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Originally Posted by Okotokian
I saw it happen. When we were kids my buddy and I found a live round and were playing with it. His dad thought he would educate us. He put the round in a vice and pried out the bullet. Then somehow the primer went off and shot through his thumb, making a bloody mess. He sure did educate us, though not quite in the way he intended!
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Was it a rimfire? Was he hitting it with a hammer? Had the primer already been struck by a firing pin (misfire)? 
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