kip270 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 This guy is so lucky http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rRKP1OkR1fA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 A knew set of undies as well i would suspect Very lucky chap.... Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 - first time i've ever seen it for real . Make you think eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfox Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 It looks like a Browning A bolt, would definitely give you the shakes next time your about to pull the trigger. Redfox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemasis243 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hope he didnt damage the scope when he threw it on the floor Bet his Ass was twiching after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHPP Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 "Did you get one?" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I had a muzzleloading .58 caliber let go on me once. The breech plug blew out and mercifully missed my head as it swung right on the tang bolt before departing for elsewhere. I crawled quite a ways on my hands and knees, bleeding and blinded with wood and metal splinters in my face and eyes, before the Rangers got to me. (in -10F weather, no less!) I spent 5 days in an eye clinic having the splinters removed and was fairly blind for 6 weeks following. I did regain my sight and the rifle was retrieved and now hangs in my office. I was wearing shooting glasses which took the brunt of the hit and to this day I have no clue as to what caused it to blow. Nor do I know if I got the deer I was shooting at! ~Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Wow! You've got to admire / wonder at the way he just chucks it on the ground and just goes straight over to get his pal on the beast! The complete lack of reaction and the way everyone just cracks on makes it look like an everyday occurrence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 SCARY But he's got a flinch now !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejg223 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Didn't seem very experienced, a bit of buck-fever showing. Then the twitt possibly left the clatter lying with a few rounds in the mag... Christ Andrew, you were a lucky bugger. Those polycarbonate shooting glasses can protect quite a bit. I think 15mm can stop a 9mm luger. edi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Bet he had that gun over his shoulder for a while. Rain was dripping off his hat....bet he had a wet chamber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Bet he had that gun over his shoulder for a while. Rain was dripping off his hat....bet he had a wet chamber. I'd bet on plugged barrel; the burst is at the muzzle end. Good advert for the action! That's the strength you need. Blaser anyone?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm with brown dog, I bet he had stabbed the floor and plugged it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 I agree. I've see several burst like that when someone has plugged the barrel with mud. The local hardware store has a Savage 300WM, with a barrel split in an identical manner, hanging above the counter. They use it for the annual Hunter's Safety classes for kids to show what will happen if you don't "mind the muzzle".~Andrew Edi: Yes, I was very lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Seen this on another site.General consensus is...it was "staged" And Yes...it is an "A-Bolt". I love the part where everyone is all ready to take a shot at an Elk that isnt in sight. And they are all set and ready to shoot offhand. WTF ??? I never had one blow up on me....Thank the Great Spirit. But if one did I doubt I would casually toss it away and run over to my buddy like nothin happened. There would be a few more choice words said first. Along with a hike back to camp for some fresh CLEAN underware. 308Panther Staged my *ss. That gun blew up. As to the elk, well, I can't see much past the end of the gun. There could have been an elk there and the poor resolution wouldn't have shown it. It looks like it was shot with a cell phone. He was shooting off of a mono-pod, by the way. I shoot off hand all the time. Even at elk.~Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Morning All, Staged? Just rewatched it. Nope, that really is a rifle barrel bursting...... as to the casual 'crack on' reaction I mentioned; that's just psychology ....sensory overload/disbelief ...brain can't process the dissonance of the new information and cracks on with the 'known' until it catches up -bet he pooped himself 5 mins later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 There is something odd fo sure, after something like that happening people would gather round the incident looking to administer first aid. They treated liek an everyday occurance, no problem, let someone else take the shot. Here is another thought, the guy was using a monopod, shooting at a long range as well with it. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 If I were one of the other two guys I would be watching that elk, not the shooter. By the time they might have looked they would only see the other two guys standing there or perhaps moving their direction with nothing apparently wrong except the lack of a gun! ~Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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