That it's a bad idea to use a shotgun to loosen a lugnut
"KITSAP COUNTY MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER USING SHOTGUN TO LOOSEN LUG NUT
SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, Kitsap County sheriff's deputies said.
The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth and east of Port Orchard and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear wheel before getting frustrated Saturday afternoon, Deputy Scott Wilson said.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said.
From about arm's length the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with 00 buckshot and other debris, with some injuries as high on his body as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report.
"Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said.
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue personnel treated the man at the scene before he was taken to Tacoma General Hospital with injuries Wilson described as "severe but not life-threatening."
He said deputies were unable to get a full statement from the man, relying only on what they could learn while medics treated him at the scene.
"I don't think he was in any condition to say anything," Wilson said. "The pain was so severe, and the shock.'
66 years old, and hasn't learned.....
66 years old, and hasn't learned.....
Kelly
RV-7 Empennage done, wings done, fuselage to QB stage
1947 Stinson108-1 flying
RV-7 Empennage done, wings done, fuselage to QB stage
1947 Stinson108-1 flying
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On a similar note, I heard a story of a guy who tried to take one of his front teeth out by shooting it out with a pistol.
Got the tooth out, along with most of his brain, which considering how small it must have been was obviously a very good shot.
One way to thin out the gene pool.
And no, being a dentist I do not have any firearms available to me in my office........
Got the tooth out, along with most of his brain, which considering how small it must have been was obviously a very good shot.
One way to thin out the gene pool.
And no, being a dentist I do not have any firearms available to me in my office........
Jeff Orear
RV6A N782P
Hatz Classic, Welding fuselage
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RV6A N782P
Hatz Classic, Welding fuselage
Hatz build log. https://eaabuilderslog.org/?blproject&p ... GNCwv&sid=
Peshtigo, WI