How dangerous is this?
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Don't know why you would want to, but the safe way to do it would be to use an oil lamp with the wick over-extended so it will smoke abundantly. You can then smoke the round by holding it well above the flame, but away from the heat.
If you can still hold the cartridge in your fingers I'd go with zero %.
If you're looking to set your dies so that they will give you factory dimensions from a factory unfired round just pull the bullet and dump the powder and fire off the primer in firearm. This way you will have factory brass and not risk loosing fingers and subsequently adopting the name stumpy.
Perfectly safe and less than zero chance of it going off, as to get the soot on the case its well above the point of high heat in the flame. If your fingers arent getting burned there is no chance that the primer will go off and less than no chance of the powder going off. If you leave ammo in a car in direct sun in the heat of summer it will get to around 200 degrees inside and probably higher in the southern states and this has never set off ammo. You can through a live round into a fire and it will be several minutes before it goes off (seen it happen years ago) so a lighter isnt going to provide the heat needed.
So either the guy is a blazing idiot as stated above and does alot of stupid things or maybe he is very smart and has thought it through before doing it. Who ever saw it can make the call on that, but its not always just a guy being stupid
So either the guy is a blazing idiot as stated above and does alot of stupid things or maybe he is very smart and has thought it through before doing it. Who ever saw it can make the call on that, but its not always just a guy being stupid
I too have witnessed rifle shells in a blazing woodstove that did not go off for atleast 10 minutes. I was quite surprised. The dodgey part was that 3 were thrown in but only 2 went off. There weren't a lot of volunteers to check on the third.
The likelihood of that loaded round discharging is next to zero.
However, as has been suggested, why not an unloaded case?
Or if checking bullet seating depth, seat a bullet in a sized case, but without powder/primer.
Eagleye.
However, as has been suggested, why not an unloaded case?
Or if checking bullet seating depth, seat a bullet in a sized case, but without powder/primer.
Eagleye.
What he said?
It would probably be OK, but then using a blowtorch to warm up a metal gas can so it would feel better probably would be OK too
I wouldnt be checkin either lol, but my point remains valid
The third one, most likely, the primer popped out the back and the powder burned off. We had one time when my mom had swept up around dads reloading bench and about 8 or 9 went into the stove. Two were found after the fireworks with no primers in them. And no, there was no chance they werent in there when they got tossed in.
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Just as a gas fitter might use a lighter to test for gas leaks. Not reccomended but done all the time.
Did an experiment, back in the 60's.
Suspended a '06 ball round inside an inverted cardboard box. Lit a candle under the primer and ran for cover.
A long wait, and finally it went off.
The case body split open a small amount, a few kernels of unburnt powder fell out, but no shrapnel penetrated or even scarred the box. The bullet did not move in the neck.
Suspended a '06 ball round inside an inverted cardboard box. Lit a candle under the primer and ran for cover.
A long wait, and finally it went off.
The case body split open a small amount, a few kernels of unburnt powder fell out, but no shrapnel penetrated or even scarred the box. The bullet did not move in the neck.
