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Help!!! is this a bullet?!?!

Right, walking home a while back and found this... Picked it up today because I was wondering what it is... Is it a bullet?

Reply 1

Swindonian

Thought it was a shotgun bullet :/

Reply 2

Puddles the Monkey

Original post by Swindonian

Right, walking home a while back and found this... Picked it up today because I was wondering what it is... Is it a bullet?

This look like a nitrous oxide canister to me :smile:

Cafes and restaurants use them to whip cream :yy:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nitrous-Oxide-Whipper-Chargers-Whipped/dp/B002UDJNLC/ref=pd_sxp_f_r

Reply 3

5n(12-2n)

Original post by Swindonian

Right, walking home a while back and found this... Picked it up today because I was wondering what it is... Is it a bullet?

Naah it's not a bullet

Reply 4

Juicy J

Of course it's not a bullet. Spent bullets don't look like that, bullet casings don't look like that.

There's no such thing as a "shotgun bullet".

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haha a bullet? jeez

Original post by Juicy J

Of course it's not a bullet. Spent bullets don't look like that, bullet casings don't look like that.

There's no such thing as a "shotgun bullet".

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There are shotgun bullets surely....? Or is it because they're called shells?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_shell

Reply 7

dogs4eva7

That's not a bullet..........

Also how can you just pick anything up off the ground...?

Reply 8

Juicy J

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

There are shotgun bullets surely....? Or is it because they're called shells?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_shell

Yep, they're called shells. Shotgun ammunition comes in buckshot or slugs packaged inside the shell casing, handguns fire your standard bullets (usually full metal jacket, rarely hollow point) and the spent cartridge casing is ejected from the chamber and hits the ground.

Reply 9

Schleigg

Original post by Swindonian

Right, walking home a while back and found this... Picked it up today because I was wondering what it is... Is it a bullet?

That is a CO2 canister that cyclists use to re-inflate their tyres on the go if they get a puncture.

http://www.evanscycles.com/categories/tools-maintenance/pumps/f/co2-canisters#!

Reply 10

Puddles the Monkey

Original post by Schleigg

That is a CO2 canister that cyclists use to re-inflate their tyres on the go if they get a puncture.

http://www.evanscycles.com/categories/tools-maintenance/pumps/f/co2-canisters#!

Oooh Nos or CO2? The Plot thickens :holmes:

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 11

Schleigg

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

Oooh Nos or CO2? The Plot thickens :holmes:

Ah yes, some NO2 discarded by a restaurant after some on-the-road cream whipping? :banana2:

Reply 12

Puddles the Monkey

Original post by Schleigg

Ah yes, some NO2 discarded by a restaurant after some on-the-road cream whipping? :banana2:

That's where they usually whip their cream as far as I'm aware :bl:

Also in fields and other remote locations. It's because the whip cream canister might explode so you have to do it outside.

Reply 13

wb25

That looks like a CO2 canister to me, used a lot in air rifles

Reply 14

SamKeene

If you see a canister like that in the open, 95% chance it was some kid using nos for a brief high.

Reply 15

Schleigg

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

That's where they usually whip their cream as far as I'm aware :bl:

Also in fields and other remote locations. It's because the whip cream canister might explode so you have to do it outside.

Actually you may be right. This recent footage from a cream-whipping accident exposes exactly what sort of risk these brave food professionals take when preparing your meals. Maybe we should think more carefully when baristas ask 'do you want cream with that?'

Reply 16

Nibbio

Original post by Schleigg

Hahahahaha

Reply 17

jamesthehustler

it one of several things possibly
nos- used for a quick high or to whip cream but these are often aluminium this is iron as it got rust on
co2-use in air powered weapons (paintball, BB or air rifles) and for inflating tyres as mentioned above there are iron as it is more pressured

Reply 18

somethingbeautiful

I wouldn't advise picking those up. Kids where I live use them to get high on - they're little gas canisters. Usually see loads in the local park around the benches.

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Reply 19

Rory :)

It's used to get a high from. Usually people use a cracker on the cannister. The gas usually enters a balloon and people breathe the balloon to get a buzz off of. It's not actually a bad buzz SWIM has tried it.