URGEnt! i might die if i dont get answer! Disecting .22 bullet!?

Question

Just wondering if it would be a good idea to take the bullet part off from the shell(part with the gun powder)

Answer 1

This is really stupid.
You could possibily die if you keep playing with live ammo.
Or, at least be blinded or lose fingers or the use of a hand.

Answer 2

It is easy. First if you are talking about a .22 LR rimfire here is the way to remove the bullet. Put on a leather glove on the hand that you will hold the brass case with. This is not to protect your hand from an explosion as others have said but to give you a better grip and keep the pressure from being uncomfortable when you start pulling the bullet. Then take the bullet in your other fingers and start working it back and forth, up and down until it comes out. Then pour the powder out into a tin can of water and dispose of it by pouring out on the ground in your garden (if will help the plants) or pour it down the drain. (Do not pour it down a drain that has a garbage disposal in it.)
Then get a piece of white card board or painted flat board and glue the empty cartridge case on it. Then just above the empty case glue the bullet. Below the empty case put a white card with the specifications of the cartridge on it, such as Remington Wasp .22LR rim fire cartridge.
then put a little frame around it and hang it on the wall in your bedroom. Another thing you can do is take the end panel off the empty ammo box and glue it below your white card.
Be aware that the primer is still hot and you will not be able to kill it with water or oil. So treat it gently. The primer is the only part of a cartridge that is an explosive. In the .22 rim fire the primer is completely around the inside rim of the cartridge and contains .3 grains of explosive compound. Not enough to blow a hand off but enough to burn your fingers and that is no fun.
If you have other cartridges you can start out with a longer board and do the same glue and note, putting them in a row. Makes for a neat display. My son has a cartridge collection and he has several cartridge boards on his bed room walls.
Sarge

Answer 3

A "22 bullet" can describe a variety of rounds.

If you are talking about a 22 rimfire round, taking the bullet out is probably not the smartest thing you can do. I have seen people do it and I have yet to see one go off. However, with the rimfire cases, the primer goes around the entire base of the shell, which leaves a lot of area to get bumped and discharge the round while you are trying to pull the bullet.

If it is a 22 caliber centerfire round (like the 22-250 Savage), then it can be done pretty safely. You can buy a bullet puller that is meant for use in centerfire cartridges. Here is a link to an example of one: http://www.amazon.com/RCBS-Power-Pull-Bullet-Puller/dp/B000GUBN3M/ref=sr_1_4/002-9411791-3209654?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1187067066&sr=8-4 I have seen people use these on rimfire rounds, but like I said, it isn't the smartest thing to do.

If you reload, when I would have to pull a bullet, I would put the round in the reloading press with the die removed from the top. Then, I'd pull the handle so the case was all the way up and the bullet was sticking out the top of the press where the die usually is. I'd grab the bullet with a pair of pliers and push the handle up to bring the case back down. It works well, but the bullet is usually scratched up pretty bad afterward.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Do NOT follow cooljerks advice (he obviously does not know what a .22 is) and use a bullet puller, rimfires are designed to go off when the rim is damaged, and this will do just that.
Just use two hands and wriggle it, it's quite safe.

Answer 6

If you mean a .22LR cartridge, it is no great problem and is relatively safe as long as you don't try holding the rim with a pair of pliers. In fact, you will be better off holding the bullet with pliers and using your hand to pull the case off the bullet rather than the other way around.

Just be careful of sparks and open flame, and don't cruse the cartridge rims.

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Answer 7

not a good idea. 99 times out of 100 nothing will happen, but it only takes one time to blow your hand apart.

a 22 caliber rimfire enclosed in brass contains enough powder to definitely cause serious injury, to borrow from the Christmas Story "You'll put your Eye out!"

That said, don't do it.

Answer 8

i have done it a few times and nothing happened to me. all i did was put the casing end in a clamp, then grabbed pliers and pulled the bullet out. i dumped the powder out and drilled a hole in the side and made a necklace. my one friend did the same thing with a .30/06 shell. don't worry, u aren't gonna die.

Answer 9

If you do not know how to properly do it then, DONT

It Is safe if done correctly, consult a good reloading manual or local gunshop/smith.

I don't understand your urgency.

Answer 10

I had a younger friend try this, he wound up shooting himself in the leg.I wonder how he explained that to his parents or the police in the ER. This does not sound like a wise move.

Answer 11

No. Not a good idea unless you are under the supervision of someone who knows what they are doing. Pretend it's a bomb. Unless you know what the red wire and blue wire are going to do would you cut either of them?