Stove Shoots Woman (not ff)

[DShock]

…http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/08/national/a112552D94.DTL&tsp=1
Doug

[system]

i tip a drink to both of them!

[Royce]

Quote:

“…she was hit by part of a 22-gauge shotgun shell that she had accidentally put into the stove…”

I have never heard of a 22 gauge shotgun shell. I have some .22 caliber RIFLE shells and some 20 gauge SHOTGUN shells. Do any of you own one of these rare 22 gauge shotguns?

[Kerry_Stratton]

@Royce

Quote:

“…she was hit by part of a 22-gauge shotgun shell that she had accidentally put into the stove…”

I have never heard of a 22 gauge shotgun shell. I have some .22 caliber RIFLE shells and some 20 gauge SHOTGUN shells. Do any of you own one of these rare 22 gauge shotguns?

Royce,

You have got to understand this happened in Forks, WA and was reported by the Peninsula Daily News. I don’t know if you have ever been to the Olympic Peninsula before but it is as backwoods as you can get. You have got to give them a bit of leaway. And besides they may have 22 gauge shotguns out there; likely homemade if they do.

[DShock]

…http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=84554
Doug

[system]

Could have a .22 caliber bird shot round too. Well it is a funny story. Thanks Doug.

[DShock]

Eric,
It’s the kind of story my Grandpa told me when I was young.
Doug

[bugman]

there is a 22 guage shotgun shell but very expensive to buy and can only getem at a gunshow sometimes… those came out before the 8 guage but dont remember the maker… my grandpa was a lifetime member of nra and collects antique firearms of all sorts, even has 2 hand held cannons…

[system]

could it simply be a typo from the writer and got past the editor

[Clay]

@bugman

there is a 22 guage shotgun shell but very expensive to buy and can only getem at a gunshow sometimes… those came out before the 8 guage but dont remember the maker… my grandpa was a lifetime member of nra and collects antique firearms of all sorts, even has 2 hand held cannons…

Please provide a link to any web site that describes a 22 gauge shotgun in the shooting literature.

Gauge is determined by how many lead balls fit into the barrel diameter that equal 1 pound. In a 12 gauge there are 12 lead balls that fit that diameter of barrel and those 12 balls equal 1 pound. A .410 shotgun is the exception in that it is a caliber or the diameter of the barrel in inches.

I dare say that the article was written by someone in California that has no background in firearms and as the news media does about many firearms related issues has their head up their a$$.

[Big_Bad_Wulff]

@Kerry_Stratton

Royce,

You have got to understand this happened in Forks, WA and was reported by the Peninsula Daily News. I don’t know if you have ever been to the Olympic Peninsula before but it is as backwoods as you can get. You have got to give them a bit of leaway. And besides they may have 22 gauge shotguns out there; likely homemade if they do.

I dunno. As “backward” as you think these people might be I think they know the difference between shell guages. I’d bet the “better educated”, cosmopolitan, San Fran folks that have never seen a gun(except by one of their constituents at a convenience store) are to blame for the gaffe.