Starting a Fire with your Gun?

[donballz]

I just heard on NBC Nightly News that many of the fires out west in Colorado and other states are being blamed on shooters. Is this is even physically possible? I'd guess your muzzle flash could probably start a fire but I don't think they are laying prone in the dry brush in CO. Shooting is being banned according the news report.

Possible or liberal nonsense?

 

[BDBHoover]

Liberal nonsense attack gun owners and shooters at any chance they get

 

[ctbreitwieser]

Happens at Knob Creek all the time. So its gotta be true.

 

[VN Vet]

The saying Slinging Hot Lead had to come from somewhere, I guess.

 

[jeremy]

Yes it is highly possible. Given really dry hot conditions.

 

[Bunnykid68]

One fire out in CO was caused by gunfire, the guy that did it was the one that called 911. I think most fires are still caused by lightning strikes but there is no one to blame when it is lightning.

 

[DadOfFour]

The one that was started by gunfire was a bachelor party where a guy shot a 12ga "special" round like a bird bomb except this was a "flame thrower" round. I can't find the link, but read the article a few days ago.....

 

[CPT Nervous]

Tracers?

I've seen a lot of brush fires caused by tracers.

 

[powerstrokin]

It burns when I pee so damn bad... I'M SORRY, COLORADO!

 

[Liberty Sanders]

I would think that with black powder particularly it would not only be possible but likely.

 

[jeremy]

Tracers?

I've seen a lot of brush fires caused by tracers.

Tracers will DEFINITELY set stuff on fire. However, so will ball ammo as well. Used to set the Ranges at Hood on Fire every summer....

 

[donballz]

Huh. How do you like that.

 

[ctbreitwieser]

This was one of ranges in Cuba one day after shooting the .50 with tracers. After that we had to go through and de-link all the tracers. That sucked, it was even worse when we had to do it for the SAW's.

My buddy made the pic.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

The guy at the bachelor party was firing something similar to a dragon's breath incendiary that's meant to set stuff on fire. Yeah, tracers can when it's really dry, but when you're flinging napalm around, you should kind of expect some fire.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I just heard on NBC Nightly News that many of the fires out west in Colorado and other states are being blamed on shooters. Is this is even physically possible?

It is possible and there are dickheads out there shooting in these conditions, on public land, using their property as a weapon against everyone.

Possible or liberal nonsense?

Just because people are shooting does not mean they are thinking beyond their next beer.

 

[Bunnykid68]

It is possible and there are dickheads out there shooting in these conditions, on public land, using their property as a weapon against everyone.



Just because people are shooting does not mean they are thinking beyond their next beer.

Good call Dont mind if I do.

 

[jeremy]

Beer?!

 

[Bunnykid68]

Beer?!

yes, and is very cold

 

[Bigshep]

Def possible to set dry brush on fire by shooting. I'm not going to sit here and blame everything on the liberal nonsense, but you know as well as I do that they're going to run with this and blow it out of proportion. And like Kirk said, just because they're shooting doesn't mean that they're not idiots.

 

[nucone]

It is possible and because of our extreme drought and heat for an extended period, our gun club has shut down our range due to the risk of starting a fire. Just this week, there was a 550 acre brush fire not 10 miles from my house so the risk is extreme in some areas of the country. It was such a rare Independence Day this year with no fireworks as police were arresting anyone shooting them and charging them with felony mischief.