Do you think static electricity could possibly make a gun go off??

[TC2]

Sounds stupid but I wonder about that shit sometimes.

I get a static electric shock every time I get out of my truck...I don't mean some little white spark that tingles your finger either.

I'm talking a blue arc that shoots from a good 2 inches off the truck to my finger,hand whatever and travels down to my fuckin toes.

I'm dead serious...it's not your average little jolt.

Do you gun owners think this has a possibility if igniting the powder and firing the gun?????

 

[KillahBee]

Less talk, more pics of GF, tubbyfuck

 

[samoth]

Do you gun owners think this has a possibility if igniting the powder and firing the gun?????

I'm not a gun owner, but the heat created by static electricity (on the scale we're talking) won't be nearly enough to ignite gun powder. Now, if there were some sort of electronic firing mechanism, then it would be a possibility, but I have no idea how guns work.

 

[TC2]

Less talk, more pics of GF, tubbyfuck

I hate you.

 

[TC2]

Seriously.....I carry a .38 special snubby and I don't want blow my testes off because of some stupid shit like static electricity.

 

[digimon7068]

1. under normal atmospheric conditions, you shouldn't be getting shocked like that everytime you get out of your truck.

2. i doubt that you have anything to worry about with regard to accidental discharge of your heater. . .call mythbusters. . .

 

[BNG]

Nope!

 

[mountain muscle]

Are you serious?

You carry a gun and don't understand how they work?

No way in hell.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

maybe if the shock scared the shit out of you and made you squeeze the trigger

otherwise no

...and how hairy is your ass, to generate 2 inch arcs? wow, assafro

 

[TC2]

1. under normal atmospheric conditions, you shouldn't be getting shocked like that everytime you get out of your truck.

2. i doubt that you have anything to worry about with regard to accidental discharge of your heater. . .call mythbusters. . .

every car I've ever had has done it to me. mostly during colder dryer weather.

 

[TC2]

Are you serious?

You carry a gun and don't understand how they work?

No way in hell.

Does a bullet not fire because if the spark inside the round??

Is that not what ignites the powder???

 

[mountain muscle]

Does a bullet not fire because if the spark inside the round??

Is that not what ignites the powder???

A flame actually, from the primer, which ignites the powder. The primer ignites from impact <firing pin> not static electricity. Technically, the gases from the burning powder propel the bullet.

If you want to test your theory, remove a bullet from the casing and pour the powder into a small pile and put the casing right next to the pile, put on some wool socks, run around on the carpet and see if you can ignite the powder with the static from your finger tip.

 

[TC2]

A flame actually, from the primer, which ignites the powder. The primer ignites from impact <firing pin> not static electricity. Technically, the gases from the burning powder propel the bullet.

If you want to test your theory, remove a bullet from the casing and pour the powder into a small pile and put the casing right next to the pile, put on some wool socks, run around on the carpet and see if you can ignite the powder with the static from your finger tip.

I've heard of poor fuckers that have blown themselves up putting gas in their cars from static electricity.

 

[mountain muscle]

I've heard of poor fuckers that have blown themselves up putting gas in their cars from static electricity.

Gasoline fumes are much more volatile than gun powder.
Burning themselves up, yes, blowing themselves up negative ghostrider.

 

[samoth]

I've heard of poor fuckers that have blown themselves up putting gas in their cars from static electricity.

Igniting gaseous fumes =/= igniting solid powder. (Gasoline isn't flammable... pour some in an open bucket and throw a lit match in. It'll go out just like it was water.)

 

[BNG]

(Gasoline isn't flammable... pour some in an open bucket and throw a lit match in. It'll go out just like it was water.)

Bullshit! Gas has such a low flashpoint temp that the match won't make it to the liquid before it lites the vapors. Diesel but not gas.

 

[samoth]

Bullshit! Gas has such a low flashpoint temp that the match won't make it to the liquid before it lites the vapors. Diesel but not gas.

Go ahead and try it. Just make sure the gas is in an open vessel. (Note I'm talking about car gasoline... I'm not sure about the many other forms of gas.)

 

[borris]

*goes to the garage to try Samoth's experiment*

 

[digimon7068]

Go ahead and try it. Just make sure the gas is in an open vessel. (Note I'm talking about car gasoline... I'm not sure about the many other forms of gas.)

what samoth says is absolutely true. . .generally speaking, gasoline needs to be vaporized and mixed with oxygen (ala carburetor or fuel injector) to be rendered explosive so that its energy capacity can be released. . .however, depending on the atmospheric conditions and the type of vessel that you use to conduct your experiment you may not be pleased with the results of your "lit match" experiment. . .in that case fumes are the enemy and they can do funny things on a hot, humid day without much wind where they stay close to the ground and have an opportunity to accumulate. . .and white gas (i.e., coleman fuel) is ridiculously volatile. . .yet it's completely harmless in one of those drippy-ass coleman lanterns. . .go figure. . .