‘One in a billion shot’ as officer’s round takes out crook’s gun through the muzzle

guns.com ^ | July 14, 2016 | Chris Eger

[M Kehoe]

That’s what I call gun control.

5.56mm

[PROCON]

As they might say on a Dem site, “Why can’t they do this more often?”

No kidding.

"OMG, why didn't he just wound him?"

[PROCON]

Must not have seen that episode :-)

[21twelve]

Improbable for sure. It looks like the XD round is a .45? If the cops was a 9 mm that might figure.

[ConservaTexan]

Does a cop disabling your gun qualify you as “unarmed”?

[stylin19a]

wonder why he was even investigated in the first place, much less taking 6 months to clear him.

[WENDLE]

I can do that with a .308, the right scope and a tripod but not on the fly like he dis.I say, HE did.

[PROCON]

From another article

It was determined that one of the shots that Deputy Marquez fired from his .45 caliber handgun actually hit Meshesha’s .40 caliber handgun and traveled down the barrel. (Courtesy 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office)

[Lazamataz]

Done this about 100 times. It’s an easy shot.

[antidisestablishment]

Yeah, but shooting your 22 down a ten-gauge is a bit easier.

[headstamp 2]

Arapamaricopa county AZ

[21twelve]

Okay - that seems like a real trick! I suppose the bullet deformed to squeeze in there - but still....

Hmmm. I wonder if the cop dips his rounds in bacon grease beforehand?

[fruser1]

That guy should buy a lotto ticket today.

[higgmeister]

"OMG, why didn't he just wound him?"

It's usually "why didn't he just wing him?"

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

It happened before about 125 or so years ago and was reported in RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

[Sasparilla]

....Not even the Lone Ranger could have made that shot..

IIRC, As a kid I saw the Lone Ranger do this quite often. And that was after his mask skipped down and covered his dominant eye.

[IChing]

Kind of weird that I just spent my day today at Silver Eagle Group gun range in Northern Virginia in one-on-one pistol training with....Steve Marquez, the owner...! (same last name as cop in the story, eh) then I get home and see this, eh

[marktwain]

I am working on the math. I suspect odd of much less than a billion to one.

[PROCON]

They took Laz’s 22 away too after the “incident.”

[Celerity]

The Celerity Comment-o-rama machine is engaged ! "Now we know how to disable an XD." ‎7‎:‎34‎:‎51‎ ‎PM by Lurker Yeah, insert the mag. New Jerry Miculek youtube upload in 3,2,1.... Ayoob did this once, only he loaded the entire cylinder from the barrel. "Yeah, I wrote the report. I meant to do that. Don't piss me off." James Yeager said the XD isn't any good ? Lemme know when Yeager can legally carry one again and we'll talk.