S&W 460 Accidents
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:39 pm
Apparently the big revolver is injuring shooters that use an improper hold all over the country right now. Because of its size and weight, many shooters are holding the frame with the left hand much farther forward than normal and the blowout from the cylinder-barrel gap is amputating thumbs.
Long thread on the PA owners board on it. Don't click on the photo link if you're squeamish.
http://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php?p=7 ... stcount=54
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I'm always incredibly careful handling firearms, but today it didn't matter. I'm speculating that a malfunction cost me most of my left thumb ... but if it wasn't such a massive cartridge it probably would have just been a small cut, and certainly not something that may cost me a digit.
I started this thread, yea that's me it happened too. I'll post pics tomorrow, but warning it's pretty f'n gruesome looking.
this is what he posted on arfcom
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No joke, about 1/2 of my left thumb is gone ... what's left is a friggin mess.
It's pretty hard to type, and I'm only posting because you never know, it might save somebody else a thumb. I was using a normal 2-handed grip, fired off a Cor-Bon DPX .460 and somehow the blast came violently out the side of the gun.
I haven't even had a chance to look at the gun, I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance .. and the gun is stil at my Uncle's house where we were shooting. But I can't imagine anything other than a gun or ammo failure.
Just be careful with those 460's. That case operates at such high pressure, it's just asking for trouble.
BTW, I bought my 460 new and had exactly 12 rounds through it.
Long thread on the PA owners board on it. Don't click on the photo link if you're squeamish.
http://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php?p=7 ... stcount=54
.................................
Quote:
I'm always incredibly careful handling firearms, but today it didn't matter. I'm speculating that a malfunction cost me most of my left thumb ... but if it wasn't such a massive cartridge it probably would have just been a small cut, and certainly not something that may cost me a digit.
I started this thread, yea that's me it happened too. I'll post pics tomorrow, but warning it's pretty f'n gruesome looking.
this is what he posted on arfcom
Quote:
No joke, about 1/2 of my left thumb is gone ... what's left is a friggin mess.
It's pretty hard to type, and I'm only posting because you never know, it might save somebody else a thumb. I was using a normal 2-handed grip, fired off a Cor-Bon DPX .460 and somehow the blast came violently out the side of the gun.
I haven't even had a chance to look at the gun, I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance .. and the gun is stil at my Uncle's house where we were shooting. But I can't imagine anything other than a gun or ammo failure.
Just be careful with those 460's. That case operates at such high pressure, it's just asking for trouble.
BTW, I bought my 460 new and had exactly 12 rounds through it.
