Man fires shotgun with one hand - GIF

[Hoosiersmoker]

The guy who had that happen to him must have had a weak elbow or thought he was firing a .22. My daughters used to fire my .44s all the time with a 1 handed grip once they had gotten used to the recoil.

Yeah, the guy was just an idiot, zero respect for the firearm and no idea of the recoil and how to deal with it. Don't know if he'd ever shot any gun before that. The only time I was really surprised by a gun was shooting my friends replica Colt 1860 Army (two-handed). The recoil was a little hairy the first shot. The second shot went into the ground trying to compensate haha. After that I was pretty much on target. That was a fun one to shoot! The 4 of us only got to squeeze off 12 rounds each though.

[WmRMeyers]

Looking at this again it looks like the first barrel shot made it fly toward his face and the second barrel shot burried it into his nose. I saw a guy that almost ripped his nose off with a .44 trying to "Dirty Harry" it. This recoil from the first round made the hammer hit his nose then he involuntarily squeezed off a second round which nearly took off the rest of his nose... LOTS of blood! He's luck the barrel was still pointing away from his head!

That is a pump shotgun, it only fired one round. You're hearing echoes of the buildings around him. I have fired a 10ga. 3-1/2" magnum shotgun one handed. My left arm was in a cast, and I rested the butt of the shotgun against my buddy's old Chevy truck. Left a dent about 1-1/2 inches deep and a foot across in the fender where I rested it. Two .69cal punkin balls. By weight, not a terribly hot load for that gun. What he's shooting looks like a 12 ga., and a 1-1/8ounce load would be normal for it. Or one .69cal. punkin ball. Pretty sure he will NEVER make that mistake again.

[neilbourjaily]

Another Darwin Awards honorable mention.

[mlochala]

Napoleon Dynamite got pwned by that boomstick.

[WmRMeyers]

Napoleon Dynamite got pwned by that boomstick.

You ain't lyin'.

Bill

[mlochala]

You ain't lyin'.

Bill

I can't say much. I have a Browning BAR in 30-06 caliber that has pwned me a couple of times, and that's with me holding it properly. I killed a deer with it many years - pretty impressive shot, if I do say so myself (225 yards free-handed, base of the skull) - and after recovering the deer, I discovered I had a nice bloody ring around my right eye from the scope.

[tlnixon]

I have a Mossberg that came with a pistol grip. Took it to the range to function test it, and after 2-3 shells realized it needed a stock. Two-handed was even most uncomfortable with #6 shot. I can't imagine what buckshot would be. I added a Tapco adjustable plastic stock to it.