GunnSmokeer
Senior Member
Here's a good video from "Hickock45" on Youtube about the dangers of high pressure gas coming out of the cylinder gap on a magnum revolver.
Since handgun hunters always use two hands to steady the gun, and since they are often resting the gun on a rail or something, rather than having it fully extended at arms' length from them, it's easier to let your supporting hand wander up too close to the front of the cylinder.
I've had to watch out for this, shooting from a bench rest at the range. Once I got my thumb stung with some of the blast, but fortunately the gun I was using at the time was just a .38 special with standard pressure range ammo.
https://youtu.be/VFBAcz16GvU?t=1m56s
I never had any issues shooting a revolver while standing on my own two feet, unsupported, but when you rest the revolver on something and lean into it, that's when I find my fingers can go where they aren't supposed to.
Another video-- from Mythbusters. Under the "one more way you can hurt yourself with a handgun" category:
https://youtu.be/nucg5VAff4c?t=6m15s
Since handgun hunters always use two hands to steady the gun, and since they are often resting the gun on a rail or something, rather than having it fully extended at arms' length from them, it's easier to let your supporting hand wander up too close to the front of the cylinder.
I've had to watch out for this, shooting from a bench rest at the range. Once I got my thumb stung with some of the blast, but fortunately the gun I was using at the time was just a .38 special with standard pressure range ammo.
https://youtu.be/VFBAcz16GvU?t=1m56s
I never had any issues shooting a revolver while standing on my own two feet, unsupported, but when you rest the revolver on something and lean into it, that's when I find my fingers can go where they aren't supposed to.
Another video-- from Mythbusters. Under the "one more way you can hurt yourself with a handgun" category:
https://youtu.be/nucg5VAff4c?t=6m15s