I saw this and had intended to post it. IMO it demonstrates how it would be possible.jimlongley wrote:This is another YouTube video of someone firing a .500 S&W a second time while it is in recoil. I think what happened in this and the other video, is that the shooter's finger came off the trigger for long enough for it to reset, and then as the recoil continued, the finger got back on the trigger, which is light enough to be pulled in DA, and fired the gun again.Charles L. Cotton wrote:This is really tragic, but . . .
A .500 S&W is a revolver --- she fires first round and the recoil both raises her arms and quite probably rotates her wrists also. I have two problems with this explanation. First, the .500 S&W has a long barrel and I can't see it pointing at her head at maximum recoil; it should be over her head. More importantly, I would be more than a little surprised to see her pull a double action trigger the 2nd time while the gun was in recoil or the upper-most recoil position.
I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but it'd take a lot, I mean a lot, of evidence for me to be convinced.
Chas.
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I fired a friends some years ago, and can say that I did not allow it to get away from me on recoil, but after firing five rounds I was surprised to note that there ws blood coming out of the meat of my thumb. No cut, abrasion or other obvious injury, just blood coming out of my skin.
My grandson wanted to go to the range one time when they were visiting. He shot my .45 and liked it. His wife had never fired a gun before and wanted to try it. She is very petite and I tried to tell her about the recoil. She insisted so I put one round in it and showed her how to fire it.
She fired it and managed to hang on to it. Her eyes filled with tears and she handed it to my Grandson. To my surprise, before we left the range, she loved shooting it.
