4 Apr
2001
4 Apr
'01
10:43 p.m.
On Apr 4, 15:39, Will Jennings wrote:
Errm, since I'm assuming you're talking guns
here, I'd imagine the vacuum
stands a good chance of not being operable afterwards, too!
Apparently it was OK. Actually, they were CCI small pistol primers which
are a little more sensitive than Winchester ones, but I used a little
poetic license because I thought more people would realise what I meant.
From what my friend Mick tells me, some of them went
off as they hit the
metal innards of the vacuum (rather than the brushes). I
believe it was a
pretty noisy operation, though!
Richard mentioned that Winchester primers come in a flat plastic block; CCI
ones come in a small subdivided tray, about half the size of the Winchester
one. They're not individually compartmentalised like the Winchester ones
and tend to fall out rather easily. Mick had already dropped most of them
on the floor once, and picked them all up by hand. When he did it a second
time he just decided that the vacuum cleaner provided an easier solution.
For those who've not seen them, a tray of primers is about 2" square, and
holds 100 small round objects, 0.17" in diameter.
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.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
5 Apr
5 Apr
7:51 a.m.
New subject: Way OT Bullets and house cleaning (was Re: Ever take a MicroVax through the car wash??
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. 
8:15 a.m.
New subject: Way OT Bullets and house cleaning (was Re: Ever take a
Whoa. It's amazing that in our safety paranoid age these cartriges are
still around. I suppose the fact that they're rifle ammunition normally
conveys their inherant danger to people. Still, you're making me rethink
my choice of plinking guns. Perhaps one of these ruger 9mm rifles...
I have the mental image of my cat getting hold of a .22 rimfire. Ick.
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
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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. 
2:30 p.m.
New subject: Way OT Bullets and house cleaning (was Re: Ever take a
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Jim Strickland wrote:
I have the mental image of my cat getting hold of a
.22 rimfire. Ick.
Stand and deliver! Your tuna fush or your life! Yes indeed, it's not a
pretty thought. We have enough guns about without worrying about armed cats.
7:33 p.m.
New subject: Way OT Bullets and house cleaning (was Re: Ever take a
At 11:15 AM 4/5/01 -0600, Jim wrote:
Whoa. It's amazing that in our safety paranoid age
these cartriges are
still around. I suppose the fact that they're rifle ammunition normally
conveys their inherant danger to people. Still, you're making me rethink
my choice of plinking guns. Perhaps one of these ruger 9mm rifles...
I "plink" with a .50 BMG rifle. There's not many vacuum cleaners
that'll
suck up those cartridges!
Joe
1:59 p.m.
New subject: Way OT Bullets and house cleaning (was Re: Ever take a MicroVax through the car wash??
I've never had a cartridge fire outside of a firearm, but I've seen LOTS
of ammo 'cook off' in enemy vehicles during Desert Storm. Plain kinetic
type ammo (only charge is propellant not HE) is not nearly as dangerous
going off outside of a gun as it is inside one. In a gun, the chamber
walls keep the brass together. Outside of a gun, the brass just bursts
and the charge does not impart much velocity to the round or the case.
HEAT (High Explosive AntiTank) and artillery rounds are deadly in a fire.
On fire, they will eventually explode as designed and make a big mess of
whatever they are near. Same for Mines, Antitank rockets, antiair
rockets, and anything with an explosive charge.
In <5.0.0.25.2.20010405094900.01f42b80(a)208.226.86.10>10>, on 04/05/01
at 06:59 PM, Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com> said:
> > 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
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8:26 a.m.
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Pete Turnbull wrote:
I'm surprised it didn't result in a lawsuit :o
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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. 
10:15 a.m.
On Thursday, April 5, 2001, at 01:26 PM, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Pete Turnbull wrote:
I'm surprised it didn't result in a lawsuit :o
Why, because the bullet manufacturer didn't forsee the possibility
of someone being careless enough to actually try to suck one up?
There's just so much that can be done to make things idiot proof before
a little personal responsibility should kick in.
Jeff
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.
11:40 a.m.
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
On Thursday, April 5, 2001, at 01:26 PM, Sellam Ismail
wrote:
One would think so ;)
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On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Pete Turnbull wrote:
I'm surprised it didn't result in a lawsuit :o
Why, because the bullet manufacturer didn't forsee the possibility
of someone being careless enough to actually try to suck one up?
There's just so much that can be done to make things idiot proof before
a little personal responsibility should kick in. 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. 
12:07 p.m.
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Apr 4, 15:39, Will Jennings wrote:
Probably simply a fluke, or one of the 'legacy' types where the air and
sweepings actually went through the centrifugal blower. (Am I dating
myself?)
- don
Errm, since I'm assuming you're talking
guns here, I'd imagine the vacuum
stands a good chance of not being operable afterwards, too!
Apparently it was OK. Actually, they were CCI small pistol primers which
are a little more sensitive than Winchester ones, but I used a little
poetic license because I thought more people would realise what I meant.
From what my friend Mick tells me, some of them
went off as they hit the
metal innards of the vacuum (rather than the brushes). I
believe it was a
pretty noisy operation, though!
Richard mentioned that Winchester primers come in a flat plastic block; CCI
ones come in a small subdivided tray, about half the size of the Winchester
one. They're not individually compartmentalised like the Winchester ones
and tend to fall out rather easily. Mick had already dropped most of them
on the floor once, and picked them all up by hand. When he did it a second
time he just decided that the vacuum cleaner provided an easier solution.
For those who've not seen them, a tray of primers is about 2" square, and
holds 100 small round objects, 0.17" in diameter.
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. --
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
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