Am I the only one who sees this as stupid?

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Friend of mine just picked up a Cooey single shot. Not sure the model. Despite being Canadian, don't know much about Cooey's. Anyways, he was told it was dry fired alot and wanted to make sure it still worked. So he takes a .22LR and two pairs of needle nose pliers. With the pliers, he takes the bullet out of the casing and pours the black powder down the sink. He then loads the empty casing into the rifle, and shoots it in his house. When he heard the primer ignite, he knew the rifle was still good. When he told me this, I just looked at him with this dumb found face. He insisted this was safe, since the bullet and powder was gone. Even so, prying a rimfire apart like that... Still doesn't seem smart to me. The ironic thing is, this is Mr. Safety Man! Absolutely critical of gun safey, and insists his children put their finger off the trigger when using water guns in the summer! Now, am I the only one to find this stupid?
 
I'm gonna also admit that I've done this. Prying a .22 slug out of a case isn't as hard or as dangerous as it might sound. I can do it with my bare hands and since I'm pretty sure that I'm not strong enough to crush the rim with my bare hands, I highly doubt that there is any danger of me setting off the round. I'm probably in more danger of it going off if it slipped out of my fingers and landed funny on a rock (there are rocks in my house? :confused: ) or something, but even then I don't think it has enough weight to set itself off.

As for firing these self made "blanks" in your house, well, I don't know how this would be interpreted by a judge, but I don't think he has broken any laws as the gun is not technically propelling anything. I would just advise him to be sure not to fire it over carpet or near the drapes. :D (even still, I think the probability is next to nil that he would actually start a fire...)

But that's just my opinion.

Matthew
 
Alright, perhaps I'm overcautious. But prying the round apart still seems dumb to me. I once dropped a box of .22 mags, and one went off when it hit the ground. So, perhaps I'm a little overcautious when screwing around with ammo.
 
I've done it on all of my guns. Its not dangerous as long as you keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. And by safe I also mean a non flammable surface as hot stuff is going to be coming out of the muzzle and you need to account for that. I use a small bucket with a little water in the bottom. Usually, except for ..2, I just use a newly cleaned and primed case to do it. I don't screw with factory ammo cause its to expensive to waste doing this.
at least this way you can check the function of your firearm without needing to load and fire a live round or go to the range.

Removing a .22 bullet is easy. OBVIOUSLY, you don't smack it with anything. You can gently pull the bullet off with pliers or vise grips. A bullet remover hammer (can;t for the life of my remember it proper name-old age thing I think) can take the bullet off a centerfire round but if your reloading then its a non issue. Just be safe. Don't smoke when doing it etc.

There is nothing wrong with it as long as it is done safely like everything else that's related to this sport. Hearing protection is also recommended.;)
 
Not stupid. Ever try pulling a bullet with a kinetic bullet puller?
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You can figure out how they work easy enough. What seems more dangerous? Smacking a miniature hand grenade built into a hammerhead or popping a lead slug out and dumping the powder out?
 
I find dropped .22 ammo at our range almost every time I go there. Since I don't think it's a wise idea to leave live rounds lying around I pick them up and take them home. The bullets get pulled with pliers and I chuck the lead in my lead pot where it can be "born again" as pistol pullets. The powder gets disposed of by burning outside and the primers get "snapped" in a junky old .22 in the garage or outside (I live in a rural area). Wear eye protection when doing any of these things.

I keep a few clean primed "brass only" around for testing firing pins, and I don't think this is an especially dangerous practice as long as the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction - just point the muzzle at something that could safely absorb a real round.

There is no way would I fire .22 ammo, or any lead bullet ammo, that's been dropped in the dirt. Dirt sticks to the bullet like lapping compound and firing dirty bullets is going to wear to the barrel.
 
Smokeless powder makes a great fire starter if you have no other way of starting a campfire. Take a cartridge and lay it on a rock. Then take a small rock in you hand and begin tapping on the case neck as you rotate the case. The bullet will become loose enough to pull out with you hand. Then pour out the powder. Flint and steel for spark and you got yourself a fire. Or you can just flick your Bic.
 
Mmmmmmm, as far as stupid things go, this is pretty low on the list. I'd be more worried about washing the lead dust off my fingers if I pulled it apart by hand to be honest.

Seems your bud just knows what can hurt him and what can't, or at least what the risks involved are.
 
StoneHorse said:
Smokeless powder makes a great fire starter if you have no other way of starting a campfire. Take a cartridge and lay it on a rock. Then take a small rock in you hand and begin tapping on the case neck as you rotate the case. The bullet will become loose enough to pull out with you hand. Then pour out the powder. Flint and steel for spark and you got yourself a fire. Or you can just flick your Bic.
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you mean you dont use your hunting knife and a rock to strick the primer for the spark?

worked for pierce.
 
pharaoh2 said:
Not stupid. Ever try pulling a bullet with a kinetic bullet puller?
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You can figure out how they work easy enough. What seems more dangerous? Smacking a miniature hand grenade built into a hammerhead or popping a lead slug out and dumping the powder out?
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I could be mistaken but do they not say in the instructions for these
" not for rimfire cartridges"
Reason being ( the shell is held by the rim and you are hammering it on a solid surface.) This I could see setting off the rim primer
I would sooner bend it off with my fingers or pliers.

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This could result in an extra hole in your bullet puller. Also one in your table. One in your foot if it was under said table. And a hard to explain one in your floor! You can always hide the puller and cover the table hole with a plant, and wear shoes. But the wife will notice the new throw rug.
 
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