Pot-shot ID, please

[ericbeaumont]

Yesterday found this embedded in a nuc; looks to me to be a deliberate shot by a vandal looking for a quick thrill, but strangely, in sight of CCTV and offices. What is it, and what sort of gun fired it?

 

[Sutty]

Looks like a ball bearing, a BB gun or some air rifles can shoot them. They aren't generally very accurate.

 

[JamezF]

Looks like a ball bearing, a BB gun or some air rifles can shoot them. They aren't generally very accurate.

I'm inclined to agree. On both counts.

James

 

[Curly green finger's]

Same I agree an air rifle or BB gun.
Not nice

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

BB gun or could be an air rifle slug that's tumbled. As the actress said to the bishop:
Dig it out and give us a better look

 

[Martin S]

BB pistol, at short range, I would think, no real penetration {ooh er}.

 

[Sutty]

Hopefully it will have been enough of a non-event to dissuade the perpetrator from having another go.

 

[sipa]

Could be something fired from a catapult.

 

[enrico]

Definitely a bb gun, wouldn't go in far though as the polystyrene would absorb the power.

 

[Swarm]

It seems to have broken the entrance disc AND get embedded in the poly so a fair force involved.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Definitely a bb gun, wouldn't go in far though as the polystyrene would absorb the power.

it would depend on how far away the gun was from the target, regardless of whether a BBgun, air rifle or airsoft

 

[ericbeaumont]

how far away the gun was from the target

The access track is about 20 yards away.

 

[Antipodes]

but strangely, in sight of CCTV and offices

Are you able to access the CCTV footage and perhaps we can see who is correct?
Do you know the answer to the original question?

 

[ericbeaumont]

Are you able to access the CCTV footage and perhaps we can see who is correct?
Do you know the answer to the original question?

I reported it to the site manager and she took it equably, so we agreed it was probably a one-off, and not worth a lot of fuss.

No idea of the weapon, but BB or catapult is easy to carry hidden.

 

[Sutty]

Although, assuming they didn't have permission to shoot on the site, it is classed as "armed trespass" even with a low power weapon, and carries a 5 year prison sentence!
I have an air rifle for target and rat shooting, the same applies if I allow a pellet to cross into a neighbour's land.

 

[Redcap]

Criminal Damage...(carries a ten year sentence),wonder what else they shot at...take a look at that cctv, hopefully identify the culprit, then report, or ask for a new nuc by way of compensation...otherwise they might be back for a bit more target practice!

 

[Garry R]

A few yeats ago I had some idiot who decided that they would use a hive of mine for target practice with an airgun. I found about half a dozen pellets embedded just in the surface by the polystyrene and little damage. Never happened again so I guess they got bored. The impact was likely so absorbed by the poly the bees never even knew. Minimal damage - in fact the pellets might still be in the surface if I had a look,

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

The access track is about 20 yards away.

so even a non FAC air rifle would struggle to do much damage at that distance - let alone a BB gun. And there is a chance the pellet would tumble

 

[ericbeaumont]

struggle to do much damage at that distance

Do you mean that the weapon must have been much more powerful?

Never happened again so I guess they got bored

That's what we're hoping.

 

[philipm]

Used to have a BSA Meteor airgun the range was pretty limited the new gun I have now from Turkey is very near to the legal limit may even exceed it .The limit is 11lb/foot I believe .The new gun will kill a rabbit at a range the old gun wouldnt even reach.