Big ass revolver takes off 1/2 of a guy's thumb.

[tv1217]

.460 S&W out of a .500? Sounds fishy.

 

[subtlesixer03]

appearently there are people who dont watch mythbusters. they proved this WILL happen with that grip.

 

[WebSnyper]

Isn't that an improper hold for any revolver?

I could see this happening if you are used to shooting an autoloader... but yeah, blast out of the cylinder gap could certainly make a mess.

 

[CoyoteCreekGuns]

They did this on myth buster a while back, little gelatin thumbs everywhere

Here's the info:

Holding a hunting revolver improperly can cause your fingers to be blown off by the escaping gasses emitted when the bullets are fired.

confirmed
This myth came to the MythBusters in the form of a picture that was too graphic to show on air. After testing the handgun and noting the power of the gun’s recoil and the gasses that emitted from between the barrel and the chamber, Adam and Jamie built a pair of chicken hands to test the damage these gasses can cause to an unprotected hand. While Jamie’s less anatomically-correct hand only suffered some minor flesh damage from the gasses, Adam’s hand – specifically created to mimic the bone and joint structure of a human hand – had one finger blown almost completely off, confirming the myth.


MythBusters Episode 121: Thermite vs. Ice

 

[Jack Ryan]

Why would anybody hold any revolver in that manner?

They don't know a hand gun from a handS gun.
They are stupid.
They watch too much TV.
They get their gun training on the internet.
All of the above.

 

[venenoindy]

Stupid hurts!

 

[billybob44]

Shortly after I got married, my Father-In-Law was showing me the finer arts of John Wayne shooting-you know resting the barrel across your forearm of your off hand.
He was shooting my old Ruger BlackHawk .357, and got a little lesson on his methods.
After some burns/lead splatter, he cussed me/my gun+and my loads. He said "There should be a law against such an unsafe gun"
I did inform that there were laws against being stupid--THAT got me tight into my new family....

 

[backporch plinker]

Heck even a 44mag will tear up a canvas shooting bag rest. A guy once was going to shoot my 44 and wrapped his hand around the cylinder and I had to yell a fast warning at that.

 

[Tranquillity308]

Wow, I guess I never thought about that, and didn't know that could happen! I have a morbid curiosity but can't see the pics because I don't have at least 5 posts on that other board.

 

[nova512]

hell the powder blast for my gp100 off the walls at the shooting range will give you a heads up dont get you fingers anywhere near that cylinder lol

 

[Bendrx]

Now I want a GP100 or SP101 even more. I need trigger time with a revolver so I don't do this to myself in the future. I've heard of it, but never realized that finger removal was possible. I was thinking just 2nd and 3rd degree burns, which is dead flesh rotting off the bone, but the bone is still there! Got to get one of these and see how it doubles as a plasma cutter.

 

[Expat]

Everyone knows to use the Dirty Harry grip on a revolver

 

[printcraft]

Wow, I guess I never thought about that, and didn't know that could happen! I have a morbid curiosity but can't see the pics because I don't have at least 5 posts on that other board.

Try the first link in the original thread.

 

[jrm]

I guess mythbusters knew what they were talking about...

 

[Gabriel]

 

[theturtle06]

.460 S&W out of a .500? Sounds fishy.

The photo with the .500 is just demonstrating the improper hold that resulted in the (dumb) guy's accident.

 

[Splix]

Funniest thing I've seen all week! lmao that is awesome.

 

[LCSOSgt11]

This may have been posted already, but it appears to me that what caught this guy's thumb was the gas venting via the "cylinder gap" between the cylinder and barrel. When touching off what one would consider a full power round, there is a lot of propellant gas that would vent from the cylinder gap. That gas may have a cutting effect on anything in close proximity. Of course, the gun may have been somewhat "out of time" and "shaved" one of the bullets, causing fragments to also strike that thumb at warp speed. The surgeon saying that the wound he suffered was a "gunshot wound" is mistaken. If this guy shot his thumb with the full round, he would not have any type of thumb left.

 

[BigMatt]

I always think about how Jack Ruby held his Cobra. I wondered why it didn't hurt his pointer finger.

 

[IndianaGTI]

OK, now I have to watch mythbusters, because I can't believe that this would really happen.