Way OT Bullets and house cleaning (was Re: Ever take a MicroVax through the car wash??

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Thu Apr 5 11:51:07 2001

> > Reminds me of my
> > mom's friend's mother, who quit vacuuming forever after she mistakenly
> > vacuumed up a bullet.. scratch one vacuum cleaner!
>
>Ow! I'm surprised the round went off, though.

I didn't write this but have had the experience, .22 cal rim fire
cartridge. Pretty much any good whack to the rim can make it go. However,
rounds fired outside of a gun shoot the casing off as the mass has much
more inertia and doesn't go very far. In my case the shop vac sorta
'chuffed' and I had to replace the filter which had ballooned to about
twice its normal size.

--Chuck
Received on Thu Apr 05 2001 - 11:51:07 BST