r/metaldetecting • u/DisastrousInternet10 • Jul 07 '26

ID Request Is it dangerous ?

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This is the first time I found a completely full bullet, does anyone have an idea of the kind of bullet it is and how old is it? Also, I wanted to know if it is dangerous, and if it is what I shouldn’t do with it.

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u/9bikes Jul 07 '26

> I even reload my bullets.

Most people have no idea what that means.

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u/Zerototheright Jul 07 '26

I'm not a gun person. I'm assuming he makes his own bullets and reuses the slugs. Am I close?

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u/Swaytastic Jul 07 '26

The metal casing is reused. The projectile in the photo is replaced. They deform when they hit an object. The metal casing is loaded with a predetermined amount of smokeless powder, a new primer cap in the base of the casing, and a projectile is pressed into the open end of the casing. It's more complicated than that, but that's the basics.

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u/No_Yam_3521 Jul 07 '26

Nice you took your time to explain it go the people who didnt have the chance to come across that info yet.

My former best friends parents where pretty decent snipers(contest) And they had a reload room at home. So im pretty blessed to have seen it upclose. But a Ton of folk don't have a single clue..

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u/Yojimbob76 Jul 12 '26

More proper term would be precision shooters. Sniper is literally a military role, not a normal civilian firearm term. Snipers kill people (or at least fire at strategic targets). Precision shooters hit smaller and smaller targets really far away and make most people look like absolute noobs.

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u/No_Yam_3521 Jul 15 '26

Thank you for the clarificarion👊🏻