460XVR blew my thumb off today!
No joke, about 1/2 of my left thumb is gone ... what's left is a friggin mess.
It's pretty hard to type, and I'm only posting because you never know, it might save somebody else a thumb. I was using a 2-handed grip, fired off a Cor-Bon DPX .460 and the blast came violently out the side of the gun.
At first my thumb was so covered in blood that I couldn't see how bad it was ... and I was full of adrenaline and felt no pain. And honestly it looked really bad, my whole hand was covered in blood and it was kinda gushing.
The blown-off thumb was on my support hand. I'll re-create the grip tomorrow to see where my thumb was, but it's not like I didn't already know not to get any body part near the cylinder gap. And even if I totally screwed up and did, taking my thumb clean off seems a bit excessive?
Just be careful with those 460's. That case operates at such high pressure, it's just asking for trouble.
BTW, I bought my 460 new and had exactly 12 rounds through it. Info about the gun, it's a full-size 460 with the 8 3/4' barrel and factory installed compensator. It's one of the Whitetails Unlimited models. Ammo was 200gr Cor-Bon DPX.
The gun only had 12 or 13 rounds of the Cor-Bon through it, and 10 ..45 Long Colt rounds through it. So it was essentially still brand new.
Saw a hand specialist while there today. Lots of ways to try and save what's left, but first I just have to hope it doesn't get infected in the next few days ... then surgery early next week.
The hand specialist I spent a few hours with last night said that in gunshot wounds there is always a lot more damage than is first visible ... same with things like fireworks going off in your hand. A lot more flesh around the wound is dead, and will rot and fall off over the next couple days. That's why it's so important to keep clean, and that's also why they can't do surgery now. If they wrapped new skin over dead skin it would just puss out, possibly turn gang-green, and they'd have to start all over again.
This is an example of how he was holding his revolver. Wrong, wrong, wrong!
This is what's left of his thumb.
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If that's the way the idiot was holding the gun, it's a wonder the whole thumb isn't gone... Good grief... Talk about your lack of proper training...
Yeah! He made a mistake, what a moron that guy is! Quick, let's crucify him I bet he doesn't even believe in jesus ner nuthin!
Somebody did not read the owners manual before use. There was a lawsuit just a few months ago concerning this very thing. The guy filing it claimed that smith and wesson does not provide warnings about how to hold their revolvers. Problem was he never consulted the owners manual where it clearly states that one should keep their fingers away from cylinder gap or possible injury could occur. Its called. "Read the directions."
TRY AN AUTOMATIC MAYBE. NO NO THE SLIDE WOULD RIP OFF YOUR OTHER THUMB. GET A SLINGSHOT
IF YOU HELD THE GUN BACKWARDS YOU COULD HAVE SOLVED ALL YOUR PROBLEMS. OR AT LEAST HOLD IT BETWEEN UR LEGS SO U DONT INFECT THE REST OF THE WORLD WITH IDIOTS!!
It's called the Cylinder Gap, very hot fast moving gasses escape from there when the revolver is fired. Thumb OVER thumb when you shoot a revolver.
Try caps-lock. Maybe it'll get your point across better.
Training is key.
the pictures are fake wheres your bone
Well, it's not fake, and the dude got REALLY lucky. It's just too bad that it wasn't his penis so he wouldn't be able to reproduce.
The way he`s holding the gun is totally idiotic, no wonder he blew his dumb off. No one else that i know of holds it that way...
People without training should NEVER be allowed to operate a firearm of that caliber. Just imagine if he'd been holding a 500 Smith and Wesson or a 50 Beowulf! No support hand period.
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