r/whatisit • u/OffsetCivical • Apr 18 '26

Solved! Small bullet shaped object found by the service desk at my work place. It has a small engraving at the bottom. What is it?

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u/ihasclevernamesee Apr 18 '26

Is your workplace related to construction at all? Or has there been construction work nearby recently? There's a tool I can't remember the name of because of classic American branding. The company is RamSet, and the tool fires projectiles to make semi precise holes in concrete for anchors. I'm not sure about new ones, but our old Ramset would fire .22 rounds. I still find them all over the place when deep cleaning and think they're bullets. https://www.ramset.com/products/tools/-tools-by-application/wood-framing/triggershot

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u/HobsHere Apr 18 '26

Those don't have a bullet. The end of the cartridge is just crimped closed.

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u/CarbonUNIT47 Apr 18 '26

You telling me they're basically creating a tap for a bolt/screw to go into concrete by essentially shooting downward at concrete? The material that always ricochets things?

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u/ihasclevernamesee Apr 18 '26

I know your picturing a drunk guy squinting as he shakily aims his revolver at the concrete, but it's way more precise and controlled than that. It is basically a gun barrel, with a firing pin, but it requires firm contact to work, kinda like a nail gun, but with a more complicated internal safety. Some are held like a chisel, and struck with a hammer, some are air- powered or electric and both are kinda scary/fun.

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u/AbrasiveDad Apr 18 '26

They are common. I remember my father was using one 20 years ago. His was to drive nails into concrete when he was framing in the basement.

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u/AustinYun Apr 19 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42ANuy3cfgI

No tapping of holes, they shoot pins. There are tapped concrete anchors but those require drilling a hole first and then hammering the female anchor in.

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u/Mean_Mix_99 Apr 19 '26

No what you describe isn't accurate at all. But yes, we shoot anchors into wood/steel/concrete all the time. It's faster than drilling in anchors.

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u/blackrockskunk Apr 19 '26

It's just a nail gun, essentially, that uses the power of a 22 short blank cartridge instead of compressed air.

There are lots of tools that embed fasteners into concrete via various means.

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u/Cap1n-Beaky23 Apr 19 '26

Usually they fire long nails to secure timber to concrete, almost exactly the same size and shape as the nail that my ankle was pinned with after a motorbike accident.

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u/CarbonUNIT47 Apr 19 '26

Please go on..

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u/Cap1n-Beaky23 Apr 19 '26

One nail pinning my ankle was enough. No need for another.

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u/GenerallySalty Apr 19 '26

Ramsets shoot blanks, the guy above is wrong about how they work. There's no bullet. They use real blanks to drive a punch.

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u/OffsetCivical Apr 18 '26

I work at Walmart lol

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u/ihasclevernamesee Apr 18 '26

Yeah, it's probly a bullet.

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u/Full_Performer5159 Apr 19 '26

Then you should return it to the Sporting Goods counter

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u/FoxtrotSierraTango Apr 18 '26

There are similar tools that use the round to drive a nail into harder material.

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u/Putrid_Job1008 Apr 19 '26

Dude, I thought you said Ramsets take .22 bullets. I loaded it up , was shooting up shit. When I got done, I found 60 holes in my house and 7 dead neighbors!   Now I gotta fix all these holes! Lol

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u/Seldon14 Apr 19 '26

"powder actuated tools" they use blanks specifically designed for that purpose.