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Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« on: March 14, 2009, 05:48:31 AM »
http://www.abc-7.com/articles/readnews.asp?articleid=27043&z=2

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CAPE CORAL: Hitting bullets with a hammer in your driveway may not seem like a good idea to you.

Matthew F. Dugger, 21, doesn't seem share that opinion - at least he didn't before Thursday.

The incident happened on SE 12th Terrace.

Dugger was treated at the hospital after one of the bullets police say he was slamming with a hammer exploded, blowing shrapnel into his leg.

"If you get hit with something hot and fast and out of control, it's going to possibly cause a problem," said Travis Brunson, owner of Chiquita Guns.

The event was reportedly witnessed by several children belonging to Dugger's roommate, who was already under investigation by the Department of Children and Families for inadequate supervision of the children.

"Anyone nearby could have certainly been hit by it. It's such a monumentally stupid idea," Brunson said.

Police were called to the hospital around 5 p.m. because of the suspicious nature of Dugger's injury.

DCF says they are also looking into Thursday's incident.

No charges have been filed in the case.


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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 09:18:27 AM »
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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2009, 11:41:14 AM »
What, exactly, was this bozo doing? 

Worst case, beating on a shotgun shell and somehow manage to touch off the primer.
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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2009, 11:56:36 AM »
Careful, you'll put an eye out.
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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2009, 01:56:31 PM »
You can hammer a bullet until the cows come home.

You hammer a complete cartridge, however, and you get your picture in the news...
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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2009, 03:47:14 PM »
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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2009, 07:49:53 PM »
Reminds me of a celebration they do down in Mexico, IIRC.


They take fireworks and strap them onto the face of a 20 lb sledge hammer.  They then slam the hammer onto the ground to detonate the fireworks.  There's a youtube video floating around of a guy who put a little too much on his hammer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJzYd2nsMw

Edit:  Not Mexico.  Maybe somewhere in Africa or the Caribbean, judging by the video (been a long time since I watched it).
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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2009, 08:22:29 PM »
Well, someone did say "a la verga", so it's not Africa.  :lol:

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Re: Bad idea: Hammering bullets
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2009, 09:37:57 PM »
Reminds me of a celebration they do down in Mexico, IIRC.


They take fireworks and strap them onto the face of a 20 lb sledge hammer.  They then slam the hammer onto the ground to detonate the fireworks.  There's a youtube video floating around of a guy who put a little too much on his hammer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJzYd2nsMw

Edit:  Not Mexico.  Maybe somewhere in Africa or the Caribbean, judging by the video (been a long time since I watched it).

and that's one reason video cameras should be outlawed.


when we were kids i remember having a tube of shotgun primers.   they made a nice bang when hit with a hammer.  (they also took a nice divot out of the concrete steps)
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