CZ550Kevlar Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I was out today on the rape and took a newly starting shooter out with me, setup the decoys etc pigeons started taking them and we got 10, i then said to break his gun and i would go and pickup what we had shot and make it look abit neater due to wings sticking up, i was then looked at in horror when i put 10 carts loose into my pocket and took my pump action with me just incase i needed it as i also needed to change the banger rope in the field behind the tree line, i was told you should never put cartridges into your pocket loose as they could go off. Question is i have always done this and havn`t bothered getting myself a cartridge belt as all i ever see are brown leather ones, are cartridges really in danger of exploding loose in your pocket?? never given it any thought and have walked around for years with loose carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprinter Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Is it April already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Almost every shooting jacket has "cartridge pockets", I don't think you need to worry..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Is it April already? Yes, they say there's no such thing as a dumb question, well, here's one. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 every clayshooter in the country would explode. never will one go off like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 You can get some neoprene cartridge belts, but i have 2 leather ones and never use them, all my cartridges go in my jacket cartridge pocket... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I have always either put carts loose into my clay vest pockets or if i`m pigeon shooting i put 10 or so loose in my camo jacket pocket for ease of loading. This chap was like having a cross between my mum and the health and safety policeman from hell, i think someone had been telling him porkis as i have never heard of cartridges going off in pockets but thought before i disown him for eternity i would check to make sure he was well and truly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 9R Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) always use my pockets guess I must have been lucky so far Edited February 5, 2010 by Red 9R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesman Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I've just got a small cartridge bag that can fit 50 or so cartridges for when I'm walking about. Why would they make things like this if it's dangerous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune82 Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I had my left leg blown off this morning by a couple of loose .410 cartridges in my pocket! Hurt like hell but ive taken a few annadin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper6 Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I had my left leg blown off this morning by a couple of loose .410 cartridges in my pocket! Hurt like hell but ive taken a few annadin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 It takes an awful amount of pressure to dent the primer so the chances of a cartridge going off in your pocket is practically zero! I must sound like a tamborine with the amount i sometimes have in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debaser Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I can confirm that keeping cartridges in your pocket can be quite dangerous, I injured myself once. I got home from work and put on a coat so I could go out with the dog. Unfortunatly I'd been shooting the previous day and the right pocket was full of .410s. I was playing with my dog and I threw a ball for her. As I did this the momentum from My hips caused the jacket to swing around and the pocket with the cartridges went crashing into my privates. Hurt like hell! True storey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexr Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I had my left leg blown off this morning by a couple of loose .410 cartridges in my pocket! Hurt like hell but ive taken a few annadin. has it grown back yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Even if the primer was set off, the powder would just fizzle. Needs to be confined in something (like a shotgun barell...) to go off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexr Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) Yeh I seem to remember that ................ .... .Not that I ever did anything stupid as a child you understand.. ..... .. Nor am I suggesting any one should try it. Edited February 5, 2010 by alexr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Good post ! ive allways wonderd that but still put them in my pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 It goes to show what we are up against... I have nothing againt newbies, but they should educate themselves before showing themselves up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I didn`t think i was wrong, this being the case i will leave the health and safety concious plank at home to watch his socks dry and take someone more sensible and less likely to nag me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popgun Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I allways put 10 or 12 cartridges in my pocket then if i leave the hide to look for a long dropper i have some cartridges with me there is nothing worse than looking for a pigeon in a wood and birds flying by in range i've put cartridges in my pocket for more than 40 years and i've not blown up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1419 Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Me thinks i would leave this"CHAP" at home to read his comic's.i have had a few newbies out with me and all appeared to have done some research into what they are engaging themselves into.get away shooting by yourself or with somebody who's got some grey matter between their ears,it makes life a lot easier and safer ps;the lads i do take out are all my good friends now and safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 The only time I have seen cartridges go off out side of a gun was on a shooting range where cartridges were dropped on the concrete floor . I have seen 9 mill pistol round go off when dropped , .38 special and .22 rimfire . No damage or injury was caused when this happend . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 you may want to avoid 9v batterys in the pocket as well as the same time as cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 you may want to avoid 9v batterys in the pocket as well as the same time as cartridges. Is there anyone out there with the nads, or lack of brains to give this a go and then report back. I saw in a previous post tonight that our favourite Irishman has been drinking vodka, maybe he should go and interfere with the smoke alarm them play with his cartridges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune82 Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 When I was a lad a mate "found" one of his dads cartridges. He then clamped it in a vice in the farm workshop and hit the primer with a nail and hammer. The cartridge did not explode but the primer flew across the workshop like a bullet! Now that would have hurt had it hit one of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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