[Spridgets] FW: 44 magnum accident

John Innis jdinnis at gmail.com
Tue Apr 26 18:19:32 MDT 2011


This came out on some gun related lists last July.  As far as I know this
was the result of a handloader screwing up.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Bob Van Kirk <racerbob70 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>    I believe there are listers among us that are interested in firearms of
> all sorts hence the reason for forwarding this plus Frank's distaste for
> anything made in China. (LBC content of a sort).
> Bob
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>  Subject: Fw: 44 magnum accident
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> Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 12:25 PM
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> First it was baby formula, then pet food, but now you should
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> A guy came into the police department the other day to ask a favor.
> He had a S&W 629 (.44 Mag) that he wanted to dispose of
> after a mishap at the range.
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> He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new ammo
> (Chinese made), and the gun smacked him in the forehead,
> leaving a nice gash.  When the tweety birds cleared from around
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> Bet he never uses Chinese made ammo again!
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> Looks like when the round in the chamber went off,
> it also set off at least two other rounds in adjacent cylinders.
> I would have hated to been the one that pulled the trigger on
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> A really good reason for not buying cheap ammunition !!
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