Man fires shotgun with one hand - GIF

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Dec 13, 2021, 08:14 AM
Altair

Man fires shotgun with one hand - GIF

Man fires shotgun with one hand.

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https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...133#post172405
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...072#post184242
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...835#post171223
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...986#post137710
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...5576#post82133
Dec 13, 2021, 08:43 AM
WmRMeyers

Had no idea what to expect. Hope the knot on his head taught him something. Like, maybe, don't fool around with stuff you don't really understand.

Bill
Dec 13, 2021, 12:20 PM
Frank S

He watched Terminator II and thought if that cybernetic organism can do so can I :lol:
Dec 13, 2021, 10:17 PM
EclecticNeophyte

Attention class...another lesson from the school of hard knocks. :smash:
Dec 14, 2021, 04:59 AM
Hoosiersmoker

Another one likely preceded by "Watch this" or "Hold my beer!". I've fired a couple of sawed-offs with pistol grips but never with one hand! Instant Karma!
Dec 14, 2021, 10:28 AM
Nick79

The latest poster child for "You can't fix stupid"
Dec 14, 2021, 10:45 AM
Hoosiersmoker

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!
Dec 14, 2021, 01:02 PM
Frank S

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker

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!

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.
Dec 15, 2021, 05:31 AM
Hoosiersmoker

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank S

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.
Dec 18, 2021, 01:53 AM
Scotsman Hosie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick79

The latest poster child for "You can't fix stupid"

Here's hoping that might've knocked some stupid outta him — before he lights a roman candle in his ass.
Dec 18, 2021, 06:51 PM
WmRMeyers

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker

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.
Dec 18, 2021, 07:00 PM
neilbourjaily

Another Darwin Awards honorable mention.
Dec 18, 2021, 07:09 PM
tlnixon

I bought a shotgun with a factory pistol grip like that. Took it to the range to function check it and about 2-3 rounds was all I fired. It was miserable and I had a good 2-hand hold on it. I think it temporarily loosened some of my teeth!

Ordered a MagPul adjustable stock for it. Mossberg called it a Cruiser. I called it "dynamite on a short stick!"
Dec 20, 2021, 01:36 PM
mlochala

Napoleon Dynamite got pwned by that boomstick.
Dec 20, 2021, 02:17 PM
WmRMeyers

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlochala

Napoleon Dynamite got pwned by that boomstick.

You ain't lyin'.

Bill
Dec 21, 2021, 05:55 AM
mlochala

Quote:

Originally Posted by WmRMeyers

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.