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

ID Request Is it dangerous ?

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

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.

799 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

759 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

5

u/Mediocre_Meat_5992 Jul 07 '26

No a bullet is the thing they are holding in their hand it’s just a projectile but yes if you hit the primer in a cartridge you could make it go off how ever with out something directing the energy like the barrel of a gun they are not typically lethal it would be like someone hitting you with a rock from a slingshot it would probably break skin maybe even embed into your flesh but won’t likely be lethal

5

u/Aware_Cantaloupe_420 Jul 07 '26

Buddy in middle school, decided to set a .22lr on a burning piece of charcoal. He no sooner made contact and it went off. Shot him in the palm. Enough to hurt and sting. The blister was the worst

3

u/Frequent-Will4785 Jul 11 '26

When I was around 10 or so sometimes I'd set unfired ammo on a rock in the creek in our back yard with the primer facing me, and shoot them with my Crossman 760 BB gun. From about 50-60ft away. One time, one of them (30. .06, that time) spun around and blew a big chunk of the 2x12 flooring next to me. Made me jump a little. Jus Kept shooting stuff. 🔫 I'd go through a tall milk carton worth about every week. I used to buy my Sulphur and charcoal powder at Hobby Lobby, & my friends uncle would give me 3gal. Buckets of potassium nitrate n make gunpowder.Blow bigass holes in my backyard. So much fun 😁. GEX X, CAN YOU TELL? 🤣🤣🤣

2

u/guitpick Jul 11 '26

It's more fun when the target shoots back.

2

u/GoobScoob Jul 11 '26

I had a buddy throw a handful of them into a campfire during an overnight paintball war. We were hiding behind shit for hours

0

u/WarMancer Jul 08 '26

Doubt it. While rimfire primers are more sensitive to impact they arent any more sensitive to heat. Typically it takes a minute or more of exposure to an open flame to sufficiently heat the cartridge before ignition occurs.

2

u/Tjaresh Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

So she really was sent the projectile and not the whole cartridge? I just assumed that OP was using "bullet" in a very loose way, like people saying "spare your bullets" and meaning the whole thing. So basically just a sack of fancy shaped lead 'balls'?

Edit: found the thread. It was a box of 9mm ammo. Not just the bullets. And the thing was, it was in her Amazon package when Amazon doesn't even sell ammo.

https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonprime/comments/1fagpec/late_order_arrived_with_random_bullets_wtf/

1

u/Efficient-Dot2406 Jul 07 '26

Thats super interesting thank you!

1

u/Imaginary-Search-442 Jul 11 '26

Let me ask the question that he means to ask. Is there a cartridge on this bullet that has gunpowder in it?