Sunday, August 17, 2014

Running With Scissors

Homemade .410 Revolver Carbine - YouTube: Published on Jun 6, 2014 Episode 10: Homemade .410 Revolver Carbine Review Thanks for watching!

A highly imaginative (that's a compliment) young man built his own "Revolver" Shotgun.

The thing works pretty good, no criticism for the crude design and construction.

[Hat Tip to "Say Uncle: "But Gun Control Will Work"]



Here's the down side:

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The kid is shooting his .410 shotgun at targets from a bare handful of feet away, and those targets are often staged on metal objects (oil drum, dumpster bin) which can bounce those pellets right back at him..   And he isn't even wearing safety glasses.

I would like to think that he will someday look back on this video and say: "Damn!   I can't believe I was so stupid!"


Makes you want to say: "Geez, kid, does your mom know you're doing this?"   But actually, in the comments to the youtube video, people suggest the danger of injury.    He just laughs it off:

Thanks. I'm glad you think so haha. I simply forgot to bring my glasses to the range, and by the time I remembered, it was too late. Thanks for your concern tho

Words fail me.

3 comments:

MuddyValley said...

OK. A four shot zip gun. Obviously more concern for his hearing than his eyesight. There may be a rule somewhere that if you have to wince & close your eyes while firing something, then you probably shouldn't.

Mark said...

The next John Browning?

Anonymous said...

Winching and closing of eyes when firing the British Brown Bess musket was reported to be a common thing back in the day. Especially with a full military charge of black powder.