Thread: Panelbeater narrowly avoids Armageddon

Good yarn, but the hyperbole... https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/12961...rs-close-shave

Lucky guy to get away with that near miss,go buy a lotto ticket i recken.

Steel #2's would suggest they're reasonably recently installed

Ha didn't find anything on this and chucked the link into the off topic section. I reckon a load of crap, used to open old unwanted shotgun shells with a grinder to recover the lead for sinkers and I still have a face and all my fingers.

I guess it could be different if you stuck the cut off wheel through the primer, but even then... Have seen shotgun rounds in a fire, and the biggest pop is the primer itself the powder just flares off. Might be different in a solid metal hull, but even so the guy was cutting through steel on a '74 Datsun. I'd concede it would be higher risk taking a cut off disc to a modern tissue EV (sorry I mean Tesla) but those '74 Datto's had all their strength in the body!

Tiny car if four rounds of shotgun ammo can fill it up with gunpowder!
Some journalist/editor needs to be sacked

Originally Posted by No.3

Ha didn't find anything on this and chucked the link into the off topic section. I reckon a load of crap, used to open old unwanted shotgun shells with a grinder to recover the lead for sinkers and I still have a face and all my fingers.

I guess it could be different if you stuck the cut off wheel through the primer, but even then... Have seen shotgun rounds in a fire, and the biggest pop is the primer itself the powder just flares off. Might be different in a solid metal hull, but even so the guy was cutting through steel on a '74 Datsun. I'd concede it would be higher risk taking a cut off disc to a modern tissue EV (sorry I mean Tesla) but those '74 Datto's had all their strength in the body!

Actually, that is a good point! Fire and Emergency have a real issue to make sure they do not inadvertently cut through a high voltage cable, or ensuring there isn't a live wire or body panel at the scene of an e-accident.

Sensationalist headline to attract attention for a few rusty shot shells. If thats a car load of gunpowder what would they have made of Timothy McVeighs van.

https://youtu.be/_SSdLQcGEio
what actually happens if you fire a shot shell outside barrel

Pure sensationalist reporting, on a grand scale.

Regarding smokeless powder ammunition, I like this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOXowwC4c For a shotgun cartridge, see from 2:30
For powder "danger", this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt6LGcn4I_4&t=10s

These videos were produced by SAAMI to dispel the usual "tales of woe".

It really is pretty harmless stuff when not confined to a firearm barrel.

Shotgun ammo is 1.4S, not likely to explode in bulk. Setting off one shouldn’t cause a sympathetic detonation of others.

Clickbait headline.

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

Fire and Emergency have a real issue to make sure they do not inadvertently cut through a high voltage cable, or ensuring there isn't a live wire or body panel at the scene of an e-accident.

Safer to let it burn down to a smouldering heap

Lol what a pillock

Yep, but sometimes you need to get the occupants out, against all temptation not to!

In our current climate of shortages of reloading supplies and factory ammunition I regard the posting of the 2 SAAMI videos as Cruel and Unduly harsh punishment..........I am offended......

Kia ora xxxx,

Thank you for your email, which has been passed on to me as the chief news director of Stuff's Wellington newsroom.

We have since updated the headline to the following: The 1974 Datsun with hidden shotgun cartridges - and a panelbeater's close shave

Thanks again for getting in touch.

Joanna