Shooting and starting fires

[aplinker]

You're missing that if it hits a rock, some metal, etc... you can get sparks.

*ALL* shooting has the potential for fire. You should *always* be prepared.

Bought six bales of straw, shot it 40 times with a Mauser, 60 times with an AR, read a magazine for half an our and saw no smoke, so my answer to my own question is NO. Then, since it's no fun being anal and paranoid unless you act on it, I set a sprinkler to hose it down for an hour or so just in case.

A friend said he couldn't see it anyway, since hunting is not banned in the summer.

No firecrackers, no tracers, no steel ammo, no plastic bottles, no flamethrowers, no nothing, just good old lead and copper jacketed ammo.

I shot as quickly as I could, not trying to aim well, since I didn't want bullets hitting each other. The Mauser was smoking nicely, got a bit more cosmoline out of the wood stock. The action got a little stiff the last 5 or 10 rounds. The AR never hiccuped but it got warm too.

I don't know how many bales the bullets went thru, but none came out the back. I'll keep shooting at them until they fall apart.

The bales in pristine condition:
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100 holes:
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Backside of the front bale:
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[Scarecrow Repair]

You're missing that if it hits a rock, some metal, etc... you can get sparks.

You're missing the point of this thread. I have heard that same silliness yet no one can explain how lead or copper creates sparks.

Your turn. Go ahead and explain it. Last time I asked, I was told the bullets get hot and can start a fire in dry grass. Thus this experiment.

[pdq_wizzard]

You're missing the point of this thread. I have heard that same silliness yet no one can explain how lead or copper creates sparks.

Your turn. Go ahead and explain it. Last time I asked, I was told the bullets get hot and can start a fire in dry grass. Thus this experiment.

I think you would be hard pressed to get a spark from lead or copper

I guess if you were really unlucky you could have some flint and steel together on the ground with some dry grass, that might do the trick???

[prob]

I think you would be hard pressed to get a spark from lead or copper

I guess if you were really unlucky you could have some flint and steel together on the ground with some dry grass, that might do the trick???

True enough. Both copper and lead tools are oftentimes used in industries where a spark could cause an explosion.

Good luck getting a spark with a copper bullet.

[2000fps]

Has anyone used tannerite in a dry area? The tannerite website says theres no fire danger but I find that hard to believe.

[19114me]

The Tannerite reaction absorbs oxygen. There is no flash. As a matter of fact you could put out a small fire by placing Tannerite next to it and shooting it.

[CSACANNONEER]

It's not just steel core or jacketed bullets that can cause fires.If you've ever seen an alluiminum tipped bullet hit a steel target, you know what I mean. See it here:

http://www.50bmg.net/videos.asp

[Desert_Rat]

It once took several hours longer than it should have to qualify at the M-16 range at Ft.Carson Co. due to fires that kept flareing up in the impact area beyond the targets.
I also set a stack of tires ablaze at Camp Pendleton range with an M249 and a trigger finger set to CYCLIC!