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10-17-2012, 08:52 AM
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CAN a loaded cartridge go off if the bullet is pulled out?
So In my hunting circles a debate has been raging that a loaded round can go off if you pry the bullet out. I call BS on it because there is no way the powder can go off if the bullets just pulled out. Providing you are not squeezing the primer in any way. Or am I wrong?
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10-17-2012, 08:55 AM
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I saw it happen. When we were kids my buddy and I found a live round and were playing with it. His dad thought he would educate us. He put the round in a vice and pried out the bullet. Then somehow the primer went off and shot through his thumb, making a bloody mess. He sure did educate us, though not quite in the way he intended!
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10-17-2012, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Okotokian
I saw it happen. When we were kids my buddy and I found a live round and were playing with it. His dad thought he would educate us. He put the round in a vice and pried out the bullet. Then somehow the primer went off and shot through his thumb, making a bloody mess. He sure did educate us, though not quite in the way he intended!
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Was it a rimfire? Was he hitting it with a hammer? Had the primer already been struck by a firing pin (misfire)? 
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10-17-2012, 09:04 AM
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Was it a rimfire? Was he hitting it with a hammer? Had the primer already been struck by a firing pin (misfire)? |
Centerfire I think (recall it seemed larger than a .22, which I was familiar with when younger). No hammering but could have gotten squeezed in vice. We found the round outside so I have no idea whether it was a misfire or what had been done to it before.
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10-17-2012, 09:20 AM
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Rounds don't "go off" if the primer is ignited outside a chamber to contain the brass. It will go "Pffft" and that's it. The brass will move fast enough to possibly break the skin, but not penetrate a coat.
Ever heard of firefighters halting to find out if there's any ammo in a house before they approach? That's why. It's not an issue.
OK's dad used a vice to anchor the brass, hence it launched the bullet.
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10-17-2012, 09:23 AM
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A friend of mine had a round go off when he was using his inertia bullet puller....made a hell of a bang....lucky no one got hurt. He tossed it ASAP and got a collet puller die.
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Originally Posted by Okotokian
I saw it happen. When we were kids my buddy and I found a live round and were playing with it. His dad thought he would educate us. He put the round in a vice and pried out the bullet. Then somehow the primer went off and shot through his thumb, making a bloody mess. He sure did educate us, though not quite in the way he intended!
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It probably went off because he crushed the primer in the vice?
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10-17-2012, 08:56 AM
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Maybe if you were pulling bullets while sitting in a fire.... 
So, yeah, not possible. 
I just pulled 20 rounds of 30-06 the other night... still have my head! 
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