Can a static charge set off the ammo in a ccw?This is a discussion on Can a static charge set off the ammo in a ccw? within the The Ammo Can forums, part of the Armory Talk category; Greetings all from a relative noob. I am currently working to get my cc license and had somthing happen yesterday that suddenly made me ask ...
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12-10-2009, 08:52 PM
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Can a static charge set off the ammo in a ccw?
Greetings all from a relative noob. I am currently working to get my cc license and had somthing happen yesterday that suddenly made me ask "what if?" I was wearing my new jacket while working, and decided to take it off for all of the obvious reasons. When I took it off it charged me up pretty good and when I next touched the piece of electronic gear I was working with I got the best/ worst static shock I have had in quite a while. My question is, Can a static charge such as that detonate ammo loaded into a weapon being carried in any kind of normal holster? The possibility seens remote but I just have to ask. A quick web search on this gave more results for artillary and other things that I have no interest in, but then again my google kungfu is weak. 
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12-10-2009, 08:59 PM
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Never heard of it in small cartridges. But, I have heard of it in large military due to the type of primers and detonators they use in the shells. While in the Navy we had to turn certain radios and radar systems off while handling ammo.
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12-10-2009, 09:00 PM
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Never heard of this ever happening. I really doubt it could happen. I can see where it would set off powder charges used in artillary but not in encased powder.
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12-10-2009, 09:24 PM
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Ask Mythbusters and maybe they will do a show on it  Cuae I have no idea 
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12-10-2009, 10:50 PM
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Many artillery rounds today are electronically triggered, which means that when they are hit with a high voltage charge they go off. In these cases the "primer" is basically a spark plug, so static electricity could set it off.
Hangun ammunition is completely encased in metal, with the exception of some polymer bullet loads or possibly bean bag rounds. In theory, if you had a polymer bullet with a metal core that was exposed to the powder, it could act a bit like a spark plug and a static charge could set it off. However, I don't know of any handgun ammo constructed this way. Common handgun ammo uses a metal bullet in a metal casing, so you have a conductive enclosure that contains the powder. This means that there is no gap that would cause a spark to set the power off. Bottomline, it's pretty unlikely that a direct lightning strike could set off a round of ammunition, as far as static electricity, maybe once in 5000 years.
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12-10-2009, 10:57 PM
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I've been carrying for 6...maybe 7 years...wear a lot of fleece in the winter that builds up static and I've yet to have an issue.
Good question though...and yeah...send it to Mythbusters...they love busting gun related myths.
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Strucj by lightening, maybe, a static charge is pretty anemic.
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Yes, theoretically, it could happen.
The bearer of the affected weapon would be dead before it happened, though . .
(really high currents do that to folks)
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Good question. I'll tell ya what . . . I'll go build up a good charge on my carpet and try it out.
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Good question. I'll tell ya what . . . I'll go build up a good charge on my carpet and try it out.
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$%^ he's dead.
Ok, I call his watch.
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