Are my windows being smashed by stones, air rifles or bullets? glass travelled 17ft and left a marble sz hole

Question

I Have had my windows smashed twice in the last three weeks, and the cops think that it's kids with stones. But surely throwing a stone at someones window would NOT cause shards of glass to fly 17ft into my home. My dad thinks it could be .22 calibre but I can't find any pellets or bullets in my house! (or stones for that matter!)
The hole in the windows are marble sized and have obviously caused the rest of the window to crack.
Please help as I really don't wanna be shot!
Oh please note that I am a law abiding citizen with no know enemies. I just want to know why I'm being targeted and what I'm actually dealing with!!!
Stones? Air rifle? Snipper? (lol) Please help me anyone with knowledge of stone throwing or firearms!

Thanks a million.

Jack. (Currently hiding under my bed!!!)

Answer 1

Air Rifle or BB gun.

Answer 2

I would say that a 22 leaves a round hole, but not normally marble size slightly smaller than that.

A pellet since it is flat not rounded on the end, will leave a larger hole and since it is going slower it will cause more shatter than a 22. A 22 would sometimes not do anything but make star runs around the hole.

A rock large enough to break a window would normally be larger than a marble.

Without actually seeing it,it is hard to tell but no matter what is used rock, pellet or gun, something will be in the house that caused it. You just have not found it yet.

a 22 could go though one or two additional walls of the home before it stoped, and the holes would be fairly small in the wall.

Answer 3

For the pellet to make a hole the size of a marble it would have to be a .22 with an illegal draw weight (over 12 ftlbs) fired from about 10ft (3mtrs).It does seem that you have a case of stone throwers.A window breaks randomly if the stone has an irratic surface but would make a neat little hole if the stone was a smooth pebble of only 4-5 ounces.This means that the force used would only have to be negligable as the impact is restricted to a very small contact area.

Answer 4

If it was a bullet you would find it embedded somewhere. It could be a high powered air rifle in which case you will find the remains of the pellet (now squashed) outside the house under the window as it probably would not have penetrated but instead caused a sabot effect.

Could be stones and catapult though.

Either way the police need to get off their arses and help you out.

Answer 5

Marble sized??? That's bigger than a .22. If the glass is the first thing it's hit and it's that big then I'd say it's more like a .45. The fact that you're getting holes rather than smashed windows leads me to believe it's not a rock. It takes a certain hardness and velocity to make a hole in glass. I'd call the cops and keep your head down.

Answer 6

Call the Firearms Officer at your local police station (assuming you're in the UK). They are not the gun-toting Robocops, but the guys who assess applications for firearms licences and control the local shooting population. He (or She) will come round as a matter of urgency and will be able to tell you outright whether you are being shot at.

If it is an (air)gun, and the shots keep coming in, please try to stay out of the way. Inexperienced people, and especially kids, do not appreciate just how powerful and deadly these things are - I've been shooting for years, and got hit accidentally once with near fatal consequences. I know it's not productive, but safety is paramount, and the cops WILL deal with these people firmly - just imagine the look on these idiots faces when the Gun-cars turn up outside their house at 3am and half-a-dozen MP5-toting, body-armoured kick their door in!

Answer 7

right jack get out from under the bed cause if you cant find any stones inside or outside the window, then it is likely to be a high powered air rifle. when you check the angle of the whole in the glass you can estimate where the shot is coming from. go outside and look for a statigic fairly consealed point to fire from and monitor it.

Answer 8

Marbles, just happened at my workplace 5 holes all circular a 1 marble found inside, 2 outside.

Answer 9

it's an air rifle(or pistol) I was teaching at north London infant school a few years ago he class came under attack from a block of flats opposite the damage to the windows was the same as you describe. Good luck mate hope you survive to find out.

Answer 10

Air rifle / BB Gun. A kid with a BB gun shot a hole in our living room window when I was a kid (a long time ago), same sort of damage. The BB, when found, was at the other end of the room.

Answer 11

Air Rifle.