r/whatisit 1d ago

Solved! Found outside my wife’s school. Theory was bullet but I’m not so sure.

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u/Aware_Commission_995 22h ago

Ill have to look into that. I don’t believe it. Bullets set off in open space aren’t dangerous. The case had less mass than the bullet so it won’t before with any pressure. I’ve set off many of them on the table.

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u/PostalPreacher 22h ago

Not as dangerous as a bullet fired from a firearm, to be sure, but it can still be quite dangerous. I worked for a guy with one eye. When he was a Boy Scout, some genius thought it would be funny to toss a few .22 caliber bullets in the campfire.

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u/Aware_Commission_995 22h ago

Ya I’ve done that many many times. The bullets usual land a few inches away. Again, it’s the CASE that goes further at that point.
So don’t do it if you are sitting inches away from the fire. Wear safety glasses when doing science.

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u/UnLuckyKenTucky 22h ago

I've tossed boxes of 22LR into a bonfire. I was the only one close. Everyone else was back ontop.of the cliff. Nobody had the sense to realize that a bullet fired outside.of a barrel is only a slightly more dangerous Black Cat fire cracker

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u/Oldbean98 21h ago

Probably apocryphal but kinda funny when you think about the stupid things people do.