Matthew Duncan Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 2 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Payne Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I'll bet that was exciting! Was anybody killed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 See, there is a reason I always slide the boxes closed after loading at the range. I always thought it was a minor case of OCD but it was actually a safety thing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Safety is not accidental. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 Officer second to my right drop a 38 special during firearm qulaifications. Round fell onto the blacktop runway and went off. Officer first on my right got a minor bleeder on his cheek from the brass shrapnel. After the incident I notice everyone had taken a step back off the blacktop while reloading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger #3720LR Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 My experience has been seeing 3 round go off after being dropped on asphalt. One 38spl and two 12 ga. Each time made for an exciting morning. No one was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 At a 9mm range qualification shoot (Browning Mk3's) a student dropped a 9mm on a concrete floor and it went bang. We thought someone had loaded and UD. The student's face was priceless, no one hurt but one pair of undies ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 That's why I always feel (can't think of the word I want) shucking live shells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Watched a guy at a shoot drop a round on the gravel, bang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: That's why I always feel (can't think of the word I want) shucking live shells. I saw a shotgun shell fall out of a shooter's belt as she was moving forward to shoot the next gun on a stage. Hit a rock just right and went off. No one got hurt, she didn't even know it until told after she finished the stage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I dropped a 30-30 round and set the primer off on a chunk of rock at a weekend shoot in the desert. It wasn’t as impressive as I thought it might be. There was a loud pop, the case was split and the bullet was nowhere to be found. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenW Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 10 hours ago, Matthew Duncan said: Officer second to my right drop a 38 special during firearm qulaifications. Round fell onto the blacktop runway and went off. Officer first on my right got a minor bleeder on his cheek from the brass shrapnel. After the incident I notice everyone had taken a step back off the blacktop while reloading. I saw the same thing happen at Division Matches at Camp Pendleton back in the '80's. Was a .45 auto that was dropped. Found the case and the brass had mushroomed. Nobody hurt. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.K. Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I was a member of a West coast Nuclear Security force for 32 years.We Qualified Quarterly on a multi level range. When we were done with a course of fire, we would unload any unfired rounds we had left, and dump them into a bucket. One time a buddy of mine did so and a .40 cal round hit its primer just right on the tip of another round and went off. The shell casing fragmented and hit another officer standing near by in the chest. The noise startled the officer who dropped the rounds in the bucket and he stepped backwards and fell down a 25' embankment with an AR 15 strapped to his chest. The rangemaster who had 40+ years of experience said it was the first time he had a round discharge on his range. The officer who was struck in the chest had a small flesh wound, the officer who fell backwards injured his elbow and neck and soon after medically retired. Needless to say the procedure to get rid off extra rounds was changed so you placed them in your palm and with the back of your hand touching the rounds in the container, gently rolled them off your hand into the pile. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jim Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 That video should be pinned somewhere. Someone can talk about that happening all they want or say it happened to a friend of a friend, but unless it's seen, some won't believe it. "Oh, that just some story someone read on the internet. I don't believe it. That can't happen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 In the future, I will keep my ammo covered at the range. It may be a one in a million event, but also easy to avoid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totes Magoats Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I shucked a live Shotgun shell at the last Bayou Blast they held. It went off behind me when it hit the gravel. Loud, but no one was hurt. I still carry that hull in my cart. Totes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 A lady on our posse years ago at Mason Dixon had a shotgun shell in her belt go off when it was hit with a piece of lead that bounced back off the target. Launched the casing out of her belt a couple of inches, but the shot just dribbled out onto the ground. It's one of those physics things, the mass of the lead (be it bullet or shot) far exceeds the mass of the case and, unless the case is contained or restrained, the force will be equal in ALL directions, including sideways through the case. Typically, this happens without without injurious force, but there is always a chance of injury depending on the round type and load. Generally the biggest issues is that a bunch of folks may need a change of underwear, but it does happen. Myth Busters did a show were they put bullets in an oven, or fire, I can't recall it's been a long time, but it's probably on YouTube somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 What happens when you throw a live round into fire? Not what you think it does. (With Video) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L said: A lady on our posse years ago at Mason Dixon had a shotgun shell in her belt go off when it was hit with a piece of lead that bounced back off the target. Launched the casing out of her belt a couple of inches, but the shot just dribbled out onto the ground. It's one of those physics things, the mass of the lead (be it bullet or shot) far exceeds the mass of the case and, unless the case is contained or restrained, the force will be equal in ALL directions, including sideways through the case. Typically, this happens without without injurious force, but there is always a chance of injury depending on the round type and load. Generally the biggest issues is that a bunch of folks may need a change of underwear, but it does happen. Myth Busters did a show were they put bullets in an oven, or fire, I can't recall it's been a long time, but it's probably on YouTube somewhere. I think I would literally shat myself if a round on my belt suddenly went off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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