Gun Humor thread

spat · Jun 1, 2020

Steal2B said:
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I'm still seeking cover.

That just means you weren't the *first* target.

Tisto · Jun 2, 2020

Steal2B said:
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Bullets collided in mid air?

A look at collided bullets.

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Photo of two bullets collided mid air

I follow a Twitter feed called Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) This photo appeared this morning and is said to be ' Two collided bullets from the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915-1916' Nil other info re source etc. I have absolutely no idea if this sort of thing is feasable and thought I'd share it he...

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Did you miss the point ... And Epstein still did not kill himself?

Don't misunderstand - I'm not saying that 2 bullets could not collide in mid-air, what I'm saying is that THOSE TWO bullets didn't. Only one of them has rifling marks on it. The other one does not, meaning that it was never fired. If they BOTH had rifling marks, it would be more convincing. Even then, I would be skeptical - chances of it happening 1 in a billion ? Chances of someone finding it ? 1 in how many trillion ?

Also, wouldn't it seem much more likely that bullets colliding in mid-air would tend to hit head-on instead of at a 90°angle to each other ? Usually in a war, most opponents are shooting in one direction, and the other side is returning fire from roughly the exact opposite direction.

I understand that bullets haven collided in mid-air were recovered from Gettysburg. This is more plausable, since the bullets were considerably larger in diameter, and traveling considerably slower. Add to that, the entire Gettysburg area has been gone over with metal detectors for the past 100 years.

I'm STILL calling BS on your picture.

Don't get mad, it's just the way I am.

GOPerfect · Jun 2, 2020

Tisto said:
I have to call BS on this one. One bullet clearly has rifling marks on it. The other does not. Sorry, but this is a set-up. Those bullets did not miraculously collide in mid-air.

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Real, yes, but not in the way you think.
One projectile was fired. There are rifling marks on that one.
The other projectile has no rifling marks. It was not fired.
In other words, one projectile was fired into a cartridge that was at rest, perhaps in an ammunition storage area.

Tisto · Jun 2, 2020

GOPerfect said:
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Real, yes, but not in the way you think.
One projectile was fired. There are rifling marks on that one.
The other projectile has no rifling marks. It was not fired.
In other words, one projectile was fired into a cartridge that was at rest, perhaps in an ammunition storage area.

Yes. NOT hit mid-air.

MothMan · Jun 2, 2020

Tisto said:
Don't misunderstand - I'm not saying that 2 bullets could not collide in mid-air, what I'm saying is that THOSE TWO bullets didn't. Only one of them has rifling marks on it. The other one does not, meaning that it was never fired. If they BOTH had rifling marks, it would be more convincing. Even then, I would be skeptical - chances of it happening 1 in a billion ? Chances of someone finding it ? 1 in how many trillion ?

Also, wouldn't it seem much more likely that bullets colliding in mid-air would tend to hit head-on instead of at a 90°angle to each other ? Usually in a war, most opponents are shooting in one direction, and the other side is returning fire from roughly the exact opposite direction.

I understand that bullets haven collided in mid-air were recovered from Gettysburg. This is more plausable, since the bullets were considerably larger in diameter, and traveling considerably slower. Add to that, the entire Gettysburg area has been gone over with metal detectors for the past 100 years.

I'm STILL calling BS on your picture.

Don't get mad, it's just the way I am.

MothMan · Jun 2, 2020

Steal2B · Jun 2, 2020

Tisto said:
Don't misunderstand - I'm not saying that 2 bullets could not collide in mid-air, what I'm saying is that THOSE TWO bullets didn't. Only one of them has rifling marks on it. The other one does not, meaning that it was never fired. If they BOTH had rifling marks, it would be more convincing. Even then, I would be skeptical - chances of it happening 1 in a billion ? Chances of someone finding it ? 1 in how many trillion ?

Also, wouldn't it seem much more likely that bullets colliding in mid-air would tend to hit head-on instead of at a 90°angle to each other ? Usually in a war, most opponents are shooting in one direction, and the other side is returning fire from roughly the exact opposite direction.

I understand that bullets haven collided in mid-air were recovered from Gettysburg. This is more plausable, since the bullets were considerably larger in diameter, and traveling considerably slower. Add to that, the entire Gettysburg area has been gone over with metal detectors for the past 100 years.

I'm STILL calling BS on your picture.

Don't get mad, it's just the way I am.

Not mad. You just did not get it and was trying to get you to read the punch line. No arguements here.

Third try ... Epstein killing himself?

Steal2B · Jun 2, 2020

Steal2B · Jun 2, 2020

Steal2B · Jun 2, 2020

Tisto · Jun 2, 2020

Steal2B said:
Not mad. You just did not get it and was trying to get you to read the punch line. No arguements here.

Third try ... Epstein killing himself?

No, I actually got the joke the first time I read it. I just giggled a bit and went into ''analyze the picture" mode.