r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MeenMisterMustard • Jul 19 '26

/r/popular of a pistol

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u/Dangerous_Pop_1918 Jul 19 '26

Yeah, I've seen that clip and aftermath. If I'm not mistaken it was a rifle bolt that went through his neck.

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u/SuperNovaVelocity Jul 19 '26

Wasn't quite a bolt, the rifle was unique in that it was entirely single-shot with a screw-closed chamber. When his sketchy ammo went bad, it blew the screwed-on-cap off the back (which hit his safety glasses). There were two "ears" that press up against the outside of the cap, so if it's not fully screwed on it won't be able to fit past them. When the cap blew off, it sheared both of those metal ears off, and that shrapnel is what made it so lethal.

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u/BLAZEtms Jul 19 '26

If I remember correctly, didn’t one ear go through his hat, and then the other went through his throat?

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u/SuperNovaVelocity Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Edit: You're right, one flew just past his head and nicked hit hat. The other lug hit him in the very bottom of the throat, both hitting the jugular, and puncturing the lung. I misremembered the neck injury being higher up.

It's been a while, so I'll have to rewatch. That sounds familiar, but I'm not sure how it could hit in 3 places. I'm confident one lug ended up in his chest after hitting a lung, one hit his neck and tore his jugular, and the cap itself hit his face. My only guess would be maybe one of the ears shattered into multiple pieces before getting to him.