Ok When You Shoot A Gun Bullet How Hot Is The Bullet Is It Cool Enough To Catch It Or Too Hot To Touch it
My Friend Says Its At Hot As The Sun NO THERE IS NO WAY IM BELIVEING THAT SO im Gonna Prove Him Wrong And For my Own Reasons
2007-10-26 16:51:03 · 24 answers · asked by mortal k 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
lead bullets sometimes have surface melting from the heat of powder gasses, lead melts at 621F however the whole bullet never melts & squirts out as a liquid.
paper ignites at 451F & you cant set a piece of paper on fire with a bullet fired from any gun. only with the powder gasses that push the bullet.
so the surface of a bullet can excede 651F while in the barrel
BUT ARE ALWAYS BELOW 451F AFTER LEAVING THE BARREL no bullet catching required to prove this, just shoot at a piece of paper behind something that stops the powder gasses such as tinfoil or cardboard.
print this & show it to your clueless friend so you wont have to do any actual shooting.
2007-10-26 18:23:46 · answer #1 · answered by Who Dat ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bullets get hot, but not as hot as the Sun.
Take a high power rifle, such as a .300 WinMag and rapidly empty the magazine, then touch the barrel with your bare hand. It will burn your hand. It won't blister it, but it will be uncomfortable.
Some high velocity rounds such as the .17 Remington and some of the high velocity .22 centerfires will get bullets hot enough to melt the lead. If there is a flaw in the bullet jacket, the heat generated by powder gases, barrel friction, and air friction and centrifugal force will cause the bullet to disintegrate into a smear of lead in mid air.
Another thing that will give you an idea of how hot a bullet will get is to catch a piece of brass ejected immediately after firing. Nothing like a piece of hot brass down your collar to make you do dance moves you didn't know you knew.
Doc
2007-10-28 01:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't be able to catch a bullet. If you could it would be pretty hot. The burning gun powder will not affect the bullet temperature as much as air resistance. Just to give you an idea here, it is possible to reload .22-250 to shoot a bullet so fast that the lead core will melt out in flight. Lead melts around 320°C or 620°F; that's hotter than an electric oven on the self clean mode. Most bullets wouldn't reach this temperature, but a "gut feeling" tells me that they are going to be atleast 200-300°F in flight.
If you are talking about catching empty casings, this is a bit different. They will still get very hot. empty 22's are the smallest and will cool reasonably fast, as long as the shooter isn't shooting them out as fast as the gun will shoot, you shouldn't get burned. Bigger rifle casings will retain heat better. As a kid I picked up an empty 30-06 while my dad was sighting in once, I got a second degree burn from picking up a fresh one. Recently I grabbed an empty casing that stove-piped in my sks, I was wearing gloves, but it was sizzling while I touched it. That would have probably resulted in a burn if I didn't have gloves.
2007-10-28 00:05:40 · answer #3 · answered by Matt M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget the science, lets look at a real life event.
In the 1960-70's there was this guy who would catch bullets in his mouth. O.K. before all Ya'll get to screaming, these were low velocity rounds, and they first were fired through a 'screen' (not sure of the material) but the 'trick' (besides the low velocity) was he would place his tongue against the roof of his mouth and the projectile would strike the underside of his tongue which cushioned the impact. I think my first time to see this was on the Mike Douglas Show.
So to answer the question, they ain't as hot as the sun.
2007-10-27 22:09:16 · answer #4 · answered by NAnZI pELOZI's Forced Social 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common sense should tell your friend that a Copper bullet never gets that hot to begin with. A Copper FMJ (Full Metal Jacketed) bullet dissipates the heat rather quickly..and it could easy be picked up without burning your hands within seconds after being fired. I would hope you friend hasn't convinced you to try and "catch" a bullet to find out..This would be what is called a "Fools Bet" and someone is liable to get hurt or worse,but it won't be from a HOT bullet........
2007-10-27 00:51:02 · answer #5 · answered by JD 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the bullet gets heated from both the burning powder that propels it, as well as from the friction received as it slides down the barrel. As hot as the sun? no, but hot enough to burn your hand if you were able to touch it as soon as it left the barrel. But if you tried that, getting burned would be the least of your worries. Shoot safe and be careful.
2007-10-27 14:30:12 · answer #6 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be hot from the explosion of the gun powder, but it won't be hot as the sun. If you try to catch a bullet you have more to worry about than getting burnt from the heat.
2007-10-26 23:55:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lets say your friend is right, and assuming he is, if what he said is true the bullet would never make it out of the end of the barrel.* It would have melted inside the barrel if it got as hot as the sun.** Your right, he is mistaken in his belief.*
2007-10-27 09:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bullet is hot, but not as hot as the sun or it would melt the barrel of the firearm.
2007-10-26 23:54:47 · answer #9 · answered by beez 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever had the shell casing land on bare skin. Ouch!
It's probably hot like an oven but not much more. It will leave a red mark but not a blister.
Something hot as the sun would melt right through you.
2007-10-26 23:56:26 · answer #10 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋