Note to self: Do not use butane tanks for target practice

I'm cynical.
It doesn't seem likely to me that the bullet after hitting a round or cylindrical tank would riccochet straight back, directly to the shooters head??
Why would he have removed the magazine before shooting and why did they bother to mention it.
Sorry, I've got a feeling this might have been an AD they are trying to paint otherwise.

Steve W
 
Who has butane tanks in their yard? Isn't butane the stuff used in cigarette lighters?

Around here folks have Propane tanks in their yard and smaller ones attached to their friers and grills.

The big tanks , when cut in half, make dandy pig cookers. I never tried shooting one, maybe the guy used the wrong gun/caliber combo.
 
m1gunner said:
Who has butane tanks in their yard? Isn't butane the stuff used in cigarette lighters?

Around here folks have Propane tanks in their yard and smaller ones attached to their friers and grills.
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The first voice of reason in this thread. Butane isn't normally stored under high pressure. Yes, its what we see i disposable lighters. Even the clear plastic ones easily hold the pressure. The refillable kind use tiny cans (I wouldn't call them tanks) that are about as thick as a beer can. If you've got a .380 that won't penetrate a beer can, change ammo.

On the other hand, and as I would suspect, it was a propane tank they were shooting at, they were really stupid. Propane tanks generally are fairly thick and hold a bunch of pressure. And if they go off when punctured, everything in the immediate area will be toast. All I can figure is the stupid is strong with this one.
 
1. In South Texas, most "propane" is a mix of propane and butane in the summer. I was born and raised in that area and we always called it "butane." Butane stays liquid at about 32 degrees, which is about a cold as it gets in McAllen. Many of the houses in rural areas there have an above ground tank (about 100 gal.).

2. The local news article had some additional information. It said they were illegal aliens - underage drinking - guns. What else could go wrong?
 
"Frosted up"

Colonel Jag dog-Thanks for the PM-I couldn't get the reply PM thing to light so...I hear you 5 By 5-what I was referring to was what we called being "frosted" during and after the VN War, a somewhat chilly response to things similar to what you posted. Your approach reminded me of the Gallows humor that we applied as a survival tool, that often stayed with us into civilian life as well. I know you were recently in the zone, hence my tongue in cheek crack! Welcome home. Flapjack.
 
Stevens said:
I'm cynical.
It doesn't seem likely to me that the bullet after hitting a round or cylindrical tank would riccochet straight back, directly to the shooters head??
Why would he have removed the magazine before shooting and why did they bother to mention it.
Sorry, I've got a feeling this might have been an AD they are trying to paint otherwise.

Steve W
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I agree completely with this. The first thing I thought when reading the story was what are the odds of an allegedly intoxicated shooter hitting a cylinder at exactly the right angle for the round to ricochet straight back at him?
 
jkc said:
I'm pretty sure that the ammo was defective, and think I can say that with some authority, as I have for decades now watched enough true-to-life depictions of handguns of various types and calibers fired at various inanimate objects on television and in motion pictures, and have learned that nearly any hand gun projectile impact ought to demolish, in a huge fireball accompanied by a mushroom cloud of smoke, any object containing flammable fuel of any sort . . . 55 gallon drums of any liquid erupt violently, spewing napalm-like flames in a huge radius . . .
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Unless good guys are hiding behind them, in which case everything from 9mm to .223 rounds bounce off, making sparks . . . .
 
Heard just before taking out the "clip" (article's word not mine) he was overheard saying "go get my lighter, I gotta see if my motorcycle still has gas in the tank".
 
The story now seems to be that when he pulled the clip, he thought it was unloaded, and POINTED IT AT HIS HEAD and pulled the trigger, with predictable results.

The part about the girlfriend not wanting to shoot the gun still seems to be the story. He was apparently showing off for her.
 
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On another board someone said these apparently were illegal aliens. Alcohol consumption, firearms use by those who really shouldn't, a fatality-there's a lot more to this story than has been told.
 
We all know that a puny .380 round is insufficient to cause a kill with a single shot. Thus, one can only conclude that the deceased genius fired using the infamous Hollywood Gansta Grip, which created an inverse sideways rotational force upon the bullet, adding to its overall inertia quotient, which in turn multiplied the reciprocal lethality factor five-fold and caused the deceased's untimely, yet mathematically logical, demise.
 
Stevens said:
I'm cynical.
It doesn't seem likely to me that the bullet after hitting a round or cylindrical tank would riccochet straight back, directly to the shooters head??
Why would he have removed the magazine before shooting and why did they bother to mention it.
Sorry, I've got a feeling this might have been an AD they are trying to paint otherwise.

Steve W
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Yeah, I thought the same thing. Something doesn't feel right about the story. But the cops see a dent in the tank, and a hole in your head???

Wonder if he is was one of those that think that without a mag, a gun is safe??? I have two like that.
Guy22
 
Maybe he watched "The Deer Hunter" one too many times. Sounds like a Hey, watch this! episode. This one should make it to "1000 ways to die".
If it really did bounce off the gas bottle, see what happens when you don't use enough gun.
 
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