Check out this unusual Accidental Discharge

That's crazy! Guess I should keep ammo covered just to be safe.

WOW!

LESSON LEARNED! How many of us have sat or stood at the range with an open box of ammo next to us like that? And every range I've visited had a roof over me so the SAME ACCIDENT could have happened to me.

Thanks a lot for sharing that. Those photos really drive the point home.

You might think about changing the text. When I saw AD I was thinking "advertisement" NOT Accidental Discharge.

Best regards ~ ~ ~ 45Broomhandle

One in a million shot.

One in a million shot.

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Yeah... But if you shoot a million rounds...

BUT let's also recall the bullet (and shell for that matter) wouldn't have much heat on 'em, certainly not to a lethal degree and almost certainly not enough to penetrate bare skin.

File this under "scary but mostly harmless" and while you're at it cross-reference "weird as hell".

WOW .. That is really unusual .. I believe it though

Only one round went off (the one who's primer was struck) and did minimal damage to a plastic tray and cardboard box. More proof that ammo is a minimal hazard until you put it in the gun.

--wally.

I agree with the "scary but mostly harmless" judgement. From "Box-O-Truth" it seems that cookoffs (not in the chamber of a gun) of small arms caliber cartridges are "mostly harmless". But from now on I am going to make sure the primers are not up or exposed to falling brass.

Even though that is a freak accident, from now on I am going to make sure my ammo is covered.

Good that you went to the trouble to share thanks.

HQ

damn, never even heard of that happening before.

I thought that rounds that went off outside a chamber merely separated the bullet and case. This cartridge case was ripped wide open.

That happened a year or so ago to a buddy of mine on a public range in Iowa. He brought in the box and showed everyone in the office and our jaws just dropped. He was shooting a .40 Glock. One guy there said that Glocks were so dangerous that they caused KB's OUTSIDE the gun.

I'd definitely make some sort of keepsake out of that. Maybe encase it in plastic as a conversation piece.

Dangdest thing I even ever heard of!

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Craziness indeed.

Similar things have happened while ejecting loaded rounds, when the live round manages to hit primer-down on a piece of rock/gravel/concrete/etc. It's a freak occurrence, but still a good argument for safety glasses whenever you set foot on a range.

I'm not sure that story makes sense to me. I can't see how EMPTY .40 brass could dent that live primer like that. It just doesn't weigh enough nor could it be travelling fast enough to do that kind of damage. I'm not saying empty brass couldn't hit a live primer just right to set it off, it just doesn't seem possible that such a dent could occur. Very strange whatever happened.

If that doesn't give that guy a shooters flinch, nothing will...

that guy should buy a lotto ticket.

might as well add my stories.

1. ejected ak casing went through the ceiling tiles at outdoor range, then proceeded to imbed itself into the wood rafters above those. yikes.

2. ejected x54r casing from romak flew diagonally backwards to the right, 45 feet, then took a nice 1cm chunk out of my buddy's forehead right above the glabella (between the eyes).

3. bullet fell into the case on an x54r that i loaded. i poured the win748 out onto dirt. heated argument ensued as to what happens to powder when lit. in the middle of the argument a little bit of ash from a cigarette fell into the pile. woosh - a five foot tall column of flame instantly shot up, everyone hastily beat a retreat. that littl epile of about 46 grains burned for a good 30 seconds!

Never in a million years would I of thought that was possible.. It just goes to show you. Accidents do happen when you least expect them to.

He needs to go buy a lotto ticket.