Found a bullet on the street

Sparks

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Correct-but he said he found a bullet which is not illegal to have without a licence

And you're saying a bullet is not a component part of a round?

Vegeta

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Correct-but he said he found a bullet which is not illegal to have without a licence

Did you not read the bit of legislation Sparks posted?

Sparks

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

No idea whats going on so please humour me.
Whats the differance between bullet and round?

The round is the thing you load into the gun. The bullet is the little hard thing that goes flying out of the end of the barrel (and hopefully towards the target) when you pull the trigger.



The full assembly is a round.

What does metal jacket, hollow top mean?

The bullet fired can be of many different types, and it's not always just a lump of lead. Metal Jacket bullets have a harder shell than the core metal. Full Metal Jacket bullets like the one in the photo in the original post will hold their shape better when fired and on impact and will feed more reliably and won't leave lead deposits in the barrel so readily and so forth; hollow point bullets have a small hollow at the front end that mean that when the bullet hits the target, it deforms more readily, thus transferring kinetic energy into the target more efficiently (which enables a more humane kill when shooting deer or other animals). You can (and often do) have Jacketed Hollow Point, where the two features are combined.

deerhunter1

Sparks wrote: »

The round is the thing you load into the gun. The bullet is the little hard thing that goes flying out of the end of the barrel (and hopefully towards the target) when you pull the trigger.



The full assembly is a round.


The bullet fired can be of many different types, and it's not always just a lump of lead. Metal Jacket bullets have a harder shell than the core metal. Full Metal Jacket bullets like the one in the photo in the original post will hold their shape better when fired and on impact and will feed more reliably and won't leave lead deposits in the barrel so readily and so forth; hollow point bullets have a small hollow at the front end that mean that when the bullet hits the target, it deforms more readily, thus transferring kinetic energy into the target more efficiently (which enables a more humane kill when shooting deer or other animals). You can (and often do) have Jacketed Hollow Point, where the two features are combined.

Thank you for that

rrpc

So just remember that if you're shot, you can also be arrested for possession of ammunition.

Sparks

Yup.
Of course, if you're caught with, say, an M4 hex bolt in your pocket, you could be done for possession of an unlicenced firearm as well since that's a component part of a lot of firearms

deerhunter1

Sparks wrote: »

Yup.
Of course, if you're caught with, say, an M4 hex bolt in your pocket, you could be done for possession of an unlicenced firearm as well since that's a component part of a lot of firearms

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Sparks

Well yeah deerhunter. I mean you've got the M4 hex bolt. Now all you need is another one of them, an action, a trigger, a barrel and a stock and you'd have yourself a firearm!

Hagar

Giving it to the Gardaí seems the thing to do but if there is only one lad locally with a licence for that ammo you could be hanging him for carelessly loosing the ammo. At the risk of an outcry just dispose of it discretely and safely.

deerhunter1

Sparks wrote: »

Well yeah deerhunter. I mean you've got the M4 hex bolt. Now all you need is another one of them, an action, a trigger, a barrel and a stock and you'd have yourself a firearm!

and dont forget the BULLETS!

johngalway

deerhunter1 wrote: »

and dont forget the BULLETS!

And the case, primer, and powder :P

Mr Flibble

rrpc wrote: »

So just remember that if you're shot, you can also be arrested for possession of ammunition.

Not necessarily. If it was a "Full Metal Jacket" it would likely go all the way through & you'd be o.k. (as far as being arrested is concerned at any rate).

The moral is be careful what kind of bullets you get shot with.

deerhunter1

Mr Flibble wrote: »

Not necessarily. If it was a "Full Metal Jacket" it would likely go all the way through & you'd be o.k. (as far as being arrested is concerned at any rate).

The moral is be careful what kind of bullets you get shot with.

Correct and right,and if your shot you would be hit with a bullet not a round so you could not be prosecuted for POSESSION

Sparks

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Correct and right,and if your shot you would be hit with a bullet not a round so you could not be prosecuted for POSESSION

No, you can be charged with possession if you only have a bit of a round. Like say, a bullet.

BTW Flibble, if you get shot with a FMJ, can you be done for littering as well as possession? After all, you had possession of the round. The fact that it was only for 0.04 of a second is neither here nor there And then you went and discarded it as though someone else was cleaning up after you your whole life...

deerhunter1

Sparks wrote: »

No, you can be charged with possession if you only have a bit of a round. Like say, a bullet.

BTW Flibble, if you get shot with a FMJ, can you be done for littering as well as possession? After all, you had possession of the round. The fact that it was only for 0.04 of a second is neither here nor there And then you went and discarded it as though someone else was cleaning up after you your whole life...

No such thing as a bit of a round?

Sparks

Course there are bits of rounds. Otherwise, how would you make a round? They're not quarks y'know.

deerhunter1

Sparks wrote: »

Course there are bits of rounds. Otherwise, how would you make a round? They're not quarks y'know.

A little knowledge is dangerous, I think you should go back to a sling shot.:P

rrpc

Ah lads, 4 pages? :eek:

If the OP was a troll, well then his work here is done, and done well

cavan shooter

The lad that lost that bullet should get into serious trouble it was careless.................there expensive and there is a recession on ye know:D

Jonty

cavan shooter wrote: »

The lad that lost that bullet should get into serious trouble it was careless.................there expensive and there is a recession on ye know:D

Typical Cavan response.:D

johngalway

rrpc wrote: »

Ah lads, 4 pages? :eek:

If the OP was a troll, well then his work here is done, and done well

Tell ya what though, with all the legislation flying around the place a bit of trolling is a welcome respite