On 3/3/08 3:41 PM, "Mark Urbin" <eclipse at urbin.net> wrote: > The Mythbusters TV show "cooked" cartridges in an oven. When the > powder ignited, the brass case caused more damage to the inside of the > oven than the bullet. It was moving faster. Yeah, the expanding gas has to escape out 1 end of the casing, so it acts rather as a mini rocket!