Evening Pipe

[woodsroad]

 

[pipesmokingtom]

Nice. Watcha cookin' there?

 

[woodsroad]

Bengal Slices.

This pipe is the perfect size for it!

 

[philobeddoe]

Is that a live round?

 

[voorhees]

Is that a live round?

It looks it, but hopefully not. Please not.

 

[woodsroad]

A life without risk is a life not worth living.

 

[mawnansmiff]

I want to know how you managed to get that lot to float on water long enough to take a picture :D
Regards,
Jay.

 

[bluegrasspipe]

I want to know how you managed to get that lot to float on water long enough to take a picture

That is a legitimate question...

 

[woodsroad]

It's Heavy Water.

 

[warren]

A inert round has no purpose. Same as a limp... well, you get the idea.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Unless it's a tamper, or part of a still life composition.

 

[woodsroad]

A inert round has no purpose. Same as a limp... well, you get the idea.

Exactly.
It takes a lot more heat, sustained heat, than tobacco ashes to set off a primer. I've thrown live rounds into a burn barrel to test this, and it takes a surprisingly long time for the round to cook off. Even then, I don't know it is the primer or the powder going off. Also, an unconstrained round, a round that isn't chambered, poses very little danger. Projectile velocity is damned near nil (the projectile has to be in a barrel, gasses trapped and expanding behind it as powder continues to burn the length of the tube), although you might get a nasty powder burn if you were holding it.
I've made up a bunch of inert rounds for testing cycling, etc, but honestly using them as tampers would just take all the excitement out of it.

 

[stranger]

I could see using a live round if there was absolutely nothing else laying around, and I agree that the risk is slight, but I don't think I would risk ruining a perfectly peaceful pipe session with a loud pop and a burnt hand.

 

[mawnansmiff]

I also have a live round for a tamper but the actual bullet has been removed.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Were shotgun shells made of brass at one time? I am guessing they were, but don't know the period.
Oh, hell yes, and they still are. But I wonder when they were displaced as the mainstream cartridge.

 

[nevadablue]

I am making a few tampers from spent 410 shotgun shells. Perfect, IMO. Will post a pic when I get one done. I am using a bit of Box Elder branch for the 'slug' in the case.

 

[tozert]

What woodsroad said...not much danger there, even if the round was live.

 

[J. Mayo]

(An) inert round has no purpose. Same as a limp... well, you get the idea.

+1000

I conceal carry with a round chambered and no mechanical safety (Glock)..... And I get the exact same reaction from a lot of people. In my opinion there's no such thing as an "accidental" discharge, only negligent.
I say tamp away!