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I've seen that. Lucky perp.

Got a call today about a busted pipe in the ceiling at an apartment complex in the Hickory Hill area of Memphis. For those of you that live elsewhere the area is know here as "Hickory Hood". The line is in the ceiling of a first floor apartment, it's the main hot water line for the apartment on the second floor so maintenance personnel shut off his water heater to stop the deluge. They cut holes in the ceiling and when they found the break they called my shop. When I got there I climed up on a ladder and saw this. First thought was "WTF happened here ?" I climbed down the ladder to go get my tools and material to make the repair and lo and behold, on the dresser was a single, fired 9mm case. Holy sheet ! Now I get it. ! I quickly made the repair and went upstairs to turn that tenant's water heater back on. While talking to him he told me he was sleeping when the pipe "burst" and he was awakened by a "loud pop" when it happened Here are two more pics. In the first you can clearly see where the bullet creased the pipe and in the second you can see where the nose of the bullet struck.

They should have their head examined.

They also won't let you shoot wolf or tula steel cased ammo. The guy at the counter stuck a magnet to the tip of one of my bullets and it stuck. He said it's got a steel core, cant shoot it here. My understanding is that said bullets have a Bi-metal jacket, copper over steel. I'm gonna pull one and find out. Hmmm.

It's on all ammo. Not just the reloads. WWB is just a dollar or two more whenever Walmart has it.

They also sell these. :rofl:

You are correct E.

Yes, indoor. No posted rules about picking up brass.

No. Just never heard of a brass charge.

They have a decent supply of .45 and 9 mm ammo. Most of it is Tennessee cartridge. I went there to shoot my RIA .45 and I took my own ammo. I asked the counter gut about his prices and he told me that his best price on .45 was Tennessee Cartridge at $ 21.00 per 50 but there is a $6.00 brass charge if you buy it to take home, not to shoot on the range. I don't re-load but I made sure to pick up every piece of brass I could that I fired. I managed to pick up 75. Never heard of a "brass charge" before. Anyone else ?

That's what I gather from reading the news. Sad.

Fake. If not I'd kick every ones tail for filming me and not getting me to the hospital. Right ?

John, they aint smart enough to comprehend anything. Those type of people live in filthy houses and drive cars full of trash. they are more than likely lazy too.

I didn't know it until my wife told me a couple hours ago. The only time I spend in front of the TV is this time of year. SOA, Justified, &The Walking Dead

Dangit. I've dug a bunch of water lines. I only find rocks.

My 1st 1911

When I put an A2 stock on my carbine the sound of the spring diminished a lot.

Yes. I disabled mine. I don't remember  how but I googled   "disable autocorrect on Galaxy SII"    to find out how.

That's 13 cents per round higher than the last can I bought at walmart. :down:

Congrats.

I doubt old big ears will be on FX

I'm jazzed. Like TDR said, the seasons are too short and the wait is too long. But not long after the season ends Justified returns. Last season of Justified was great.

Nope, aint gonna happen. Here in Memphis / Shelby county 99% of the time a new house is built there is no meter at the street, just the shutoff. When we do the "top out" which is installing all the drains, vents, tubs, valves, & water lines we will tie the main service to that shutoff and put water into the lines to be sure everything is leak free. Eventually before we set the fixtures to finish the job the builder will call Memphis Light Gas & Water to come out to set the meter. When they do they cut our pipe loose and all the water in the house flows out into the hole the meter sets in. They do not cap our line off. Mud & debris flows into it. We now have to tie the line back into the meter with no way to back flush the crap out of it. Sometimes the crap THEY allowed to flow into the lines clogs faucets and toilet fill valves. No telling how much ends up in the bottom of a brand new water heater. They don't care and we can't do anything about it. But they don't fail to send the monthy bill to the new home owner. :down:

I misunderstood your post Red.  Anyhow I still beleive it's connected to the work done by the water department, mainly because that's when his problem showed up

What are you guys talking about when yall mention the "Tee" before the water heater ?  The only connection between the hot and cold water piping is the water heater itself. Water comes into the house from the municipal water supply, or a well if that's the case and is distributed from there to the cold side of all fixtures as well as to the input of the water heater. The hot water runs in the opposite direction from the heater back into the house to supply all of the fixtures with hot water. The only thing I can come up with to explain the problem is exactly what Dolomite suggested. The main water comes into what we call a 'tieback' or also a "manifold" where it is distributed to the fixtures in the house.There is a cold water Manifold and a hot water manifold.  Piping to individual fixtures ( usuallly 1/2 inch)  is smaller than the line (3/4) inch going to the water heater. IMO most likely debris from the work on the water lines is clogging the pipes going to the cold side of your fixtures because it gets there first. Any debris going into the hot water supply will be sent into the water heater which will end up in the bottom of the heater and most likely not not end up in the supply to the hot side of your fixtures.   Steelharp, I'm a journeyman plumber with nearly 20 years  experience. I may be wrong but this is the best internet diagnosis I can give you.