California .....police find dead body in a house and found 1200 guns of all sorts and over 2 tons of ammo ! The whole stash will probably be destroyed even if they could make thousands of bucks selling it . If the house caught fire , I'm wondering if the ammo would explode ,sending bullets in all directions ? Most definitely i would not wan't to be within a 100 yards of that place if it was on fire if that place went up it would have been a disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staffman Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Must of been a collector ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Bullets don't go flying off in all directions in a fire , maybe if it was in a gun and confined in the chamber and cooked off in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron4blues Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 As Dave says, the bullets themselves wouldn't go flying (at least not very far). There would be shrapnel flying, but its would be mostly brass, and wouldn't pose much risk beyond a few yards. I've actually seen slow-motion video of a rifle round being cooked off in that fashion. The bullet itself barely moved. Still, a fire in an ammo "dump" like that would not be fun to be around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks for the info guys ......Many years ago a guy tossed a .22 cal . bullet into a fire and I headed for the hills , not knowing what to expect .....Think I'd still not stand near by to see ....... ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron4blues Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Couldn't find the video that I'd seen before, but this one pretty well proves the point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ad9e0mo8q4 Damn. Looks like a bad link. Just search Youtube for "Are Bullets dangerous?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 I was told in my gun course years ago that they would go off like missals But Coachman is right http://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-a-bullet-was-thrown-into-a-fire-or-exposed-to-an-open-flame still i would not wan't to be within a 100 yds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Just plain scarey , but maybe not as dangerous as a fire cracker factory on fire ....... and certainly not as dangerous as a glass bottle half full of water tossed into a fire .....I witnessed the aftermath of that one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron4blues Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Its physics, really. The force of the explosion will follow the path of least resistance. Thats how shaped charges work for example. I recall using thunderflashes when in the military (overgrown firecrackers that look like road flares). They contain about an ounce of black powder and make quite a bang. But we'd usually find the base on the ground right where it had detonated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Reviving an old post ......This shotgun shell rolled off a table and fired when it hit the floor . How did that happen ? It looked like the load fired off into the corner just as it would being fired from a shotgun .....could have been fatal to a bystander ? http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82911777/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I would watch from video in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnn Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Many years ago I stuck a 22 shell in a post, Stepped back a short distance and shot at the casing. I hit it and there was a pop and instantly something hit me in the forehead. It was the casing from the shell. The lead did not go any further into the post. Lucky I wasn't hit in the eye. Never did that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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