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Can a bullet fired into the storm cloud cause lightning to strike?
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In order to force a lightning strike you need to bring the charged particles closer together, increase conductivity of the air or increase the amount of charged particles. If a bullet can do any of this, it may cause a lightning strike
It seems plausible that the vapor trail of changing air pressure behind a bullet could create a momentary channel of increased conductivity and/or particle density as air rushes back into the void created by the passing projectile. I wonder if the effect is persistent enough to enable a static discharge all along the path though.