Posted on 03/01/2021 11:24:58 AM PST by COBOL2Java
Justin Fredrickson, 35, has undergone multiple surgeries, but is expected to recover from the harrowing experience.
From madison.com . . .
Justin Fredrickson was extinguishing a house fire near Sheldon on Feb. 19 when he suddenly felt a pain in his stomach, according to Cornell Area Fire Chief Dennis Klass.Fortunately, it appears that Fredrickson will recover.“He was spraying water and he felt like he was hit in the stomach by a two-by-four,” Klass said Wednesday.
Fredrickson, 35, was wearing full turnout gear. He started to remove the clothing, to discover he had been shot in his lower stomach. Because of the gear, there wasn’t much blood visible.
Apparently, a loaded .38-caliber pistol within the house had fired, although no one was inside the structure. The gun had become so hot due to conditions from the blaze it began to fire rounds.
“There were four, five rounds that were fired,” Klass said. The bullets traveled through an exterior wall, including the one that struck Fredrickson. “This is just a freak accident. It could have happened to anybody.”
This story should provide an argument for the NRA’s Three Gun Safety Rules.
#1: ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.Many of us consider keeping a loaded firearm accessible in case of an emergency is “in use.” This incident should provide a reason why we shouldn’t store our guns with a round in the chamber unless there’s a good reason for it.#2: ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
#3: ALWAYS keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.
After all, it’s in poor taste to have your guns cook off and wound the very people trying to save your life, your home and your possessions.
I remember similar stories in the press about fifty years ago, of ammo going off during a fire, and the firemen fleeing the scene.
Later tests showed that ammo still in it’s box will simply fly apart with a BANG but not hurt anyone as it is not contained.
I am reminded of a student on our school camping trip who threw some wood on a campfire. A few minutes later there was a big BANG and an empty .22 case hit him in the arm.
I also remember an eight year old ME throwing .22 ammo into a campfire just to hear it go BANG!
Yup. Chamered rounds can “cook off” and act like they’ve been fired. I used to have a video of various quantities of ammo cooking off in a fire. Pretty interesting. Might have been a SAAMI video. Found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOXowwC4c
a loaded .38-caliber pistol
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Must have been a .380, a .38 is a revolver and could not fire more than once under those circumstances.
But that's the only round that could possibly exit the barrel.
But the other rounds would have to cook off, too. Thus exploding in the cylinder. Thus rendering the gun inoperable.
I don't buy it. The story stinks.
#3: ALWAYS keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.
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Riiiight.
Pardon me mister home invader, I just need to attend to a minor matter...hold on a minute...
From a revolver? Maybe the round in the pipe and some loose rounds nearby that they heard cook off.
Years ago at the Anchorage airport, a hunter’s duffle bag was tossed on the scale at check in and the loaded 44 mag revolver inside barked off a round. No one was injured except the woodwork.
Multiple “shots”? Doubt it was a .380, as the lack of opposing force should create a virtual limp-wrist after the first shot likely preventing a fresh cartridge from being loaded. A 5-shot .38 revolver could send one down the barrel and one each on either side of the cylinder, enough to clear the frame.
My Great Grandma swept a 22 cartridge when she was sweeping the house, into a fireplace, and it shot her eye out.
Great find!
Must have been a .380, a .38 is a revolver
Yup. All the armchair firearms experts proclaiming authority don’t know the difference between a wheel gun and a semi. It seems these clowns think a revolver can go full auto.
And I have one. Old Llama. Shoots well but ammo can be difficult to find. Well, before the boating thing
and liberals have added:
4: Always keep them triple locked up so that you absolutely positively can’t get to them in time should someone break into your home
did the ammo do it? Or a piece of the fireplace that exploded and broke off when the cartridge exploded?
I believe there also referred to as 9mm Largo.
There should be They’re. I forgot to proofread.
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