Ironically, judging from the hole in the bill of his hat, he probably got off with just some powder burns to his face. Considering the length of that hangfire, he might have been badly hurt had he tried to eject that shell or just opened the chamber to look. Imagine if the unsupported shell had detonated a few inches away from his face.
I think it was the initial recoil that kept that video from showing up on Faces of Death. Notice in the slo-mo replay that the shotty rocks forward right before the Very Bad Things come out of the barrel and through the brim of his hat.
October 4th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Ironically, judging from the hole in the bill of his hat, he probably got off with just some powder burns to his face. Considering the length of that hangfire, he might have been badly hurt had he tried to eject that shell or just opened the chamber to look. Imagine if the unsupported shell had detonated a few inches away from his face.
October 4th, 2011 at 10:28 am
I think it was the initial recoil that kept that video from showing up on Faces of Death. Notice in the slo-mo replay that the shotty rocks forward right before the Very Bad Things come out of the barrel and through the brim of his hat.
Bet he never does that again.
tweaker
October 4th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Dayum, that was close! Stupid is as stupid does.
October 4th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Almost, ALMOST chlorinated the gun nut gene pool with that stunt.
Bet he learned his lesson.
October 4th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
What the heck was he looking for? A shot squib?!
October 4th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
I too have to wonder if the vid’s a fake. Then again, truth can be stranger than fiction.
October 5th, 2011 at 2:21 am
Almost terminally stupid.
October 5th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Shiver Me Timbers!
Everyone knows you don’t do that yourself.
You get a Liberal to do it for you.