First the ".50 Caliber Hammer," Now This:

[Marauder06]

For those of you who remember my ".50 Caliber Hammer" story from a few years back, I give you this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Afghanistan-reservist-explodes-backyard.html

Afghanistan reservist puts himself and family in hospital after taking a blow torch to a souvenir machine gun bullet in his Illinois backyard

Looks like we need some more gun control in Illinois...

 

[AWP]

Did you ever think aliens exist and we're the intergalactic trailer park? They watch us do stuff like this and that's why we don't have a warp drive or light sabers or anything?

 

[racing_kitty]

What fresh hell did he have back there? Tracer, my ginger ass. Not a whole lot of information in the article, really, but I'd wager that he managed to extract the guts from the tracer round itself and put a sufficient amount of the combustible material into a different container, providing more compression upon ignition, and setting the stage for an earth-shattering kaboom.

Then again, for all I know, dude managed to bring home a tracer round meant for the GAU 8. But there's no way he did the kind of damage the article alludes to by torching off a single 5.56 tracer round, or even two of them.

 

[busdriver]

.50 API?

 

[medicchick]

What fresh hell did he have back there? Tracer, my ginger ass. Not a whole lot of information in the article, really, but I'd wager that he managed to extract the guts from the tracer round itself and put a sufficient amount of the combustible material into a different container, providing more compression upon ignition, and setting the stage for an earth-shattering kaboom.

Then again, for all I know, dude managed to bring home a tracer round meant for the GAU 8. But there's no way he did the kind of damage the article alludes to by torching off a single 5.56 tracer round, or even two of them.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...lindenhurst-fireworks-met-20150322-story.html

The family was outside their home with the reservist, who had recently served in Afghanistan and returned home in the fall of 2014 with a souvenir -- a .50-caliber machine gun round, said the commander.

 

[racing_kitty]

That actually provided a little more information. Dude's a dumbass, for sure.

 

[RackMaster]

This would have never happened if he held it in his teeth when he torched it...

 

[Etype]

Sounds like something that would have happen in my central Florida neighborhood growing up.

 

[Grunt]

He was just trying to show his family the end product of all of his training...:-/

On an serious note...it could have turned out way worse than it did for any number of them.

Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[Grunt]

Sounds like something that would have happen in my central Florida neighborhood growing up.

That was one of the first things I thought of concerning some of the antics that was committed by some of my family members when I was younger. I had a younger cousin that couldn't have fun without blowing something up. I am seriously shocked he has lived this long.

 

[Gunz]

For those of you who remember my ".50 Caliber Hammer" story from a few years back...

I remember the photo of the guy's hand with his thumb hanging off and bloody shreds for fingers. Didn't he try to clear a jam on a Ma Deuce using the primer end of a live round? :wall::wall:

 

[Marauder06]

I remember the photo of the guy's hand with his thumb hanging off and bloody shreds for fingers. Didn't he try to clear a jam on a Ma Deuce using the primer end of a live round? :wall::wall:

More or less. I'll post a story about it in a day or two.

 

[Brill]

How did he get it past the TSA-like screening when exiting the country?

 

[pardus]

How did he get it past the TSA-like screening when exiting the country?

It would be as easy as hell to sneak something out in the unit's gear that is checked by Soldiers.

 

[RetPara]

How did he get it past the TSA-like screening when exiting the country?

Gee how did I go to Grenada with a ruck and A Bag. Came back with a ruck, 4 A Bags, and 3-4 crates....... Or bring back the disarmed (Russian) TMP-5 Step Mine that I use for a candy dish on my desk at home.... Lindy.... son... seriously.... You need to check the Steve Martin movie 'Sgt Bilko' and watch the old 50's Phil Silvers comedy series by the same title.... I bet you just accept it when supply says no you can't have something....

 

[Brill]

Gee how did I go to Grenada with a ruck and A Bag. Came back with a ruck, 4 A Bags, and 3-4 crates....... Or bring back the disarmed (Russian) TMP-5 Step Mine that I use for a candy dish on my desk at home.... Lindy.... son... seriously.... You need to check the Steve Martin movie 'Sgt Bilko' and watch the old 50's Phil Silvers comedy series by the same title.... I bet you just accept it when supply says no you can't have something....

Grenada...hell, I went there on vacation. There was a war there?

We had Customs guys go through our shit and personal bags were x-ray'd as well as passed the K9 sniff test. They even confiscated opened vitamins and stuff like that. The amnesty box was at capacity!

 

[Marauder06]

link to the .50 cal hammer story

 

[Gunz]

So sir...your saying this is wrong?

 

[DA SWO]

So sir...your saying this is wrong?

Not at all, GO FOR IT!!!
:die:

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Not at all, GO FOR IT!!!

But be sure to video it!