Its a whole lot safer and much cheaper to just visually check the chamber. Lol
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357 Magnum wood penetration
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You are correct. On the other hand I don't leave a loaded revolver in oven
I used to love watching mythbusters until I finally realized that they leave a lot of methodology out of their experiments, and pass off the results as solid evidence. Somone posted a firesafe, I think that's a great idea. Something else you migh want to consider if you haven't already is if the gun isn't in your direct control, or on your nightstand at night, perhaps it needs to be unloadd and secured?
Wood combustion occurs at around 575 degrees F. By the time the wood starts to burn, the ammunition has already detonated.
You are correct. On the other hand I don't leave a loaded revolver in oven
Somone posted a firesafe, I think that's a great idea. Something else you migh want to consider if you haven't already is if the gun isn't in your direct control, or on your nightstand at night, perhaps it needs to be unloadd and secured?
Suppose I have a safe for the gun that gives me fast access to the gun, but keeps anyone else out. I can leave a loaded gun in there if I can be sure that there is no circumstance (house fire) under which an accidentally fired bullet will escape the safe.
I'm still not getting the point of this thread
A revolver isn't just going to go off. Fire will burn through wood.
Why not just buy a pistol safe? It solves all your problems (though I'm still not sure what they are)
Do you know of a pistol safe that is guaranteed to keep the internal temperature below the temperature at which ammunition spontaneously goes off? If not, you need to think about where that bullet will end up.
NVM I had to re-read everything. I guess the only way to know is to test it out yourself when you find a place to do so. But if the fire has enough heat to detonate the bullets, then it probably has also done a great deal of damage to the wood on the outside layers at least, therefore decreasing structural strength. I'd head to the range
I think I understand where you are coming from. I'm going to restate my earlier suggestion. If the gun is not in your direct control, unload it. If the ammutition does combust due to temperature, you'll have a detonation rather than ignition, which means the powder will ignite simutaneously rather than a controlled burn. The round won't travel very far or as fast.
I'm not a big fan of leaving loaded guns laying around, even in a safe or lockbox. I'm not criticizing your choice, just offering a different viewpoint.
