Re: Not all machinists can be gunsmiths.
Since were on the subject of dumphukk moves here's a good one from years ago.
"Steve" (we'll leave it at that) worked at a shop that I also worked at. Prior to that he was a gunsmithing instructor for one of the trade schools that runs a GS program.
Double guns with inertia and set triggers can be fussy little fellows. When testing them its generally best to initially leave one barrel EMPTY. The following is a good example as to why this is:
He was testing with live ammo and shooting into "the snail". The snail is a ballistic trap. I think its basically made out of the same (similar?) stuff as "Chabum" (not sure I spelled it right) armor used on the big tanks that run around 29 Palms and what not.
Anyways, "Steve" decided NOT to strap the gun down in the chassis. He loaded both barrels on this 600 nitro and while holding the B/A in one hand he yanked the trigger with the other.
We were all in the next room and heard the "fire in the hole" callout prior to him shooting. What we didn't expect was the "Blam Blam" fired in rapid succession. It goes without saying none of us were expecting him to come staggering out of the test cell covered in blood either.
UFC Death match 99999: Steve VS 600 Nitro.
Nitro wins by knockout. . . .
What ended up happening was the gun went bang, set the 2nd trigger, which then promptly slam fired while in recoil from the 1st round. This meant the barrel was no longer in the port. He shot the face of the snail with a 600 nitro and lord only knows what load/bullet size which promtly detonated like the meteor does in the movie. He got peppered up pretty good and his act was rewarded with a trip to ER to dig bullet pieces out of his face, hands, and arm.
Nothing life threatening, but I'm sure his pride was in a "code blue" after all the ribbing he got.
About 4 months later he did the SAME EXTACT thing again with another gun. After that he was banished from the test cell. He quit a short time later and I think he lives in a pop up camper somewhere in middle Kansas now. (I made that part up)
Moral:
Bring your PFD to the deep end of the gene pool if you can't swim. . .
C.
