Fox training success

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I'M not willing to take the chance!
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... and how would a person know if they don't try it?
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They tried it on mythbusters. Will

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode95 :

A person can shoot a propane tank and make it explode.

busted

First, the Build Team decided to test whether it was possible to breach a propane tank with Bond’s 9mm handgun. They found that 9mm rounds were not powerful enough to breach the tank, but shotgun shells and .30 caliber rifle rounds were more than enough to pierce the tank. They then fired armor piercing rifle rounds at a tank filled with propane, but could not get the tank to explode. Not even tracer rounds were successful. Finally, the Build Team resorted to extreme measures. They found that the only sure way to make a propane tank explode was to use high explosive or a high powered Gatling gun firing incendiary rounds. The Build Team concluded that Bond (and most people) would not normally have access to such weaponry, busting the myth.

(Based on a scene in Casino Royale.)​
 
mmaddie's mom :

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Too much TV?
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A 25# Propane or Butane cylinder directly hit could possibly puncture if hit JUST RIGHT (more than likely not). Large tank direct hit pretty much never happen. A ricochet through a piece of plywood?.. Only it your dreams would it rupture even 25# cylinder much less a larger one. Lead bullets, which .22 RM is, don’t create sparks and cannot ignite fuel. Movies are the ruination of intellect. Just because it happens in the movies dosen’t make it real.

I'M not willing to take the chance!
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Read the safety manual that came with the firearm. If a person owns and shoots a firearm they should know the power/penetrating ability and range of said firearm. One should also know their target and what is behind it. 22 LR (Long Rifle) can travel over a mile when shot out of a rifle.

Lead does not spark and .22 RF does not have the penetrating power to go through a small (portable type) steal Propane/Butane cylinder unless shot at close range and struck straight on. It won’t penetrate one of the large (type used to supply a home) tanks even if you shoot it close up and straight on (don’t try it the bullet will come back and bite you). .22 RF is not to be confused with a .223 (Center Fire armor piercing or steel-core round or .22 Magnum jacketed round.
 
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yikes....the fox is lucky as well as you and your chickens. Regardless what the manuel says, things happen and I wouldn't risk firing near a propane tank again.
 
D'Angelo N Va. :

yikes....the fox is lucky as well as you and your chickens. Regardless what the manuel says, things happen and I wouldn't risk firing near a propane tank again.

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Firearms manuals tell you how to safely handle firearms. I haven’t seen one yet that would in any way even hint that shooting near or around a fuel tank is a good idea. KNOW your target and what is BEHIND it. I’m pretty sure you’ll find that or something very similar in most firearms owners’ manual.​
 
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