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Old May 26, 2012, 01:11 AM   #15
JohnKSa
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He just got back from the hospital and it turns out that it was a ricochet.
That had to be it. When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth.

With the case left in the chamber and the chamber uncompromised, the injury had to have resulted from a ricochet.
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Maybe a defective primer ignited due to the pressure wave when he fired?
So improbable as to be impossible. If that could happen, we'd hear about rounds in magazines going off when guns were fired. After all, the uppermost round in the magazine is in very close proximity to the round being fired. If a pressure wave could ignite a primer it would happen at least once in awhile to the top round in the mag.

By the way, in case it doesn't go without saying, you need to find out what caused the ricochet before you shoot there again. The injury appears to be pretty severe, but it could have been much worse.
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