Help with info on my ww2 bullet

[mjw47 10]

I have to confess to being completely bemused here.

 

The description in the OP is of an unfired bullet, how did it get into someones body?

 

There are numerous cases of bullets not being removed because they have been lodged next to vital nerves or arteries and it has been judged best to leave them.

 

But an entire undischarged cartridge and bullet? Doesn't make sense.

 

Are you sure this wasn't your grandads bullet in the same way that Baldrick in Blackadder had a bullet with his name on it?

 

He was working on the theory that if he had possession of 'the bullet with his name on' he couldn't be killed by it.

[AM_MUA 10]

I have to confess to being completely bemused here.

 

The description in the OP is of an unfired bullet, how did it get into someones body?

 

There are numerous cases of bullets not being removed because they have been lodged next to vital nerves or arteries and it has been judged best to leave them.

 

But an entire undischarged cartridge and bullet? Doesn't make sense.

 

Are you sure this wasn't your grandads bullet in the same way that Baldrick in Blackadder had a bullet with his name on it?

 

He was working on the theory that if he had possession of 'the bullet with his name on' he couldn't be killed by it.

 

You know this is exactly what i thought! but honestly, i was there when the bullet was given back to my aunt after it was taken out! doesnt make sense to me either!

[Obelix 11]

You know this is exactly what i thought! but honestly, i was there when the bullet was given back to my aunt after it was taken out! doesnt make sense to me either!

 

You must have a casing round for the lettering, there would be no stampings on the bullet itself.

 

Can you post a picture of this, anda closeup of the lettering?

[AM_MUA 10]

You must have a casing round for the lettering, there would be no stampings on the bullet itself.

 

Can you post a picture of this, anda closeup of the lettering?

 

I dont know how?

[Obelix 11]

take a picture and up load to something like flickr or a similar image site and then put a link here

[mjw47 10]

You know this is exactly what i thought! but honestly, i was there when the bullet was given back to my aunt after it was taken out! doesnt make sense to me either!

 

The thing is your grandfather must have known that it was a complete bullet and informed your aunt.

 

There's no way that they'd bother going to the trouble of extracting a spent bullet prior to cremation. It's only a piece of metal and would simply melt.

 

I suppose if there had been an explosion amongst stored ammunition then an unfired cartridge could have been blown at speed into your grandfather.

 

Can't really think of another way of it happening.

[Twiglet 10]

This is what a 9mm bullet looks like that's been fired and hit something: http://everydaytactical.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dscn1044.jpg

 

These are live 9mm rounds that haven't been fired: http://shop.fitzmunitionworks.com/9mm-Luger-1000-Rounds-9mm115RN1000.htm

 

If it is a live round (i.e. not a dummy round or one that's been deactivated), possessing it is an offence (assuming you don't have the relevant firearms certificate). Also, if the latter, he certainly wasn't 'shot' with it, there must be some other explanation how it got there!

[yellowperil 10]

The thing is your grandfather must have known that it was a complete bullet and informed your aunt.

 

There's no way that they'd bother going to the trouble of extracting a spent bullet prior to cremation. It's only a piece of metal and would simply melt.

 

I suppose if there had been an explosion amongst stored ammunition then an unfired cartridge could have been blown at speed into your grandfather.

 

Can't really think of another way of it happening.

 

Your theory makes sense but would be a one in a million thing to happen and doesnt go along with the story that he took a bullet for a friend.

I also dont think a live round would be left inside someone.

 

Who was it that gave your aunt the removed bullet? (to the op)

[ANGELFIRE1 10]

The story simply does not make any sense. As stated, it's the portion that comes out of the nasty end that does damage to you. The brass case which has a primer and gunpowder in it is ejected after been fired onto the floor.

 

If a whole live round found it's way into Grandpa's body, it's a certainty it did not arrive there after been fired.

 

Angel1

[mjw47 10]

Your theory makes sense but would be a one in a million thing to happen and doesnt go along with the story that he took a bullet for a friend.

I also dont think a live round would be left inside someone.

 

Who was it that gave your aunt the removed bullet? (to the op)

 

I agree it doesn't go along with the story but I can't really come up with another explanation as to how it got there.

 

Old soldiers have been known to embellish stories at times.

 

Maybe he was stood between the explosion and his mate, which would then make the 'took one for his mate' story be sort of true in a way. I agree it's an extremely unlikely scenario but weird things do happen.

 

As to leaving a live round inside someone, I suppose it would depend upon how risky the operation would be in comparison to the risk of the bullet 'firing' when held in a fixed position with little chance of disturbance.

 

Whatever happened I think it's got us all interested.

[yellowperil 10]

Very true about war stories but that aside it would have to hit him head on as it would have been fired and with such force that it embedded deep enough to be dangerous to remove.

Id think at the time it happened he would have had a wound open enough to remove it in the field pretty easily.

 

Would be nice to hear from the op about who she saw hand it to her aunt.

A very strange turn of events if everyone is on the level.

[cgksheff 44]

It is not unheard of.

In this case, the live round had been part of the "shrapnel" in a "home-made" bomb.

 

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/63115/F