This. I was also thinking slam fire
This. I was also thinking slam fire
Yeah, that ain't completely right.
Terrible, terrible tragedy.
His family has my prayers.
I had a mossberg bolt .410 that would go off if you slammed the bolt shut hard enough. Sad deal
I saw a guy in the ER tonight who was blind in one eye, had false left-sided upper teeth and such... turned out it was from an accident 6 or 8 years ago with a firearm. I asked him the story, just so I could share it here and learn for myself.
He said he was out hunting and had his .45 cal black powder pistol. He put it in the right-sided holster when he was out hunting, and when he went to pull the belt up, the weight of the gun caused it to tilt barrel-up and it slid out of the holster and blammo - right in the mouth from the right side, tracking up and to his left. Took out his mandible (upper jaw/teeth area) and his left eye. Bad deal. I told him, "You're one lucky son-of-a-*****." He agreed, "You're damn right I am."
Semper vigilate.
He said he was out hunting and had his .45 cal black powder pistol. He put it in the right-sided holster when he was out hunting, and when he went to pull the belt up, the weight of the gun caused it to tilt barrel-up and it slid out of the holster and blammo - right in the mouth from the right side, tracking up and to his left. Took out his mandible (upper jaw/teeth area) and his left eye. Bad deal. I told him, "You're one lucky son-of-a-*****." He agreed, "You're damn right I am."
Semper vigilate.
sad deal, family is in our prayers
WoW....
Many years ago my cousin shot himself with a shotgun pulling it out of the trunk, it was a OLD side by side 12 with double hammers, one of the hammers got snagged on something and almost blew his arm off.
Very sad event.
I have seen two Mossberg bolt action shotguns that would fire when you closed the bolt. One of them missed a lady by about a foot and blew a big hole in the outside wall from the living room. They put a large cork in the hole in the inside wall, and stuffed an old jacket in the much larger exit hole in the siding. The other was a pawnshop purchase that became a really cool lamp, but I had to try it out first. I primed an empty shell, went into the back yard, and put the shell in the chamber (no magazine). Closed the bolt, and POW!
Bolt action shotguns are the weakest shotgun actions, and my vote is to use them as ugly wall hangers or turn them into lamps. Many of them carry a lot of sentiment, but just because you love something doesn't make it advisable to use it.
I have seen two Mossberg bolt action shotguns that would fire when you closed the bolt. One of them missed a lady by about a foot and blew a big hole in the outside wall from the living room. They put a large cork in the hole in the inside wall, and stuffed an old jacket in the much larger exit hole in the siding. The other was a pawnshop purchase that became a really cool lamp, but I had to try it out first. I primed an empty shell, went into the back yard, and put the shell in the chamber (no magazine). Closed the bolt, and POW!
Bolt action shotguns are the weakest shotgun actions, and my vote is to use them as ugly wall hangers or turn them into lamps. Many of them carry a lot of sentiment, but just because you love something doesn't make it advisable to use it.
They just reported on a musician who accidentally killed himself while getting his hunting rifle out of his vehicle. They said he was a big name in a Texas outlaw country music movement, but I didn't recognize the name or any of the songs they mentioned...
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