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- f3rr37, on 05/22/2008, -1/+216wow, didn't know I'd make it to digg.
Title is completely inaccurate, as is the linked article, and I do not have a bullet in my hand, I have a piece of brass.
Please visit http://fivesevenforum.net/showthread.php?t=17426 for my first hand account of the incident. - avengingturnip, on 05/22/2008, -8/+135And here is the real story. http://tinyurl.com/5s2odg
- shadeOfGrey, on 05/22/2008, -2/+95Buried for inaccurate title.
- balibones, on 05/22/2008, -3/+63He's lucky that's all he got - a few stitches.
- FearFactory, on 05/22/2008, -1/+52defect not dirty
- barnett25, on 05/22/2008, -0/+32Not all gun enthusiasts are ignorant hillbillies.
- bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -3/+35An "internal server error"?
Holy *****, I better get out the oil. - BXRWXR, on 05/22/2008, -3/+34This is my rifle, this is my gun
Both go off in my hand when I have fun - jdmcadam, on 05/22/2008, -2/+31Google Cache:
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:24A6oBfADwIJ: ... - shadeOfGrey, on 05/22/2008, -0/+29It was a defect with the gun.
- PueSi, on 05/22/2008, -4/+33That's why I prefer plasma guns, much safer to use.
- artofwot, on 05/22/2008, -4/+31I was firing a magnum on Thanksgiving with family members (a typic New England Thanksgiving, really), and the second shot I fired there wasn't any kick. I shrugged and fired twice more, only to find that the first shot had lodged in the barrel of the gun... the tip of the bullet was sticking out, and there were still two bullets lodged behind it.
Needless to say, I was pretty lucky. - jothaxe, on 05/22/2008, -0/+27Unfortunately, accuracy in headlines doesn't get diggs, so submitters just make up whatever sounds appealing.
- doctechnical, on 05/22/2008, -1/+26Sweet Jesus, "lucky" isn't the word. You always stop firing and wait to see what happens with a misfire. Point the gun at something safe and wait, it could be slow-burning powder and the gun can go off minutes after you fired it. After the wait you eject the cartridge and check the bore.
But props for making shooting a Thanksgiving tradition :) - Lancer28, on 05/22/2008, -0/+25If you read the article posted above this happened not because the gun wasn't cleaned or because he did his own reloading. This happened because there is a defect with the gun that caused the round to load out of battery meaning that when the round is chambered, the round was not properly chambered. In this case the round was chambered with 1/4 of the round in the magazine.
- inactive, on 05/22/2008, -0/+23Whelp, thanks for linking us to something and then telling us it doesn't work.
- inactive, on 05/22/2008, -0/+22Darwin missed by 1/4 of an inch...
- lbreevesii, on 05/22/2008, -0/+22I hate inaccurate titles and descriptions...
- etx313, on 05/22/2008, -4/+25No, That's what happens when you fire a defective pistol...
- inactive, on 05/22/2008, -9/+30I think it is the anti-self protection device. It blows up hurting the person using it, then the person gets robbed and raped.
- avengingturnip, on 05/22/2008, -0/+20Your dad not like you much?
- kraemer007, on 05/22/2008, -0/+20The title is totally inaccurate. The gun blew up because of a design flaw. The original article: http://www.defensivecarry.com/vbulletin/general-fi ...
- doctechnical, on 05/22/2008, -1/+21It seems to me that a "gun nut" is the least likely person to let their guns go without cleaning. It would be like a car enthusiast not getting the oil changed.
- inactive, on 05/22/2008, -2/+22I agree. What a joke, Muslims are not going to invade America.
Thankfully no one is raped or murdered in the US. There is no need to own a gun for personal protection.
American woman have learned that rapists will wait to be arrested if they are verbally told forcefully to "STOP!!! Leave me alone!!!"
Murderers will always lay down their weapons when spoken to in a calming voice.
***** idiot Wingers thinking they have ANY right to self protection. That's what the government is for. - sapped, on 05/22/2008, -0/+17Just to be clear on this; is your first hand the one with the metal in it or the other one?
- coldkodiak, on 05/22/2008, -0/+16Sorry. You stick live rounds, that just need a nice hit on the back to go off, into holes in your chair, that you then rock around in it, insanely, reading digg.
You are super duper sir. That is so inane that I'm just going to believe it, and shrug. - SuperVepr308, on 05/22/2008, -0/+16I knew a guy (born in Kuwait and funny as hell) who loaded his own .45 rounds and liked them hot. He was a programmer by trade and always felt you could push the "recommended" limits of anything well beyond that point. He produced a set of rounds and fired them in a Colt 1911. The gun flew out of his hand and after inspecting it he found the barrel had a perfectly round bulge in the middle about the size of a quarter (he brought the barrel into work). Had that not been a quality barrel, he would have probably lost his face and hand. Note to re-loaders: pressure limits are actually real on rounds and weapons!
- SuperVepr308, on 05/22/2008, -0/+16Just an FYI, you can purchase a Five-n-Seven. 5.7 ammo does not have to be made armor piercing. PS90's use the same ammo.
- burninthepyre, on 05/22/2008, -7/+23http://www.theprepared.com/index.php?option=com_co ...
This is what really happens when you don't clean your guns. - iroc409, on 05/22/2008, -1/+14Your information is not entirely accurate.
The pistol is widely available to the public and is not banned in any way, shape, or form. The ammunition and original design specs of the gun were intended to defeat body armor. However, the ATF regulate "armor-piercing" ammo and that ammo is not available to the public.
Go to a gun store, even like Sportsman's Warehouse, and you will find the Five Seven for about $900.
There is ammunition for this firearm that is not considered "armor-piercing" and is available to the public. The firearm is not particularly popular because the ammo is quite expensive, and several types are banned for public consumption.
Which really in itself is a bit of a conundrum, since just about any standard caliber hunting rifle will do far more damage than this pistol can. - DaviDaviDaviD, on 05/22/2008, -9/+22A similar thing happened to me a few days ago. I have a collection of M16 bullets on my desk (don't ask me why, I just do) and I found that my chair was becoming loose. The screw had gone from the main support and everything else I stuck in there was not working. I stuck a bullet in there a laid back...it worked! Until a few minutes later when the bullet flung out of the chair and missed my arm by about 1/4 of an inch. Scariest thing ever to happen to me whilst I was browsing digg I tell you.
- loktoris, on 05/22/2008, -4/+16Buried as inaccurate.
- inactive, on 05/22/2008, -2/+14Wow this guy is so lucky! He could have had it a lot worse!
- daniel, on 05/22/2008, -6/+18He cuts your hand? Your dad's a pervert. You should stop "cleaning" his "gun".
- Rockout, on 05/22/2008, -11/+22That looks to me like there was too much powder in the round, not that the gun was dirty.
- maz2331, on 05/22/2008, -0/+11IF the gun allowed an out-of-battery firing, it's still an inherently unsafe design, and the ammo becomes irrelevant. An overpressure or high primer discharge is the user's fault.
- bdolcourt, on 05/22/2008, -1/+12FN FiveseveN
This story and pictures have been posted by the guy it happened to on various firearms related websites.
Story is also available here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=362563 - ch33sehead, on 05/22/2008, -0/+11Looks like the guy's claiming the FiveseveN model is defective and is prone to fire out-of-battery.
- Hickeroar, on 05/22/2008, -0/+11Had nothing to do with the gun being dirty. It's a known design flaw in the FN Five-Seven that allowed it to fire out of battery.
The article author needed to RTFA before posting this. The gun may or may not have been dirty, but that's irrelevant. It fired with the casing exposed out the back of the chamber and the the slide partially back. - bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -4/+14Your range is full of dumb-asses.
While a member of the local conservation club (mostly hardcore hunters, Minnesota thing), I've shot THOUSANDS of rounds (hand loaded) out of many, many guns. And at the gun range (pistol and skeet range! WOOT! Trap shooting FTW!) that they used to operate, NOBODY ever blew up their guns because of ***** packing or bad gun maintenance.
Anyone with their head not firmly implanted in their ass shouldn't have these problems, unless they're trying to make custom armoer punch rounds or something. There's NO WAY IN THE WORLD that typical hand-loader should ever, EVER have to deal with this.
Your gun range is full of dumb-*****. - replaysMike, on 05/22/2008, -5/+15Same thing happens when I don't clean my hookers.
- Dimensio, on 05/22/2008, -1/+11I do not believe that bullets can fire of their own accord. They must be packed in a casing filled with a measured quantity of powder that is ignited by a primer. As DaviDaviDaviD state that he had used a bullet, and not a complete cartridge, it is likely that the bullet was merely pushed out of place at high speed due to pressure applied by the chair.
- doctechnical, on 05/22/2008, -0/+10Must have been a pretty nasty surprise to the wasps, too.
- Hickeroar, on 05/22/2008, -0/+10Wasn't a squib. It's a design defect in the Five-Seven. A gun should NEVER be able to fire out of battery.
- f3rr37, on 05/22/2008, -0/+10Because I reload for this caliber.
- captnkurt, on 05/22/2008, -5/+15Strangely, this is exactly the same thing that happens to you when you don't clean your guMs.
Let's floss out there, people.
Signed,
Dr. Ginger Vitus, D.D.S. - Digger1218, on 05/22/2008, -1/+9That FN is pretty expensive. Way to reveal your lack of knowledge on the subject.
- Gryffydd, on 05/22/2008, -0/+8For the most part I'm with you, I'm a 1911 man myself, but if you do manage to blow up a steel frame gun you're going to be in a lot worse shape than blowing up a plastic one.
- mathwizkid, on 05/22/2008, -1/+9Website offline. What a crap host is that hostgator. They pull the website offline but do place a page that brings them money instead.
- zoomoxam, on 05/22/2008, -1/+9***** nihilists.
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