Exploding Bug?

Ken King

Ken King

A little rusty but not crusty
PREMO Member
Ponytail said:
Yea, but apparently nobody is reading his. I got two replies to mine. :neener:


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82 views tell me they were reading it, that is all but you and Kwillia. :biggrin:
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Ponytail said:
Man squashes bug with live 40mm round and blows part of his hand off. :shock:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/04/paperweight.explosion.ap/index.html
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Would like to know what kind of 40mm round it was.. had to be the actual round.. ie percussion cap and powder charge, not the projectile going off.. cause a 40 mm about anything would have cut him an half, and probably taken out a few of his students too. Even then, the amount of shrapnel from a round going off out of chamber.. still think would have done more damage. Something doesn't sound quite right.
 
desertrat

desertrat

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itsbob said:
Would like to know what kind of 40mm round it was.. had to be the actual round.. ie percussion cap and powder charge, not the projectile going off.. cause a 40 mm about anything would have cut him an half, and probably taken out a few of his students too. Even then, the amount of shrapnel from a round going off out of chamber.. still think would have done more damage. Something doesn't sound quite right.
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I'm almost thinking maybe just a shell with a primer. Place your hand over the top and bring it down on the bug.
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
desertrat said:
I'm almost thinking maybe just a shell with a primer. Place your hand over the top and bring it down on the bug.
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Actually THAT would make sense..
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
itsbob said:
Would like to know what kind of 40mm round it was.. had to be the actual round.. ie percussion cap and powder charge, not the projectile going off.. cause a 40 mm about anything would have cut him an half, and probably taken out a few of his students too. Even then, the amount of shrapnel from a round going off out of chamber.. still think would have done more damage. Something doesn't sound quite right.
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Since the 40 mm is a grenade, and he found it in the woods, it probably wasn't an HE round, rather an inert grenade target practice round.

However, even the HE rounds don't arm until about 12 meters, so if it stuck in the ceiling it shouldn't go off.
 
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