Don't Use Shotgun to Remove Lugnut

Started by Lil Me, Nov 12 07 08:06

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Lil Me

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[/span][/span][/font][/font][/span] [font face="Verdana,Sans-serif"][font color="black" size="2"][span id="article"][div class="KonaBody"][span id="intelliTXT"] SOUTHWORTH, Wash. (AP) - A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff's deputies said.[/p] The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear wheel by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said.[/p] "He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said.[/p] From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with buckshot and debris, with some injuries as high as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report.
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Russ

Ill try to remember this. May come in handy someday.. lol!
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims

Ace

Ya, not a good idea!  What most likely happened is the buckshot ricocheted off the wheel and peppered him, which will happen with projectiles that consist of certain material formation and velocities...  I've been smacked with ricocheting birdshot fired from a 12 gauge, as well as a couple near misses with a ricocheting .22 LR round...  Yet a .223 FMJ round has virtually no risk of ricocheting in any of the 'tests' that I've administered, as it's a fairly high velocity round, and seems to fragment upon impact...

Oh well, sometimes gun safety needs to be learned the hard way!
 
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Ace

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The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory