I found a YouTube video of 100 .22lr's getting nuked I was just wondering if anyone has nuked anything bigger? Even if just by accident, however the hell that might happen
Mythbusters did a segment putting ammunition in a conventional oven. It would cook off, but the casing usually went more than the bullet. I'd think the microwave would more likely cause ignition due to corona discharge, but the casing/bullet should provide an effective faraday cage to protect the powder. You got me wondering now.
Ever put metal in a microwave? It sparks and such. i would think that maybe the discharge could potentially cause the bullet to 'fire' but i feel it would yield the same results at the MB's found with bullets in the oven. The casing would go farther due to them being less in weight. However as they showed i think if you put a loaded gun in the microwave it would fire as a gun is intended causing real damage.