Wyatt Burp
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In the early 90's my freind was hunting and had an 8 3/8" Model 29-3 in a strong side holster from a reputable maker
(not Bianchi). In the bottom of his pants pocket lying horizontally was a small Kershaw pocket knife. After climbing throught the brush he noticed his gun was cocked and the safety strap was either put on in front of the hammer or came unsnapped. I forgot that part. In taking the gun from the holster it went off. The 260 grain jacketed hollowpoint handload (he reloads on the high end)went right down his leg but was deflected by the knife, sending the projectile safely away from his leg. I've seen the holster but won't state the make because I'm not sure. The bottom was blown out. He said he had a massive bruise but that's all. This gun was of course being held high when it went off. The fact that the knife is in such good shape cosidering what happened was just based on the angle of deflection when the bullet hit. Please don't bother with all the mistakes that occurred here. Believe me, he knows. I just want to share this with you as he showed me the knife yesterday. Some of you thought this was BS when I wrote about it two years ago. But it's true and me or my friend don't own stock in Kershaw knives. Here it is.
(not Bianchi). In the bottom of his pants pocket lying horizontally was a small Kershaw pocket knife. After climbing throught the brush he noticed his gun was cocked and the safety strap was either put on in front of the hammer or came unsnapped. I forgot that part. In taking the gun from the holster it went off. The 260 grain jacketed hollowpoint handload (he reloads on the high end)went right down his leg but was deflected by the knife, sending the projectile safely away from his leg. I've seen the holster but won't state the make because I'm not sure. The bottom was blown out. He said he had a massive bruise but that's all. This gun was of course being held high when it went off. The fact that the knife is in such good shape cosidering what happened was just based on the angle of deflection when the bullet hit. Please don't bother with all the mistakes that occurred here. Believe me, he knows. I just want to share this with you as he showed me the knife yesterday. Some of you thought this was BS when I wrote about it two years ago. But it's true and me or my friend don't own stock in Kershaw knives. Here it is.
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