Sometimes, gun safety means fighting off your initial gut instinct of looking the problem squarely in the face. The shooter in this video is darned lucky to still be alive.
He reacted to his shotgun's misfiring by…looking into the muzzle! At which point, the gun goes off, barely missing his head.
It appears to be a problem of “hang fire,” where the primer doesn’t go off immediately when the firing pin strikes it, yet the primer ignites several seconds later. If you listen closely, you can hear the “click, click” of the firing pin.
In a case like this, it’s best to take the advice of Mark Shea, firearms teacher from Massachusetts and certified NRA Law Enforcement Instructor: Keep the end of your barrel pointing downrange and do a slow count to 10, and then and only then unload the firearm.
Makes one wonder if the camera was mounted on a tripod. If not (and I'll bet it was not) then why didn't the person operating the camera react when the gun went off and the guy at first appeared to be injured.
Maybe it was his wife operating the camera. :)
I would like to think the episode was staged and that no one would do what this guy did.
I'm pretty sure this is a fake. But even if it isn't, I don't think any real harm would've been done even if he was looking directly down the barrel when it went off; after all, if you're going to do something that stupid there can't be much in the 'ol cranium to blow out, could there?
"Now what did they ask if I wanted? Was it a bottle in front of me or was it a frontal lobotomy?"
That does look like shot coming out of the barrel. Maybe it was a frontal lobotomy he wanted.
That guy is lucky he didn't blow his fool brain out of his head.
Its ah gud ting I left ma beer by tripud thut I leened my stewpud sine by so I wudnet get cunfuzed and shoot dem to. To bad Luther wudnet heer to cee dis butt I got id on duh kamra tingy to sho off lader.
That's hard to watch. It looks real to me and he is dam lucky because what saved his life was the position of the butt of the gun when it went off. The kick pushed the butt toward him which pushed the barrel away from his face. If the butt was spun around 180 degrees then the recoil would have pushed the barrel into his face. That's dam lucky.
I'm not positive, but I remember hearing that this video was fake. Reason behind it was to show people what could happen if you look down a barrel(get their face blown off).
-If it was fake he did a pretty good acting job, I'll give him that...if it wasn't fake though he is an idiot =p.
This guy doesn't look like he shoots much. Look at his stance, and those targets are what 12 feet away. And when was the last time you wore blaze orange to shoot at bottles?
"Now what did they ask if I wanted? Was it a bottle in front of me or was it a frontal lobotomy?"
That does look like shot coming out of the barrel. Maybe it was a frontal lobotomy he wanted.
That guy is lucky he didn't blow his fool brain out of his head.
This guy doesn't look like he shoots much. Look at his stance, and those targets are what 12 feet away. And when was the last time you wore blaze orange to shoot at bottles?
I'm not positive, but I remember hearing that this video was fake. Reason behind it was to show people what could happen if you look down a barrel(get their face blown off).
-If it was fake he did a pretty good acting job, I'll give him that...if it wasn't fake though he is an idiot =p.
That's hard to watch. It looks real to me and he is dam lucky because what saved his life was the position of the butt of the gun when it went off. The kick pushed the butt toward him which pushed the barrel away from his face. If the butt was spun around 180 degrees then the recoil would have pushed the barrel into his face. That's dam lucky.
Its ah gud ting I left ma beer by tripud thut I leened my stewpud sine by so I wudnet get cunfuzed and shoot dem to. To bad Luther wudnet heer to cee dis butt I got id on duh kamra tingy to sho off lader.
I'm pretty sure this is a fake. But even if it isn't, I don't think any real harm would've been done even if he was looking directly down the barrel when it went off; after all, if you're going to do something that stupid there can't be much in the 'ol cranium to blow out, could there?
Makes one wonder if the camera was mounted on a tripod. If not (and I'll bet it was not) then why didn't the person operating the camera react when the gun went off and the guy at first appeared to be injured.
Maybe it was his wife operating the camera. :)
I would like to think the episode was staged and that no one would do what this guy did.
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Makes one wonder if the camera was mounted on a tripod. If not (and I'll bet it was not) then why didn't the person operating the camera react when the gun went off and the guy at first appeared to be injured.
Maybe it was his wife operating the camera. :)
I would like to think the episode was staged and that no one would do what this guy did.
I'm pretty sure this is a fake. But even if it isn't, I don't think any real harm would've been done even if he was looking directly down the barrel when it went off; after all, if you're going to do something that stupid there can't be much in the 'ol cranium to blow out, could there?
Yes, definitely natural selection at work.
Almost won himself a Darwin Award...
Hi...
If that post was legit...he shouldn't be trusted with a spoon...!!
Maybe it was his equivalent of looking under the hood when his car wouldn't start?
Well...hopefully...someone just might get the hint: don't look down the barrel of a loaded gun...!!
this is how hunting accidents happen......stupidty
Gun stops working...Looks down barrel...
* Looks down barrel..
"Now what did they ask if I wanted? Was it a bottle in front of me or was it a frontal lobotomy?"
That does look like shot coming out of the barrel. Maybe it was a frontal lobotomy he wanted.
That guy is lucky he didn't blow his fool brain out of his head.
Its ah gud ting I left ma beer by tripud thut I leened my stewpud sine by so I wudnet get cunfuzed and shoot dem to. To bad Luther wudnet heer to cee dis butt I got id on duh kamra tingy to sho off lader.
That's hard to watch. It looks real to me and he is dam lucky because what saved his life was the position of the butt of the gun when it went off. The kick pushed the butt toward him which pushed the barrel away from his face. If the butt was spun around 180 degrees then the recoil would have pushed the barrel into his face. That's dam lucky.
I'm not positive, but I remember hearing that this video was fake. Reason behind it was to show people what could happen if you look down a barrel(get their face blown off).
-If it was fake he did a pretty good acting job, I'll give him that...if it wasn't fake though he is an idiot =p.
This guy doesn't look like he shoots much. Look at his stance, and those targets are what 12 feet away. And when was the last time you wore blaze orange to shoot at bottles?
Wow, makes you wonder how he even made it this far in life.
Looking down the end of the barrel does what?
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Wow, makes you wonder how he even made it this far in life.
"Now what did they ask if I wanted? Was it a bottle in front of me or was it a frontal lobotomy?"
That does look like shot coming out of the barrel. Maybe it was a frontal lobotomy he wanted.
That guy is lucky he didn't blow his fool brain out of his head.
Looking down the end of the barrel does what?
This guy doesn't look like he shoots much. Look at his stance, and those targets are what 12 feet away. And when was the last time you wore blaze orange to shoot at bottles?
I'm not positive, but I remember hearing that this video was fake. Reason behind it was to show people what could happen if you look down a barrel(get their face blown off).
-If it was fake he did a pretty good acting job, I'll give him that...if it wasn't fake though he is an idiot =p.
That's hard to watch. It looks real to me and he is dam lucky because what saved his life was the position of the butt of the gun when it went off. The kick pushed the butt toward him which pushed the barrel away from his face. If the butt was spun around 180 degrees then the recoil would have pushed the barrel into his face. That's dam lucky.
Hi...
If that post was legit...he shouldn't be trusted with a spoon...!!
Maybe it was his equivalent of looking under the hood when his car wouldn't start?
Well...hopefully...someone just might get the hint: don't look down the barrel of a loaded gun...!!
Almost won himself a Darwin Award...
Its ah gud ting I left ma beer by tripud thut I leened my stewpud sine by so I wudnet get cunfuzed and shoot dem to. To bad Luther wudnet heer to cee dis butt I got id on duh kamra tingy to sho off lader.
* Looks down barrel..
Gun stops working...Looks down barrel...
this is how hunting accidents happen......stupidty
Yes, definitely natural selection at work.
I'm pretty sure this is a fake. But even if it isn't, I don't think any real harm would've been done even if he was looking directly down the barrel when it went off; after all, if you're going to do something that stupid there can't be much in the 'ol cranium to blow out, could there?
Makes one wonder if the camera was mounted on a tripod. If not (and I'll bet it was not) then why didn't the person operating the camera react when the gun went off and the guy at first appeared to be injured.
Maybe it was his wife operating the camera. :)
I would like to think the episode was staged and that no one would do what this guy did.
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