50 Cal Kaboom

[Dog Guy]

I'm not sure if this is GD, Rifles and Carbines, or Ammunition so:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/viral-ken...175025775.html The link includes the video and interview.

Jeremy Chisenhall
Mon, May 17, 2021, 10:50 AM
A “freak accident” on camera nearly killed a former Kentucky State Police trooper who now runs a viral YouTube page with 1.83 million subscribers.

Scott DeShields was shooting a fire hydrant — which was set up at the end of his gun range — with a Serbu RN-50, a .50-caliber rifle, when the gun exploded. Pieces punctured his throat and hit him in the eye, he said.

DeShields is the owner of the Kentucky Ballistics YouTube page, an account that posts videos about guns and ammunition. It’s nearing 2 million subscribers. His other social media pages also have large followings.

“I shouldn’t be standing here, I should be 6-foot under,” DeShields said while explaining the April explosion and subsequent injuries in a recent YouTube video.

[Lester Polfus]

File it in the "If you buy the cheapest .50 cal rifle on the market, then stuff it with sketchy SLAP ammo of unknown origin bad things will happen" section.

[Doc_Glock]

I'm not sure if this is GD, Rifles and Carbines, or Ammunition so:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/viral-ken...175025775.html The link includes the video and interview.

Jeremy Chisenhall
Mon, May 17, 2021, 10:50 AM
A “freak accident” on camera nearly killed a former Kentucky State Police trooper who now runs a viral YouTube page with 1.83 million subscribers.

Scott DeShields was shooting a fire hydrant — which was set up at the end of his gun range — with a Serbu RN-50, a .50-caliber rifle, when the gun exploded. Pieces punctured his throat and hit him in the eye, he said.

DeShields is the owner of the Kentucky Ballistics YouTube page, an account that posts videos about guns and ammunition. It’s nearing 2 million subscribers. His other social media pages also have large followings.

“I shouldn’t be standing here, I should be 6-foot under,” DeShields said while explaining the April explosion and subsequent injuries in a recent YouTube video.

He had a vascular injury in a very bad and difficult to access place. I would love to know more details about his surgery. Looks like a full median sternotomy to get control.

He also has no clue calling it a jugular vein injury and then saying he had a stroke risk when they clamped it off. I suspect he had an arterial injury to the right carotid base. Very difficult to access.

[Seven_Sicks_Two]

File it in the "If you buy the cheapest .50 cal rifle on the market, then stuff it with sketchy SLAP ammo of unknown origin bad things will happen" section.

Quoted for truth.

"Designed by a Youtuber that makes silly videos about slam-fire shotguns" isn't exactly a selling point for me.

[Lester Polfus]

Quoted for truth.

"Designed by a Youtuber that makes silly videos about slam-fire shotguns" isn't exactly a selling point for me.

I saw a Dumb Internet Argument about whether the rifle or the ammo was to blame, to which I would guess "yes."

Shooting that ammo was like having unprotected sex with a meth addict in a gas station bathroom with dirty needles all over the floor.

[Trooper224]

If you choose to go with the Dollar General version of a .50 cal rifle and shoot scetchy ammo out of it this shouldn't surprise you.

[Caballoflaco]

That rifle is a Pipebomb.

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Just watched the entire video. 85000+ estimated PSI normal should be 55000 psi.
I feel for the guy but I sure am not wearing a t shirt that says put a thumb in it.

[fixer]

That rifle is a Pipebomb.

That was my impression as well.

No way I’m shooting that with a damn threaded connection 2 inches from my face.

[Balisong]

Buddy showed me the video the other day. I share the same criticisms already voiced here, but I admire the way they handled the severe medical emergency and it's worth listening to the story.