Ever had a hot bullet shell casing....

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
B

Batti

Golden Member
Feb 2, 2000
1,608
0
0
Yep, in the prone position, too. Can't get up and dance on the firing line without risking being shot...
 
B

Batti

Golden Member
Feb 2, 2000
1,608
0
0
Yep, in the prone position, too. Can't get up and dance on the firing line without risking being shot...
 
C

Christobevii3

Senior member
Aug 29, 2004
995
0
76
.223 casing really aren't that hot so i don't understand the reaction. I've picked up overloaded .223 rounds and put them in my hand and against my face to prove this to someone else.
 
skyking

skyking

Lifer
Nov 21, 2001
22,790
5,950
146
The heat depends on how many rounds through in the last few seconds. A buddy of mine blazed through the entire tube magazine of an old stevens .22 auto rifle. He had found a way to disengage the sear by turning it upside down to a certain angle, and it was full auto!
The last casing out landed right on my collar, and left a T-shaped burn scar on my neck. It sat there long enough that it stuck to the flesh.
 
K

Kelvrick

Lifer
Feb 14, 2001
18,422
5
81
No, I don't have a .223 but I have had 9mm, 40sw and .22lr go down the back or front of my shirt. I wear t-shirts with smaller neck openings and a hat to the range because of these very reasons.
 
P

PrinceofWands

Lifer
May 16, 2000
13,522
0
0
Hehe, the worst is between the lips. Because I shoot rifle left handed I end up catching most of the brass in my face and chest, but between the lips (like a cigarette) is the absolute worst so far.
 
C

Cadop

Senior member
Mar 28, 2003
411
1
81
I had an M16 casing get stuck between the front guard and my wrist. It hurt like hell and it blistered real quick. Still have the scar from it.
 
P

Passions

Diamond Member
Feb 17, 2000
6,855
3
0
They need to put a thin sleeve of rubber around the metal casings. It's not very safe. Someone could get very burned. At least a warning label on each shell should be required.
 
waggy

waggy

No Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
68,143
10
81
Originally posted by: Passions
They need to put a thin sleeve of rubber around the metal casings. It's not very safe. Someone could get very burned. At least a warning label on each shell should be required.
Click to expand...

damnit my sarcasm meter just exploded! you owe me a new one!
 
CptCrunch

CptCrunch

Golden Member
Jan 31, 2005
1,877
1
0
I had a 9mm casing hit my forehead and then fall down into my safety glasses and rest on my right cheek bone, with a loaded pistol in my hands. by the time I put the gun down and took off the glasses, the casing was already just warm. It blistered up real quick and I have a tiny scar from it
 
Specop 007

Specop 007

Diamond Member
Jan 31, 2005
9,454
0
0
Originally posted by: CptCrunch
I had a 9mm casing hit my forehead and then fall down into my safety glasses and rest on my right cheek bone, with a loaded pistol in my hands. by the time I put the gun down and took off the glasses, the casing was already just warm. It blistered up real quick and I have a tiny scar from it
Click to expand...

Same, except it was a .45 case and it got stuck between the safety glasses and my eye lid. I moved a bit faster then you thankfully, it didnt blister. Sure did make me dance though.
 
JohnOfSheffield

JohnOfSheffield

Lifer
Jun 26, 2007
11,925
2
0
Never happened to me, the G3 as well as any other ones of the rifles i've ever used have been designed right.

Left or right handed, it will eject without hitting you in any case.

Our bullets are a helluvalot more expensive though, and while i was asked to allow the new standard, i refused.

I love this gun, it's reliable beyond any other gun, i mean that, bar none, this is the most reliable gun in the world.

It doesn't do fancy shit like three shot bursts but it works in -35C and it works in the desert.

Flips the casings out to the front.
 
JasonSix78

JasonSix78

Platinum Member
Mar 5, 2005
2,020
1
0
Had 9mm and .40 casings hit the side of the stall at the range and go down my shirt before. They're toasty.
 
skyking

skyking

Lifer
Nov 21, 2001
22,790
5,950
146
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Never happened to me, the G3 as well as any other ones of the rifles i've ever used have been designed right.

Left or right handed, it will eject without hitting you in any case.

Our bullets are a helluvalot more expensive though, and while i was asked to allow the new standard, i refused.

I love this gun, it's reliable beyond any other gun, i mean that, bar none, this is the most reliable gun in the world.

It doesn't do fancy shit like three shot bursts but it works in -35C and it works in the desert.

Flips the casings out to the front.
Click to expand...
Many years ago a friend of mine bought a new HK93, the civilianized .223 caliber of the HK43.
We did a fair amount of shooting and I was quite impressed.
Being a new thing to us, I studied up on it. The extractor holds onto the cartridge and bounces it off the reciever opening out of the way very nicely. Puts a heck of a dent in it.
The chamber is not smooth but fluted like the splines of a driveshaft, to allow various debris and water, etc to get pushed aside. It never did jam, and the blowby gasses will clear the gunk out of the grooves. Those grooves and lands made some nice little crimps in the casings to go along with the extractor/ejector dent.
finally, the gasses kinda burn the outside of the casing. They were fluted, dented, and burnt. We'd pick them up, but it was obvious that they were not suitable for reload:p

 
l0cke

l0cke

Diamond Member
Dec 12, 2005
3,790
0
0
Originally posted by: skyking
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Never happened to me, the G3 as well as any other ones of the rifles i've ever used have been designed right.

Left or right handed, it will eject without hitting you in any case.

Our bullets are a helluvalot more expensive though, and while i was asked to allow the new standard, i refused.

I love this gun, it's reliable beyond any other gun, i mean that, bar none, this is the most reliable gun in the world.

It doesn't do fancy shit like three shot bursts but it works in -35C and it works in the desert.

Flips the casings out to the front.
Click to expand...
Many years ago a friend of mine bought a new HK93, the civilianized .223 caliber of the HK43.
We did a fair amount of shooting and I was quite impressed.
Being a new thing to us, I studied up on it. The extractor holds onto the cartridge and bounces it off the reciever opening out of the way very nicely. Puts a heck of a dent in it.
The chamber is not smooth but fluted like the splines of a driveshaft, to allow various debris and water, etc to get pushed aside. It never did jam, and the blowby gasses will clear the gunk out of the grooves. Those grooves and lands made some nice little crimps in the casings to go along with the extractor/ejector dent.
finally, the gasses kinda burn the outside of the casing. They were fluted, dented, and burnt. We'd pick them up, but it was obvious that they were not suitable for reload:p
Click to expand...

Flute marks look sweet though!

Also, try the FNC! It bends the cartridges in two places sometimes, and really bends them.

 
R

Ramma2

Platinum Member
Jul 29, 2002
2,710
1
0
Friend in basic had a M16 brass bounce off his neck, hit him perfectly so it left a round O burn.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom