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NickB79

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11. Even throwing a handful of .22 shells in a burning barrel won't make them discharge like that

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 01:53 PM

Apr 2012

We used to do stupid stuff like that as kids. They'd just pop off like firecrackers, but no bullet had enough energy to so much as dent the inside of the 55-gal. drum we used to burn garbage, much less penetrate it.

Without a chamber and barrel to direct the pressure, they have very little chance of causing injury.

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Weightlifter shot when he drops dumbbell on bullet (or so he says) [View all] Liberal_in_LA Apr 2012 OP

Ouch. Bullet must have been on a dresser or something, chrisa Apr 2012 #1

I think cops think someone shot him and left with gun. Liberal_in_LA Apr 2012 #2

That's probably more likely. The physics behind what the guy claimed happened chrisa Apr 2012 #5

.22 rounds don't have a primer. TheWraith Apr 2012 #6

Oh - Thanks for the info chrisa Apr 2012 #9

Was he doing what Schwartzshitter was doing when he was a body builder? LiberalFighter Apr 2012 #3

Sounds like a good one for Mythbusters n/t Duer 157099 Apr 2012 #4

Sounds like more than one dumbbell involved. KansDem Apr 2012 #7

I thought that when a bullet fired outside of a gun, it doesn't go very fast. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #8

You're exactly right. TheWraith Apr 2012 #10

That, and Also On the Road Apr 2012 #12

Also quite possible. TheWraith Apr 2012 #15

Even throwing a handful of .22 shells in a burning barrel won't make them discharge like that NickB79 Apr 2012 #11

Dumbbells don't kill people... MrScorpio Apr 2012 #13

If you outlaw dumbbells... pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #14

Looks like a job warrior1 Apr 2012 #16