[Young guns]

I was going throug some stuff yesterday while we were cleaning out a building and i found something odd.

they were concrete nail blanks for a hand held single shot nail gun. I found all kinds of them but here is a picture of the most common four in the box.

My main question is this, are they safe for any old .22 rifle or pistol to fire them, cause if not i wil not shot one out of my 10/22 again. I already tested one of the shorter ones in my 10/22 and it seem like it fired all right, my real question is could i fire the longer ones that i have lodded up in this mag with out damaging my gun over time.

Would like some input on this, cause if they are ok to fire i will start using them in my pistol to scare off birds or that pesky raccon that finds his way in to my dumpster again.

Sorry for the bad pics my camera was on the fritz today.

Good Shooting.

TXS

 

[Young guns]

Thanks for all the input guys i was just wondering since they were .22 rimfire so i figured it couldnt be that dang powerfull, but i guess not. Ive never usesd one we always drilled holes with a concrete bit in a rotohammer and then hammered the fasteners in takes alot more time but is much safer and holds much better.

I found one of the instruction books about a hour ago while cleaning out the rest of the building, so i started reading i wish i hade found this a little soner. But i have found a box of the lighter loads and did a preasure test with one of the junk .22 rifles i have laying around and it seems to be doing fine.

Either way i was only going to use it to scare of critters around the house.

Thanks again.

Good Shooting.

TXS

 

[Young guns]

I think I remember reading a disclaimer once in a gun manufacturers manual. It went something like this. Only use ammo that was designed and built for use in your firearm. These blanks don't fall in that catagory. I believe it came from a Ruger Manual. dozier

Ya they say that about a lot of things just like it isnt safe to fire 5.56 out of a .223 camber and its not safe to fire .357 in a .38spl chamber but all the same people will do it any ways. I started picking through the ones that are the lighter loaded short rounds and have bhen picking out the good ones that are safe the rest are getting tosed.

Good Shooting.

TXS

 

[Young guns]

So far so good. Stick the rifle in an old tire and pull the trigger with a string from behind a tree.

It really (REALLY) isn't safe to fire a .357 in a .38 special chamber. RNGR3

Ya i know it isnt safe to fire a .357 in a .38spl, but you try and tell my grandpa that and he wont listen.

You hit the nail right on the head, execept i was using sand bags insted of a tire and that i was on the other side of the truck.

I found one box that will be safe to fire its about 50 rounds and i will use it to scare off the wood peckers that keep killing my trees.

Good Shooting.

TXS

 

[Young guns]

Thanks for all the input guys ive bhen thinking about it realy long and hard and figured i would keep a few for my ammo collection and the rest im gona git rid of.

Turtle thanks for the link i think i might get some of those.

OH and if any body is wondering about that .357 in a .38spl i cant tell you how it works either but for some reason my grandfathers old lever action can do it. Ive told him that its dangerous but he tells me im crazy and that i sould go read a book or someting so oh well on that one.

Like i said befor i was just wondering if it was ok i guess it was better to ask than go and screw up something. So lesson learned on this and if they hade worked i would have bhen happy that way i could stop those damm wood peckers with out having to kill them, but i guess i will just forget about my dang tree any ways.

Good Shooting.

TXS

 

[Young guns]

My we have a risk adverse society who ignore physics. With no load in front of the charge, you are not going to hurt the rifle. You could fill the barrel FULL of any powder you want and with no load you'll never come close to over pressuring a rifle. As long as the cases are shorter than the chamber, make all the noise you want....O.L.

See thats what i was thinking, but some people here (not mentioning any body) say its dangerous. Yes some of them are dangerous but others are safe and i allready went through that and still got the same dang answer.

Good Shooting.

TXS

 

[Young guns]

For those of you that posted comments Yesterday this thread has bhen dead and dorment for awhile nobody is shooting nail gun blanks out of any rifle.

So from hence forth just dont comment and let this thread die, as everyone wanted nobody needs to bring up old crap that is completly irrelevent any more.

Good Shooting.

TXS

 

[Young guns]

As long as theres interest along with current questions about nail gun power
loads and thier use in sporting arms(safety issues) it would seem to me to be a VERY current topic.If it is closed topic lets let a moderator do so. No offence but If you want to become a moderator then I suggest you approach the PTB.Until then I would refrain from making demands of the members as thier likely to fall on very deaf ears.GI1

Many, if not most of us are PFC's(private f*ing civilians) now.

I was the one who started the thread so, ya I do kinda have some athority over the issue. And the original intinion was to ask a question but every one else felt that the conversation wasent needed so we let the thread die.

So let the freakin thing die.

Good Shooting.

TXS