Static causing discharge?

[John/az2]

Can static cause a discharge on a gun that someone is wearing?

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[Art Eatman]

Given the number of folks wearing/carrying guns, for a whole bunch of years, and no loud noises from the media, I'd guess NO.

You can make a direct connection through a primer and the heat from the short-circuit will ignite the primer, but I don't really see how any "normal" static electricity could do it. All the combustibles are completely sealed off, so how could there be a spark inside the case?

Maybe, just maybe, if you put a cartridge inside a high-speed version of a paint-shaker, you might get the powder to rub back and forth and generate static electricity *inside* the case...I'm really reaching, 'cause I just don't see any other way.

FWIW, Art

 

[Hal]

NO.
An electric charge could never affect the powder or primer inside the case.

Look at it this way. An airplane is subject to lighning strikes, but the fuel (passengers too ) is never affected. An electric current flows around the outside of a box, and never through it.

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[Mal H]

Looking at the extreme case of static electricity - lightning, several armed NFS Rangers have been struck by lightning and their rounds didn't go off. One Ranger has been struck 9 times (!) at last count.