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Big Wall
08-04-2012, 19:29
"Witnesses said they believe someone was firing steel-jacketed bullets that sparked off of metal targets and ignited the wildfire"



http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21236448/evacuation-ordered-basalt-neighborhood-threatened-by-wildfire?source=rss
cofi
08-04-2012, 19:35
i shoot a lot of steel with bi metal bullets ive NEVER seen them spark bad enough to start fire to anything
battle_sight_zero
08-04-2012, 19:47
The article states someone may have been shooting steel jacketed bullets. I would like to see the words was or confirmed and a name of the person responsible before I belive it. Our adversaries with the recent shooting bans because of fire danger are going to use that fires are started by Target shooters more and more in the future until finally we wont be able to target practice in the forest in the summer months. There has been lots of lighting lately more so than any time this summer and i would not rule that out. Yeah I was not there but I have my doubts.
alxone
08-04-2012, 20:09
The article states someone may have been shooting steel jacketed bullets. I would like to see the words was or confirmed and a name of the person responsible before I belive it. Our adversaries with the recent shooting bans because of fire danger are going to use that fires are started by Target shooters more and more in the future until finally we wont be able to target practice in the forest in the summer months. There has been lots of lighting lately more so than any time this summer. Yeah I was not there but I have my doubts.
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CO Hugh
08-06-2012, 10:55
The article states someone may have been shooting steel jacketed bullets. I would like to see the words was or confirmed and a name of the person responsible before I belive it. Our adversaries with the recent shooting bans because of fire danger are going to use that fires are started by Target shooters more and more in the future until finally we wont be able to target practice in the forest in the summer months. There has been lots of lighting lately more so than any time this summer and i would not rule that out. Yeah I was not there but I have my doubts.

I agree, I belive there have been several fires that people alleged were caused by shooters. Sounds like a conspiracy against gun owners.