Girl Accidentally Shot in the Head at Missouri Range - 500 S&W
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Smith and Wesson might think about fixing that tendency.
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What tendency do you speak of ? |
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Accidents happen and that was a terrible one.
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At ones with muzzle flip.
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...my first motorcycle wasn't 1000cc, was yours?
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It's whoever handed her that revolvers fault. An unexperienced shooter has no business handling a calibre of that magnitude.
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Some one should have been more responsible.
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It's not funny and is obviously dangerous |
Wow, I can't believe she pulled the trigger a second time that fast. That's the only way a revolver will fire.
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I was with my boss the first we took some people out to shoot his, including him. We didn't have anyone lose control of the gun like that but I am glad I only loaded one round at a time.
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She'll double tap that smith faster than jerry.
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One reason to only load one round on a new firearm that someone has never fired.. the NRA basic firearms safety class teaches this until the shooter is more adept at firing more than a single round..
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What I don't understand is why don't they load it one at a time if the person is small framed and has little to no experience shooting such a beast of a caliber. That way after the first shot it can't go off again with no more rounds in the weapon.
Even myself I would try just 1 round to get a feel for handling it first since I've never fired the 500 SW. I saw another youtube video where the muzzle flip hit the girl in the face muzzle first and if she pulled the trigger again on accident she would have been like this poor girl. |
Yup, when kids or anyone I have not personally shot with shoots the desert Eagles I load 1 round only.
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Agreed. I did this when new to this firearm, or ANYONE I introduce it to, also use less powerful loads and work your way up. But common sense is no longer common. |
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Agreed. I did this when new to this firearm, or ANYONE I introduce it to, also use less powerful loads and work your way up. Not to mention wearing a padded glove. But common sense is no longer common. |
Who ever let here shoot it fully loaded should be kicked in the face.
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I am leaving the range immediately the next time someone rents one of those.
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I always thought when you hand someone a gun of that caliber you only put one round. Then you don't have double tap issues. :shrug:
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Would you blame a car manufacturer for an idiot putting someone with no driving experience behind the wheel of an 800hp car? No. Would you blame a muzzle loader manufacturer for someone dumping too much or the wrong powder into it? No. Don't blame the manufacturer for some idiot's failure to understand the equipment. |
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If that's the case, I assume you can point to where in the manual or on the firearm the manufacturer tells the user to only load one round for new shooters? If it doesn't say that then the MANUFACTURER should address that :rolleyes: |
The issue is the people that like to watch inexperienced shooters fire a .44, .454, .500, etc., just so they can laugh it up as it recoils back in their face.
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Always start out small and work your way up in caliber to beginning shooters. My wife when she first started worked on a 22 and managed to get comfortable with my 9mm. She shot my 45 once and said it is a bit much so i stopped there. No way she can handle my 357 or 44 mag. The person that handed this poor girl that 500 had a lot of poor judgement.
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Actually I agree with all the: never hand a 500 with more than one round to anyone weak or first time.
But it is more than that, the 500 produces enough recoil that we have actually seen rounds discharge from the recoil alone (leaving a lead skidmark on the side of the barrel). A 500 S&W is not a firearm for anyone without experience, period. It is very powerful and accidents happen much too easily. Double or even triple fires are not uncommon and thankfully the recoil ignition is pretty rare. |
I took some new shooters to the indoor range a few weeks ago and I only gave them 1 round of 9mm a time to start. They were from New Zealand where gun ownership is unheard of. Point being you never know how someone is going to react to an explosion in their hands.
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People know it has a crapload of recoil, people know it's a powerful handgun, even without knowing about the possibility of the double tap, anyone with half a brain should realize that on their own before handing it to someone. Do you seriously support that legalese bull**** paragraphs on the side of guns to warn people that they might be dangerous? |
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Here's the S&W high speed cam video they used in their investigation to determine it was unintentional bump firing Yes people know it is a powerful handgun, but not everyone knows that makes to prone to unintentional bump firing far more than any other handgun on the market. Bump firing is not typically considered a double action revolver phenomena. Might be worth it for the manufacturer to mention that. |
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They should make a 500 single action option for woman and sissys;) |
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