Comments by "C S ~ \x5bDuke of Ramble\x5d" (@DUKE_of_RAMBLE) on "Testing Alec Baldwin's Revolver Theory" video.

  1. I am in no way saying this as a means of weighing in on the situation that took place, and whether what was reported to have occurred, really went down that way. THAT BEING SAID... My family has a .410 that had been used quite a lot by my dad and his brothers, and perhaps may be older than them, I don't recall. However, it became mine when I was a smol boy, which I would use when dad and I went ""pigeon hunting"" (aka, going to farms and asking if they'd let us shoot pigeons flying around their silos; target practice and pest eradication: win-win!). One day on a Pheasant hunt with my dad, I was walking and we were getting to the point where there were going to be pheasants jumping up any moment, so I went to cock the shotgun when... *KER-BLAMMY!* My wee-thumb didn't get enough purchase on the hammer, it slipped off, and the hammer slammed back down, very much resulting in the discharge of that round! (no worries, the gun was pointed at the ground!) No cloudy memory about it, as "oh shit" moments are meant to imprint upon our brains in this scenario, I can attest to having NOT had my finger on the trigger. I know this because I was using my index in order to have a firm grip on the gun stock! After all, I was only about 8. :P That being said, I don't know if that gun has a wobbly firing pin. Or if the pin is similarly affixed to the hammer, and isn't a 'remote' pin that is struck by the hammer. As I still have that gun, I can dig it out if anyone happens to be curious of those facts. Similarly, I'm only 38, so while this was 30yrs ago, it wasn't during a time that I suspect ammo was too much different than today in terms of primers. Though, a shotgun primer may not be as resillient as a pistol cartridge primer, so it could be more likely just for that reason and is why the attempts in this vid didn't yield a discharge. [/food for thought] Also, props for managing to work in a FO:NV clip! haha
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