K-22 in 1970
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Cleaning my rain gutters on Sunday I climbed up the ladder and was face to face with this. 9mm - HP - a Federal bullet I think. Could have been there 2 years (since last re-roofing)as base of bullet heavily oxidized.
Cleaning gutters - found bullet in roof.
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Cleaning my rain gutters on Sunday I climbed up the ladder and was face to face with this. 9mm - HP - a Federal bullet I think. Could have been there 2 years (since last re-roofing)as base of bullet heavily oxidized.
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HAWKEYE10
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do you think someone shot up in the air and thats where it landed? kinda looks that way in the picture to me.don
Horace Smith
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Many years back I found a smashed 45 slug at the end of my carport. After some time had passed I thought to look at the back of my truck and sure enough there was a perfectly matching dent in the tailgate. I carried the slug in the glove box until I gave the truck away some years later. It was a good show and tell story.
I am glad your found slug did not do any more damage than it did. It looks as if it could have been lobbed in from a ways off. There is still a lot of shooting at night here during New Years / 4th of July when you can hear hi-cap mags being emptied.
Many years back I found a smashed 45 slug at the end of my carport. After some time had passed I thought to look at the back of my truck and sure enough there was a perfectly matching dent in the tailgate. I carried the slug in the glove box until I gave the truck away some years later. It was a good show and tell story.
I am glad your found slug did not do any more damage than it did. It looks as if it could have been lobbed in from a ways off. There is still a lot of shooting at night here during New Years / 4th of July when you can hear hi-cap mags being emptied.
nitesite
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I'm amazed that it did not land base first.
From that high a trajectory it should have.
From that high a trajectory it should have.
godlessgael
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I grew up with my back yard facing an expansive Indian Reservation in the desert of Southern California. After pow-wows out there, the reservations residents would start shooting off all the guns they had. More than once some of the bullets came through the windows of the houses (luckily never mine). The SHTF when a lady was finally hit (million dollar wound a la Forrest Gump).
Crazy stories from everyone.
Crazy stories from everyone.
NFrameFred
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Originally posted by nitesite:
I'm amazed that it did not land base first.
From that high a trajectory it should have.
Actually, such a shaped mass would tend to tumble once the energy and stabilizing spin from being fired was lost.
Andy Griffith
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That is from a .38 Special or .357 magnum.
It has a cannelure and looks to be more along the lines of a 140-158 grain size.
Question is, did you leave it, or pull it out?
I'd leave it until I could get several new shingles and some heavy duty tar/caulk.
I don't know what the best thing is to patch up bullet holes in the roof, never had that question come up.
It has a cannelure and looks to be more along the lines of a 140-158 grain size.
Question is, did you leave it, or pull it out?
I'd leave it until I could get several new shingles and some heavy duty tar/caulk.
I don't know what the best thing is to patch up bullet holes in the roof, never had that question come up.
Spotteddog
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I noted Seattle.
What neighborhood, so I never look for a home in the area!
(Everett)
What neighborhood, so I never look for a home in the area!
(Everett)
JRD
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Does the bullet have any rifling marks on it from being fired? None are clearly evident in the picture.
I found this 150gr FMJ .308 (.3065 across the grooves) about 100yds from my house. In the street. Knuckleheads can't keep from shooting in the air. Glad you didn't get a leak. Joe
JOERM
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Good observation, I don't see any either. Maybe someone tossed a round in the campfire, unlikely or they made some sort of pipe gun. It tore up the shingle a bit so it did have some poop when it hit. I wouldn't want to be cleaning my gutters when it landed.
Joe
Racegunner
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Yeah, around here you can just pick them out of the siding or drywall.
rburg
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I have a buddy who does roofing work. A while back his company had the contract to patch the massive General Electric Jet Engine plant in Evendale. He said it was very common to find bullets just lying out on the roof. No malice, just fired for celebration.
My brother lives in Wisconsin. Opening day of deer season, they abandon the house and head to a motel or into the city. He says its too dangerous to stay at home. Maybe he's over stating it, but its not uncommon to lose a window to an errant shot.
I'm a flatlander now. But up on the hillside behind us we've got a few hillbilly families that often let fly on special occasions. I can't tell the difference between an AK and an SKS. Some neighbors say they can (I don't know how with semi-autos.) In fact, the gunfire is how I know its midnight on New Years eve. I wake up to the firefight, roll over, and go back to sleep.
My brother lives in Wisconsin. Opening day of deer season, they abandon the house and head to a motel or into the city. He says its too dangerous to stay at home. Maybe he's over stating it, but its not uncommon to lose a window to an errant shot.
I'm a flatlander now. But up on the hillside behind us we've got a few hillbilly families that often let fly on special occasions. I can't tell the difference between an AK and an SKS. Some neighbors say they can (I don't know how with semi-autos.) In fact, the gunfire is how I know its midnight on New Years eve. I wake up to the firefight, roll over, and go back to sleep.
Gutpile Charlie
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Ok, I've got a "shot at...and missed" story.
About 1964 I was east bound on the Turner Turnpike between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. I was driving a 1963 Rambler Station Wagon (Motor Craft car of the year if I'm not mistaken).
As I was driving along and approaching a cross over, I just happened to look up and see a light colored VW parked in the middle of the cross over. Just before I passed under, there was a pop and a .45 hole appeared in my windshield, just under the rear view mirror.
I came to a quick stop and looked back just to see the VW driving off at a high rate of speed. I was able to figure out what year the VW was. It was either a 63 or a 64 in that it had amber parking lights, which were on when I passed under the bridge. The amber lights first appeared on the 1963 model year.
Well, the slug hit the hood of the car and left about a six inch groove, due to the narrow angle, before deflecting through the windshield.
Back in the day, car seats for infants were just a chair device with hooks on them that hung over the seat. Just prior to the shot, my baby daughter had been in a car seat between me and my wife and we had just moved her to the rear.
I searched the car afterword and never found the bullet, however it was a .45 in that was the exact match for the hole. The "groove" in the hood left a "copper wash" as the bullet bounced off.
My daughter and myself were uninjured, however my wife got glass in her eye and had to be attended by a physician.
Yup, I've been "shot at and missed"!
About 1964 I was east bound on the Turner Turnpike between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. I was driving a 1963 Rambler Station Wagon (Motor Craft car of the year if I'm not mistaken).
As I was driving along and approaching a cross over, I just happened to look up and see a light colored VW parked in the middle of the cross over. Just before I passed under, there was a pop and a .45 hole appeared in my windshield, just under the rear view mirror.
I came to a quick stop and looked back just to see the VW driving off at a high rate of speed. I was able to figure out what year the VW was. It was either a 63 or a 64 in that it had amber parking lights, which were on when I passed under the bridge. The amber lights first appeared on the 1963 model year.
Well, the slug hit the hood of the car and left about a six inch groove, due to the narrow angle, before deflecting through the windshield.
Back in the day, car seats for infants were just a chair device with hooks on them that hung over the seat. Just prior to the shot, my baby daughter had been in a car seat between me and my wife and we had just moved her to the rear.
I searched the car afterword and never found the bullet, however it was a .45 in that was the exact match for the hole. The "groove" in the hood left a "copper wash" as the bullet bounced off.
My daughter and myself were uninjured, however my wife got glass in her eye and had to be attended by a physician.
Yup, I've been "shot at and missed"!
badguybuster
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That is some scary stuff. I have found arrows in the roof and in the barn but no bullets (thank GOD). A few years ago, around Independence Day, some local firefighters went to a fire alarm call and thought some punk kids were shooting fire works at them. When the got back to the fire station, they found bullet holes in the trucks. (Apprently they could hear it over the sirens).
A few years ago I found a suspicious hole in the siding of our upstairs bedroom wall. A little probing revealed a lead 12 gauge slug. It was on the side facing a major thoroughfare about a half mile away and the angle would indicate that it came from there. Fortunately, it had lost most of its force and didn't penetrate the inner wall.
Every new years eve and other holidays our friends from the neighboring country to the south do their best to burn up all the ammo in the state. At first, I would call in a report to the police but now it is so common that the cops can't begin to answer all the calls. From about 11:45 to 12:15 on New Years, it sounds like Beirut or Baghdad in the good old days. Lots of pistol and AK magazines emptied and an occasional fully auto burst.
Bob
Every new years eve and other holidays our friends from the neighboring country to the south do their best to burn up all the ammo in the state. At first, I would call in a report to the police but now it is so common that the cops can't begin to answer all the calls. From about 11:45 to 12:15 on New Years, it sounds like Beirut or Baghdad in the good old days. Lots of pistol and AK magazines emptied and an occasional fully auto burst.
Bob
Rikkn
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The quarter must have fell out of my pocket, can I have it back ?
I noticed the absence of rifling impressions, too, and will hazard a guess that the projectile, especially if it's 9mm, was launched from a Glock with its polygonal rifling, which leaves a fairly inconspicuous impression on bullets.
