Man Shot Self … Without a Gun!

Yeah I’m with Gaulder. He did this…why? To prove he could shoot himself without using a gun?

Guns don’t kill people, bullets kill people.

We used to hear about someone doing this in the metal shop in high school once a year or so. Usually the brass cartridge would just rupture and burns or metal shrapnel were the worst of the injuries.

There are other instances of this happening. Hitting the bullets like this doesn’t usually cause a discharge that could injure anyone….but it can happen!!

As to why he is doing this? Some places buy used shell casings. They can reload and resell them with less overhead. It’s possible the guy got ahold of some free bullets and wanted to make a little side money.

Or, maybe he’s an idiot.

So close to a Darwin award…

What the vise did not do is tightly enclose the cartridge which is necessary to keep the cartridge from failing and turning into shrapnel. Chances are the bullet didn’t go very far or fast since the exploding gases were not focused down a barrel but expending themselves out from between the vise jaws.

The dude probably took a piece of brass casing in the arm. Too, he may have been dumb enough to put his arm in harms way and the slow bullet did some minimal damage.

All together now: “What an ultramaroon!”

Yeah i could see how the shrapnel theory would apply as weak as brass is (for metals); otherwise, the casing itself will project the bullet ‘on a path.’ and i’m sure it sort of still did, but far weaker; no defect or deformity upon stiking something (hard) probably…
did the guy get struck by case fragments? or by actually forgetting where his arm was? who’s to say…let’s give him SOME credit as a man who tests his own half-assed theories…right after we call him !!!STUPID!!!

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I think he tried to kill himself on propose. idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!