Anyone collect military surplus stuff?

[firstdown]

If you house ever catches on fire you need to warn all your neighbors to run and stop the fire truck a block back.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by firstdown

If you house ever catches on fire you need to warn all your neighbors to run and stop the fire truck a block back.

That's actually crossed my mind.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

That's actually crossed my mind.

That's funny but I guess it could be an issue if something happened.

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by firstdown

That's funny but I guess it could be an issue if something happened.

It's not as dangerous as you'd think. When ammo gets hot enough to explode, they act like miniature bombs rather than bullets. It doesn't really project the bullet, like it would if fired from a gun. When loaded in a gun, the energy created from detonating the cartridge has only one way out (at your target). When it's not loaded in a gun, there is nothing limiting the escape of the energy, so it dissipates much more quickly, and with less concentration. Often times, the brass shrapnel from the shell thrown during the explosion is more dangerous than the bullet. (The bullet has more mass, so the shell will be propelled away from the bullet).

[warpaint]

Originally Posted by firstdown

If you house ever catches on fire you need to warn all your neighbors to run and stop the fire truck a block back.

they could just by fire proof safes.

[mlmpetert]

Correll Caché: Charlton Heston's Gun Vault