T_Walker
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I know of at least one local wildfire started by people shooting in dry vegetation. Can't say for sure what ammo they used. Green tips will spark on steel and some rocks; tracers are a definite YES!Was out at my favorite gravel pit doing some shooting yesterday and noticed the rocky hillside that was the backstop had quite a bit of dried vegetation.
We are in an extreme fire danger warning out here with hundreds of forest fires raging.
I don't think I've ever seen a spark while shooting, but I seem to recall there have been some fires started by shooting.
All the bullets I was using were copper-jacketed lead. I don't think they would spark, but I did make sure I had some water handy and closely inspected the backstop after done shooting to make sure there was no smoke.
Curious as to anyone knows if there has been a fire started by shooting "normal" bullets and not tracers or steel-cored stuff.
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