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Re:The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket by jemfinch on Monday November 01, 2010 @04:29PM (#1858090)
Hit a bullet hard enough with a hammer or other hard surface and it will (at least sometimes) discharge.
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Re:The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket by jasonkester on Monday November 01, 2010 @06:07PM (#1858427)
No. Hit a cartridge hard enough and it will go off. A bullet is just a component of that cartridge, and it's completely harmless without a casing full of powder surrounding it.
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Re:The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket by jemfinch on Monday November 01, 2010 @06:23PM (#1858485)
Sorry, you're right. To a layman, though, a "bullet" usually means the whole shebang.
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