Kirby VS. a bullet

[animasinsulin]

I got my buddy David a G5 awhile back. He's in construction and plumbing and he,s also an avid gun lover which I HATE!!! Anyhoo, He loves to vacuum his truck with it and I thought: what is he sucked up a lost bullet? Would it go off? That is one experiment that I will not have anything to do with

 

[tristar]

If the shell still has an active primer in it, it sure CAN go off! That said, my sister was vacuuming out her car once with my Kirby G3 and sucked up a .410 shotgun shell! It was spent, but it went right on through the fan no sweat. We found it in the emptor after she was finished. I wished I'd have taken a picture of it in retrospect.

 

[animasinsulin]

Canisters

Thanks, Eric!!! Thats why I'd rather use a canister when vacuuming in dark spaces. I once sucked up one of my diamond rings ....thank god it was my TS and not my Royal upright!! I think I will get him a Tri-Star with the 22 foot hose. I think he'll just love it!!! Thanks,....Bill in Az....

 

[sleepdoc]

A bullet will not launch unless the explosive is pressurized. After a precise strike, the powder might explode, but that's all. A vacuum might be damaged by the event, but one need not worry about the projectile firing through the vacuum as though it had been shot from a gun within.

 

[animasinsulin]

Thanks

Thanks soo much to you two. Now I can SLEEP.....Bill in Az...

 

[tolivac]

As a gun owner I have picked up both spent and live shells with my vacuums-a canister-should be no problem.I have picked up shells with my Kirby in the cansiter mode and the shell just hits the motor shaft making a loud noise-one time it was the primer end of a 12G shell.I am still here and so is the vacuum-I was even able to shoot the shell the machine picked up at another time I went out shooting.now if you are a reloader-PRIMERS can bew a problem.Don't EVER let you vacuum pick up one of those-its possible the primer could ignite dust in the bag causing a fire or small explosion.I am surprized a Kirby would pass a whole .410 shotshell thru the fan-would think it would get caught b y the motor shaft.-and of course a caretridge is not real dangerous unless contained and fired in the chamber of a gun.On the outside-in most cases the bullet pops out of the shell with little force-often not enough to penetrate a peice of cardboard.same with any other fragments.If you must pick up in areas where live ammo may lirk-use a bag first canister-should be no problem.but in the first place try to keep unfired ammo in their boxes!!!