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Attention Gun Experts! (Original Post) warrprayer Sep 2012 OP
Couldn't say for sure. bluedigger Sep 2012 #1
I agree warrprayer Sep 2012 #2
the hole looks like a pellet gun or a gejohnston Sep 2012 #3
that was my first thought warrprayer Sep 2012 #4
I'm thinking pellet gun as well. bluedigger Sep 2012 #5
Bullet trajectory is easy to figure out former-republican Sep 2012 #6
agree warrprayer Sep 2012 #8
Projectile of some sort. montanto Sep 2012 #7
I would put money sarisataka Oct 2012 #9
agree n/t warrprayer Oct 2012 #10

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)
1. Couldn't say for sure.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 05:00 PM
Sep 2012

It certainly looks like it might be a bullet strike, but I have seen rocks thrown by lawnmowers do similar damage. The story keeps alluding to multiple shots, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of multiple strikes on the building. I don't think it was a structural failure brought on by previous damage, though. Some object struck the window. They need some physical evidence.

warrprayer

(4,734 posts)
2. I agree
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 05:09 PM
Sep 2012

.. it looks like a bullet hit. The circular spread of the cracks seems to say something hit at high velocity. The center hole looks tiny, pellet gun perhaps? The shattering of the window might have made a loud bang...

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)
5. I'm thinking pellet gun as well.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 05:58 PM
Sep 2012

I would think any caliber over a .22 would have blown out the window. I think people heard the initial strike, not the shot, and then when the window started cracking they mistook the sound for additional shots fired. When cracks propagate like that the noise can be surprisingly loud, and takes place somewhat sporadically.

 

former-republican

(2,163 posts)
6. Bullet trajectory is easy to figure out
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:11 PM
Sep 2012

when it pass through glass cleanly.

If it was a center fire or rim fire cartridge the bullet would be found in a wall .

If the investigators said it wasn't a bullet I believe them.

montanto

(2,966 posts)
7. Projectile of some sort.
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:24 PM
Sep 2012

Small caliber, could have even been a slingshot though. If the investigators say it broke itself, I wouldn't believe anything else they had to say about it.

sarisataka

(18,773 posts)
9. I would put money
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 02:30 PM
Oct 2012

that it is a BB from a higher powered air gun or a pellet at a lesser power.

The damage appears identical to what a local store received some years back:

-Small center hole
-Rounded divot on interior, approximately quarter-sized diameter
-Entire window breaks but remains intact (if it breaks at all)
-no signs of damage to interior from projectile. (the bb/pellet actually bounced off and is outside the building)


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