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To: lepton
I wonder...if someone dumped a couple thousand of these from a 50 story buildings roof, into traffic - would any go off?

Probably some. They'd have to hit on the rim, on the edge of some object, rather than a flat street, would be better.

However, not much would happen, be like a largish firecracker, but with some metal shrapnel, as the case would probably fail, rather than the bullet be propelled, with any force at least.

123 posted on 11/14/2006 2:03:20 PM PST by El Gato
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To: El Gato

Actually, I had a 22 Cal Long Rifle round go off in my coat pocket when it shorted across the terminals of a 9V battery I had in the same pocket. There was a loud "pop", and my pocket jumped a little, but that was it.


131 posted on 11/14/2006 2:13:11 PM PST by PUGACHEV
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To: El Gato

I threw some 9mm into the woodstove just to see. There was some mild popping, way short of what even modest firecrackers should do on a damp day.


156 posted on 11/14/2006 3:22:04 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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