Thumb Blown Off??

[nealglen37]

I don't think its a big problem, if it was they would have a warning label on the cap can, after the first guy who was hurt sued.

 

It's a wonder to me why the NMLRA allows caps on their range or any NMLRA sanctioned match.

OUTLAW CAPS NOW!! :shake:

 

[Zonie]

"...at least no one can accuse you of being a surgeon who is all thumbs."
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Surgeon? I thought he said he was a Sturgeon and I was wondering what the hell a big ugly fish was doing shooting blackpowder. My best guess was he was planning on going after some of those big catfish that had been gobbling up the dead chickens and things on the river bottom, or maybe one of those ugly gars. I couldn't blame him for going after those things. Talk about "UGLY".
I also was wondering why he was so worried about his thumbs because I thought that all they had was fins?

Now, I understand...well sort of.
I don't know of any surgeon's who are too poor to go out and buy the fanciest capper made without batting an eyelash.

(Jus funnin with you Doctor).
zonie

 

[feyx0006]

Thanks Zonie for keeping me humble (I'm still a resident though. No ivory towers for me, just barely enough to keep from landing in the poor house). I must say that I have really appreciated everyone's thoughts. :hatsoff: One more caveat though. I am guessing that most of the guy's thumb damage came from pressurized gasses shooting from the main charge. However, if it was from the cap itself, wouldn't having a fist full of them in a capper put one at even more risk if all they start going off in a line following the first one?

 

[rebel727]

I just put a cap on one of my 58 Remmy's and put all the force I could on it with a wooden dowel. It didn't go off. I used so much force it indented the end of the dowel and pushed in the center of the cap. I then fired the cap and it worked fine.

 

[feyx0006]

Darwin Award aside, I do admire your dedication. Way to kick A**!! :thumbsup:

I do wonder though, impact sensitive material has more to do with the abrupt application of force rather than the total overall force (i.e. slow, with a thumb or dowel). How "quickly" did you apply your dowel???

 

[rebel727]

I started out slow like you would using your thumb gradually increasing pressure. I even put the muzzle on a chair to get more force on it. That didn't work so I tried to make it fire by punching it with the dowel. The wood is too soft but still harder than a thumb. Now this was a Remington model so a good hard straight on hit wasn't really possible but it still should have been hard enough to set it off and I'm sure would have if I'd used a steel rod. All I did was put a dent in the end of the rod and the center of the cap. I started to give the rod a light tap with a hammer but I didn't want to take a chance on screwing up the nipple.

 

[shortstring]

I actually seen this happen one time. I was shooting a flint & this gal is waiting to my right for me to shoot so as not to get a blast in her back. I bring the gun down & tell her to go ahead & shoot. With nothing else to do I'm lookin right at her hand as she slides a cap on & the gun goes off. The pressure & fire seemed to go between her thumb & 1st finger & not cause too much problem as I recall. While I agree that your odds are better in the lottery, it is possible.

Paul

 

[Bountyhunter]

Ya ready for that beer back yet?

 

[rebel727]

I would be if ya hadn't drank all of it. :grin:

 

[roundball]

As liability sensitive as manufacturers are in our sue happy society, if it was really a legitimate concern it seems the manufacturers would have a strongly worded instruction not to use fingers/thumbs to install a cap but to use a capping device instead.

 

[joliver]

I always use a capper, but always use my thumb to make sure the cap is fully seated. And I've never met anybody who's had a cap go off from pushing it with their thumb or heard of it happening to anybody else. Guess anything can happen, though, so to be on the safe side, I'll forego the "thumb check" from now own.

joliver