[Tupelo]

I think the Gov has been watching way too many movies.
I think it is possible to start a fire with a projectile from a firearm, but not too probable.
Maybe this is something that could be taken up by the Mythbusters.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Years ago I read a history of the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese.

Some of our soldiers went to the jungle as guerrillas, and one cool night they tried to start a fire by soaking a blanket in gasoline and firing a rifle at it. They had no matches. No matter what they did they could not get a fire to start.

[smokingfrog]

Maybe this is something that could be taken up by the Mythbusters.

Sounds like a good idea. Pile up some cheat grass around a pile of flint rock and shoot at it. Let's see what happens.