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11-06-2004, 05:52 AM

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In uk.d-i-y Paul Mc Cann wrote:
In article ,
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In uk.d-i-y Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip go@fish wrote:
Be still and pray homage to Illogic Bomb who posted this on 04 Jun 2004...

go@fish (Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip) wrote in
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Be still and pray homage to David Fawthrop who posted this on 04 Jun
2004...

Robert Heinbaugh of Plainsville, Ohio, has the distinction of being
the first person in the world to be shot by a lawn mower... As he cut
the grass one evening, he ran over a live bullet which went off and
shot him in the foot.

Did he die?

Not unless his brain was in his foot or something.

He could have bled to death.

Unlikely.
When you set off a cartridge that's not inside a gun, if it's unrestrained
the brass simply shoots off the bullet (which is heavier) at a relatively
low velocity, due to the very low pressure.
If it is restrained, it bursts the cartridge, again at a very low pressure,
and with a very short 'barrel', little speed is reached by the bullet.

I wouldn't be an expert but I was present when a 22 round went off after
being struck with a nail (don't ask) and it scared the s***t out of me
as it definitely attained some velocity

It's going to obtain some velocity, but not really very much.
You'd probably get more out of an airgun.

Its a long time ago bit ISTR the bullet was held in a metalworkers vice
before the percussion cap was struck with a nail. The brass case did not
collapse and the bullet couldn't be found !

Maybe they made them better in those days ;')

Paul Mc Cann

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