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chrisa

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1. Ouch. Bullet must have been on a dresser or something,

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 01:26 PM

Apr 2012

and when he dropped it, it hit the primer is such a right way that it fired, hitting him in the shoulder. Stranger things have happened, I guess.

The real thing is, why keep a .22 round with no gun to shoot it? Just collects bullets?

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Weightlifter shot when he drops dumbbell on bullet (or so he says) [View all] Liberal_in_LA Apr 2012 OP

Ouch. Bullet must have been on a dresser or something, chrisa Apr 2012 #1

I think cops think someone shot him and left with gun. Liberal_in_LA Apr 2012 #2

That's probably more likely. The physics behind what the guy claimed happened chrisa Apr 2012 #5

.22 rounds don't have a primer. TheWraith Apr 2012 #6

Oh - Thanks for the info chrisa Apr 2012 #9

Was he doing what Schwartzshitter was doing when he was a body builder? LiberalFighter Apr 2012 #3

Sounds like a good one for Mythbusters n/t Duer 157099 Apr 2012 #4

Sounds like more than one dumbbell involved. KansDem Apr 2012 #7

I thought that when a bullet fired outside of a gun, it doesn't go very fast. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #8

You're exactly right. TheWraith Apr 2012 #10

That, and Also On the Road Apr 2012 #12

Also quite possible. TheWraith Apr 2012 #15

Even throwing a handful of .22 shells in a burning barrel won't make them discharge like that NickB79 Apr 2012 #11

Dumbbells don't kill people... MrScorpio Apr 2012 #13

If you outlaw dumbbells... pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #14

Looks like a job warrior1 Apr 2012 #16