Originally Posted By: wtroper
The story that I have heard related to the reason for the warning on the 83s --- a foolish person shot himself in the leg with a 454. How??? Who knows. I expect that he cocked the hammer & pulled the trigger. But it happened. After the dude's lawyer put the finishing touches on the story, FA was guilty. This is a third hand story. I have never asked Bob or Wayne about it.



That feller was wearing a slicker over his rig and when he pulled off the slicker it caught the hammer and pulled it back just enough to make it go bang when it released it.

Rod, too.

Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.