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I'm the schmuck with the 500 Magnum in the thumbnail. It was in the woods of New Hampshire in 2016 and rest assured I had only put one round in (for obvious reasons). I'm both honored and ashamed to he a part of your video, Herrera.
Glad you're still with us, friend. And while it's great to learn from your mistakes, here's to all those willing to learn from someone else's mistakes (in this case, yours!). Good job limiting to one round.
@@BlubberNugget-xl4zsI guess it shows commitment or bravery? And there’s probably a massive adrenaline rush. IDK, if I ever got to the point of edging shooting myself I’d be aiming at my head so at least I’d never realise I messed up.
@@BlubberNugget-xl4zs I mean, he was at like MAXIMUM fucking around. I don’t know how he wouldn’t expect to find out. Who knows though. Maybe he wanted a super sonic sex swap… Sorry, dead gendering. *she
The “hot brass between the boobs” situation is why I told my girlfriend that when we go to a range, she should absolutely wear something that prevents casings from getting in there.
Makes me glad my wife is a T-shirt person. She doesn't wear anything low-cut. And our first time at a range, I was smart enough to do two of the things Brandon recommended: only loaded one round, and gave her a low-caliber round.
Even just getting a brass down your basjetball jersey is fun, or so my friend told me, I on the other hand would stick to wearing a bowtie/cowboy tie... classy and keeps my buttoned up shirt closed around the neck to be extra sure.
Stupidity on a shooting range in any shape or form is never worthy of being ignored. 20 years ago I witnessed an 8 year old boy wandering around behind the firing line .He was brandishing a Navy Colt. His father said that I shouldn’t worry about it because it was only a realistic replica. No action was taken. ( that day was a very busy family day) Cheers from Downunder👍🇦🇺🇺🇸
always the golden rule of stupidity, "if what you're doing would sound incredibly stupid when explained to a paramedic, maybe stop before you need to call 911"
there's a specific line between "stupid but funny" and just raw stupidity. we're all gonna die sometime, so might as well make sure your story is good. my decision making is "would my descendants tell this story proudly or not"
Might be a good rule of thumb. Imagine yourself having to explain a situation to 911 operator if you get hurt. Consider how that makes you feel and perhaps pursue another activity if the feeling isn’t a good one.
As well as if the thing you doing may mean you may need to call 911 maybe dont do it And if youre gonna be worried about how long its gonna take 911 to get to you dont do it
Gotta say, that dude who slipped and broke his finger, that "Uh..." reaction, would have pretty much spot on been my reaction. Then the searing pain would hit.
That clip is fake. It’s “Lil Mabu”. Everything he makes is clickbait garbage to promote his trash industry plant music. He’s the fakest “rapper” on earth.
I’m a female pistol instructor, I always warn my female students to never wear low cut tops, or open toe shoes. When I was n the army, iI had a damn lefty battle buddy who’s 5.56 shell managed to drop down my vest into my shirt and firmly place its hot self in between my not so small girls. I had a burn on each one that was a perfect casing lol. I remember the initial instinct to do what those ladies did but such panic is quickly turned to logic and just dislodged it when I was able to safely do so. Remember ladies, burnt boobs only heal if the bearer is alive to heal them! Dress smart and wear a ball cap, I find it helps at indoor ranges when brass bounces off the walls to have a cap brim to help cover our brass gaps
Extra credit for the term "brass gap". I'm a guy and I had one find its way into my t-shirt collar on the back of my neck/shoulders. And another one (during a different range session) that found itself resting on my eye-pro against my eyebrow. Both those li'l baastids burned like an M-Effer! Thankfully, I had the presence of mind both times to set my firearm down on the table, still facing downrange before doing the hot-brass dance right there in my lane, lol!
I had a pissing hot piece of .45 brass somehow make it down into my jacket and shirt in a January when I was a kid, got a nice casing scar on my stomach now. shit ain't fun
Been there. I mean, not literally, but I’ve been competition shooting since I was 8. I remember shooting with my boyfriend once and one went in my shirt. I didn’t even flinch, I just finished my mag (thank the gods it was a timed event that I was practicing for, so it only took a few seconds) and as soon as my gun was back on the bench, my hand went down my shirt. The size of his eyes when I pulled it out while cussing was hilarious! 😂 he didn’t even see it go down my top because he was on stopwatch duty and he was shocked that I didn’t stop earlier to remove the brass from my brass gap. 😂 I was just kind of used to it at that point. It stung, but whatever. Every sport has its risks.
Landed weird on his hand Kept the gun pointing downrange. Purposely didn't use the injured hand (probably didn't know how injured) Put rounds towards the target. (can't see if it hit. Wouldn't be surprised with that much self control) Overall, well done. That was a perfect recovery to a mistake and speaks to his excellent firearms safety.
But … you must consider … beer is holy and spilling its leads to eternal bad luck … first thing my dad taught me … well, second was … do not mess around having a gun in your hands …
The first time I took my adult daughter to the range she wore exactly what I told her not to wear. We went over the rules and I explained again about hot brass. Of course hot brass went into her bra, but she kept the gun down range, set it down on the table, THEN started digging around in her bra. She understood why I told her not to wear a low cut shirt. But I was proud she listened about the range rules and followed them. This was about 8 years ago and she has fully become embraced in gun culture.
Well I think we all get burned out there a few times.... I remember being about six.... And a cop next to me was shooting His new desert eagle so I was taking fifty cal brass down my shirt. My dad thought it was funny. When you're a kid those things are way hotter than they actually are!
I'd take the L on wearing what she shouldn't have in favor of taking the W on handling it properly. One of these is far, far more important than the other.
The situation @13:02…killed my brother-in-law when the recoil made his finger pull the trigger a second time…and he took the shot in head…in front of his brother and lifelong friend. All three were in the army at the time. The weapon belonged to a third party on the private range. Tragically, safety steps weren’t taken and I was left to pick up the lives of my sister and their four children. None of family have fully recovered…and never will. I know these videos may seem funny to some, but should be a warning to all. No matter our experience levels, accidents can happen…and all accidents are preventable.
None of these are funny, not really. More along the lines of, oh thank heaven nobody got hurt, and thus we laugh in relief. I am so very sorry for your loss, and hope no one else ever has to go through it.
@@SilverWolfGaming0527 thanks…the accident was in 2015…it changed all our lives, but his legacy continues. 🇺🇸 Fortunately, he had planned well for his family in the event something happened to him.
A few years ago a woman accidentally shot herself with a 500s&w because someone gave her a gun she couldn't handle. Was a tragedy and completely preventable. People who give new people hard to shoot firearms are sick.
This might be the incident in southern Missouri that I heard about. I read the prosecutor was trying to decide to charge the guy with murder or manslaughter. Never heard how it all turned out.
That’s been brought up a few times by Scott & Brandon among others. If you are going to give someone an especially large handgun for the first time only load one round & tell them what may happen, trying to prank someone in any capacity with a firearm is no bueno.
Thanks for your videos. Have done training with guns. Was a frequent participant at Front Sight (NV) and now a member at Oak Tree Gun Club (CA). I appreciate your constant repetition of the 4 gun safety rules. "Repetition is the mother of success". My biggest take away today is the sympathetic nervous response of grabbing as a reflex in response to hot brass coming in contact with the body (and potentially other unforeseen events). Very good information to know. Kudos!
The hot brass down the chest is a very common issue. Happened with my sister on her first time at the range to train so she could get her CPL, we had shot for around 30 min before it happened. HOWEVER, prior to even leaving the house, we spent almost 2 hours practicing safety, trigger discipline, malfunction clearing etc. And the result? when she got hot brass down her chest, she calmly placed the pistol on the bench, down range with finger off trigger. THEN frantically tried to retrieve the brass lmao Was very proud of her, and she's now a proud CPL holder and a better shot than most people I know. Proud big brother right here 😁
I use to wear ball caps while on the range. One time brass hit the underside of the bill and landed in between my safety glasses and my eyelid. Freaking hurt like hell every time I blinked for weeks! Brass will go anywhere and everywhere.....usually in the most inconvenient and painful place possible.
Brit here, in the UK. Love that you go through the 4 rules every episode. Kudos. Hot brass, had that land in awkward places, in the army (L85) and on an indoor range (glock19 that time). The 9mm casing actually slipped down behind my eye pro. I kept the gun pointing in a safe direction finger off the trigger and cleared with my non dominant hand. Dammit folks; if a Brit in their late 50s can do it, you can
I did that as a kid. The joint separated and the tendons on the top of the finger pull it backwards. At first it just feels weird before the pain kicks in. A break is more painful.
My first time at an indoor range, brass popped off the wall, fell down my shirt, and burnt my b00b. I yelped, jumped, and shook it out. My husband was looking at me in awe. I asked what the issue was, and he said, "I saw it in slow motion. You kept it pointed down range the entire time and your finger was off the trigger. I just fell in love with you all over again." We laughed hysterically and went back to sh00ting. 😂😂
I had brass in the face at a range in CA my second time out, also a lady shooter but I had the foresight to wear something that covered my ample cleavage. Nearest I've come to your story. I managed to engage the safety and put the gun down while crying in pain. I wear glasses. It got stuck. RSO gave me 10/10.
I'm an RSO at my local range. We were doing a CCW class one time, and it was a full one, so I joined the range portion to help my coworker. There was a woman there with her husband, and the husband gave her a damn snub .357 to shoot. It was too much for her, and she literally cut her hand shooting it. I asked they guy "Why did you give that too her?" and he just laughed. I went and got her a 43X. It's so true about women being turned off from shooting because of shit like that.
Why did he give that to her? Same reason rednecks at our public range growing up would give me magnums, 3 in turkey loads, and magnum rifles to shoot as a 12 year old... he's an asshole. Joke was on those rednecks though cause I learned to shoot and handle recoil very early on and often pissed them off by not only NOT getting hurt but also usually shooting their guns better than they could.
What I want to know is what kind of mentality a person has to have to think that putting someone else in a life-threatening situation is funny. Especially one's spouse, that's an extra level of messed up. A slightly sadistic but harmless prank is one thing, and even joking about violence can be okay if you really know your audience, but actually following through with that and getting a kick out of it...
It's even worse when they try to have kids shoot stuff that's too powerful or risky for them. Heck, an 8 year old near where i used to live passed away after his ducking idiot of a father and the range safety officer let him fire a fully automatic UZI and the recoil of the multiple rounds caused it to spin around to his head. What The Hell were they thinking????
"In this episode we're going to have rappers negligently discharging, streamers being streamers, big revolvers, and well, titties" - Brandon Herrera My favourite quote, my lifeline
@@bgroks1 If he survived I'm still left wondering why he posted it. Unless it was a stream I can only think it was to try and make some money to cover medical bills.
Just found your site, and have been enjoying the Darwin Awards. So, in earlier videos you talk about catastrophic failure differences between semi-auto and bolt action. This one is pre-internet era and not caught on film. My late wife (1955-2020 cancer) grew up on a working ranch in Arizona. Her dad was a WWII vet who "liberated" quite a few firearms from European locations during his time with Patton's Army Group. I was looking at getting her a new mountain weight 30-06 for Pronghorn hunting. Her dad said "Don't waste your money, I have just the thing". The "thing" was a WWI French Berdan Primer (rim fire) 7mm Label (sp?) bolt-action rifle, which he did his own reloading for. After function testing (unloaded), we took it to the range to check the accuracy (sans scope). Ever be in one of those situations where the inner voice says "I should not take this any further"? In this case, when trying to chamber a round (one hand fed at a time) we could not get any of the rounds to battery and bolt to seat fully (using same force as with a normal, modern bolt action firearm). It was 75-years old. So we took it back to dad. He thought we were idiots, but nicely took to his shop to check so that he could confirm we were idiots. Yeah, see where this is going? He went to slam the bolt home, failed to seat fully, slam fired, ejected the bolt rearward and took half of his right ear off. At Xmas, wife got a new Ruger S/S Synthetic Stock Mountain Weight for wet, late season hunts. And dad got sh*tty reconstructive surgery.
Two years ago I took all of my daughters and nieces to the range to celebrate Fathers Day. I taught them gun handling before hand in my living room with no live ammo in the house. Only snap caps to teach clearing the chamber. For their first time on the line they each got ONE bullet to let them experience the recoil without fear of a dropped gun, etc. Luckily, my youngest daughter advised them all against anything low cut. It was a great time that they've been talking about ever since and we're going again this year.
Your daughter is wise! You know the comment he made about having "a 5.56 burn scar between the b**bs"? Well, those do fade...eventually. Ask me how I know, LOL. Seriously though, give your daughters a big hug from an old granny, and kudos to you for making sure your daughters know their way around firearms.
.22 rifles are amazing for a teaching tool. They aren't loud, the recoil is mild to non existent. And depending on the rifle, single shot without user intervention (i have a pump .22 for example). Great way to introduce people, especially small ones, to firearms. Work your way up from there. I have always been a proponent that every shooter should own a .22 rifle. Cheap to feed, and great to learn good habits on. The cheap means you can practice on the cheap (very important, practice), and you can concentrate on marksmanship without worrying about recoil, etc. That and snap caps. Have someone randomly put a snap cap in your magazine, and if you flinch when firing the snap cap, that is a sure sign that you are anticipating the recoil. Which kills accuracy.
16:10 As an SDI alum, I feel it necessary to include a disclaimer: SDI does not (presently) instruct its students on the use of grenade launchers, though I wish it had. In-depth mechanical knowledge of firearm function is very transferrable however, and an excellent starting point.
And the fact that you don't really need to get training to know that you do not have your finger on the trigger if you won't be shooting anything anytime soon. It's still good to get proper training of course, no undermining that
It's mindblowing how you can not know how to not handle a grenade launcher in the first place. The name alone *grenade launcher* tells you everything you need to know about it
@@NO-AH562 I think that true firearm knowledge is only really gained by spending years at a bench un-building firearms down to the pins and springs, and swearing up a storm. SDI's (mostly) academic approach is a decent second choice if you don't have (or know) a local salty and magnificent bastard (gunsmith) you can apprentice yourself to.
Female here. I appreciate the clips of those females at the range. It helps us understand the importance of what we wear to the range and helps us avoid making same mistakes ❤
Always wear a baseball cap too. I've had hot brass bounce down behind my glasses where it just sat there burning my face until I could put the gun down and take my glasses off.
I still have my between-boobie burn scar. Lol. In my defense it was my husband’s brass that came over the divider cuz he’s stupid tall. Live and learn.
Don’t wear loose sleeves either, I got a shell up my jacket sleeve, don’t know how but it was a spicy meatball. I kept the barrel down range and emptied the mag/chamber and put a flag in it but I could see how someone wouldn’t out of instinct.
That guy in clip 3 that slipped is a BOSS!!! I was impressed when I thought he maintained muzzle discipline when falling. Knowing he also broke his finger and didn't lost control, earns a lot of respect from me.
The moments before he finished his string were the best, IMO. :Falls: :Looks at finger that is hurting and is clearly broke: :thinks "Huh.... Well, might as well finish and at least get a bad-ass out of this", :finishes string:
The time my wife caught hot brass in her low cut shirt, she immediately sat the pistol on the bench pointed downrange and regretted her clothing choice as she safely fished it out. I laughed at her and thought nothing of it... my turn came 3 months later at an indoor range. Hot brass ejected out of my pistol, hit the baffling above my head and landed squarely between my safety glasses and brow... mid trigger pull. I never laughed at anyone about hot brass ever again after that.
I've had fantastic experience of having a 50BMG case bounce off the mount, bounce off the roof of the M109 we were driving, and land inside my t-shirt.... I've never, before or after, seen a case extract like that. And I've never, before or after, moved that fast to get something out of my clothes.
i really don't get the hot brass thing. i've had 9mm brass it fall down my shirt, behind my neck, and get stuck. it just feels a little warm. why are these people acting like they're getting burned? first time had it happen to me i just shook my body a bit for it to loosen and tumble out the bottom of my shirt and kept on shooting.
I will always remember a firearms instructor I had when I lived in Florida. He taught that if you are shooting ceter mass at a target closing on you and nothing is happening, they either have on body armor or are on drugs. Drop point of aim to the hips and remove their mobility. Doesn't matter how much armor is on the torso or how many drugs are in the system, you cannot walk on a shattered pelvis. He also taught that (I forget exact numbers) statically speaking I t takes 5 rounds to stop an aggressive target but in high stress you will miss 1 out of 5 shots so best practice would be to empty the mag and you'll hit enough times to stop the threat.
That's why it is a terrible precedent for prosecutors to go after a would-be victim, making the claim that he "...unnecessarily fired extra rounds...". But that is sadly the difference between common sense/survival, and lawfare.
@@pctrader841I heard most people end up emptying their magazine because of stress and if you ask them they thought they'd only pull the trigger like two or three times
12:06, my great uncle's best friend actually died because of this situation. He was teaching his daughter how to shoot a larger handgun, and it went off multiple times while he was standing behind her. She somehow got the gun pointing directly at him because of the recoil, and one shot went straight through his head. My grandparents said the daughter was never the same. I can only imagine the guilt.
Reminds me of that video of the RSO teaching a 70 lb 9-yr-old girl how to shoot.....A FREAKIN UZI ON FULL AUTO. Needless to say, he's not with us any more. Poor girl fired the gun, couldn't control the recoil, and it auto-sprayed like 20 rounds of 9mm in about a second all over the place, hitting the RSO standing beside her. Obviously the part of him getting hit was edited out, because he took idk how many rounds to the face. It wasn't the little girl's fault, it was the RSO's fault 100%. I'm not saying it isn't still tragic. But he definitely should've stood behind her and put his hands over top of hers or something instead of just letting her hold it all by herself with her little spaghetti arms. It's common sense.
@@SlingshotMustangyep just the like the guy above :/ lack of common sense. ONLY load one round for any new shooter, or risk them squeezing off multiple rounds from recoil they aren’t expecting. Thought everyone knew this. Guess not
Mythbusters covered the revolver seal gap, they found on a .22LR revolver you are going to get some blistering, with a .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, or ..500 Magnum you will be missing digits to chunks of your hand. Be mindful of the gap.
Ex con here with a cleared record now. I didn't like donut at first then he started calling about the bad cops. Now i like him a lot had to watch his whole playlist every time he calls out no only bad criminals but bad officers and weapon handling i feel extreme respect for the man. He calls it like he sees it.
This is why, if you're firing a gun that you're not sure you can handle, only load a single shot at a time. Can't double-tap on accident if there's only one bullet in the gun that you've already fired.
My ex-wife is a tiny little Asian woman. The first time I took her to the range, she grabbed my .357 with hot loads and did a full 'mag dump', then just smiled at me. Everyone at the range was impressed with her and jealous of me. She grew up on a farm here in rural NE Florida. She has been shooting her whole life, but didn't look the part. It was one of the greatest moments of my life.
Not only was the first guy almost the winner of the Darwin Award, but he was also almost the first Father to give all his children there genetically inherited Darwin Award.
Hey there Brandon, Native Texan here. Might be the first time I ever say this, but I wish I lived further south of Texas (I currently reside in the DFW area) Truly praying for your flawless outcome in the primary runoff in Texas' 23rd Congressional District on May 28, 2024
I 100% this comment…it’s like I wrote it…I too live in the Dfw area, and I too wish I could vote for Brandon…so much so that I sent financial aid to his campaign.
The guy who shot himself actually posted the hospital bill after that, which described where he was shot and where it exited. Yes, from what I remember it’s exactly where you think it exited.
@@MrOlgrumpy indeed but it depends on the caliber. From the looks of it, he had a 9mm so the flash isn’t too extreme unless you had bad or dirty ammunition (from my understanding.)
I remember for my 10th birthday. My parents bought me a single shot 20 gauge break action and wouldn’t you be surprised the second I Open the shot gun The back of the shell ejects, and I get it right to the forehead😂
That recoil in slow motion with the gun staring directly down the barrel is one of the most extreme things I’ve ever seen. For the love of god only ever have a single round in a gun like that when somebody hasn’t shot it before. I know it’s boring and tame but it’s so worth the extra effort to not kill somebody.
The person that happened to is in the comments and stated that he only had one loaded in the big 500 Maggie, in the event....saved his life fer sure...!
@@figtreeprophecy I mean his only point of contact on the gun is the trigger, he for sure pulled it again. if there was another bullet in there hed be gone.
@@phigdon3 I can relate. Had a T/C Contender in 30-30. Single shot so no worries :)) I have the Armor Alloy version. Kept 3 barrels for it. 14" 22lr, 10" 357 mag, 10" 44mag. Pacmeyer grips / forend. Came with walnut furiture. I threaded the barrel so I can screw a 2" extension on it and use it with a stock. A 22lr single shot rifle, very accurate, scoped!
At one of the Polish commercial shooting ranges, if you are a rookie, the instructor allows you to load only one bullet into the revolver. Only after you have become more familiar with the weapon and the instructor is sure that you can handle it, you are allowed to use two bullets and finally the entire cylinder.
I once went to a local range for introduction to shotguns and shooting clay targets. Our group spent well over an hour shooting. The whole time nobody was allowed to load shells in both barrels. Only one shell at a time. A good rule, seeing how light the trigger was in their shotguns. And no safety switch in the shotgun, as far as I remember.
They did this when I went to an indoor range in Krakow. It was my first experience with firearms of any kind (because 🇬🇧) and I will never forget it. The instructor loaded a single .357 magnum as a test then let me have a full cylinder.
At my local range, one fella brought his single action .44 Revolver in, allowed some of us to shoot it too, but made sure that we knew exactly how to hold that bloody thing before loading it, and stayed within arm's reach as well, I was able to fire off all 6 bullets with no issues at all, and I'm a skinny bish.
Non gun owner from the UK here. It seems really obvious to me that if you are handing a novice shooter a hand cannon just so they can feel how powerful it is, you should only load 1 round. That way, it does not matter what dumb direction the novice points the gun after it has fired, the gun is now empty.
Even if it was a smaller revolver id load one round if it was their first time, ive seen big guys wrists fold like limp noodles shooting fairly normal guns, then ive seen a skinny 12 year old girl handle a 44magnum like its a 22, you never know how people will handle or react to recoil.
It is obvious... however there are a lot of dumb ass gun owners out there. These events don't happen often considering the millions of guns and gun owners out there. You only hear (or see) about the bad events. I live very rural and there is gunfire every weekend all year long around me, and sometimes it's me. Haven't heard of an incident within 30 miles (50 kilometers) of me in the 12 years I've lived out in the country. People from other countries only see what's in the news, not the 99.99% of the proper use of firearms.
I appreciate that you guys promote gun safety so heavily. So many gun owners are either careless, orverconfident, or straight up negligent with how they handle their firearms. If you want to own a gun, you must also inherit the responsibilites that come with posessing said gun.
yes, and for beginners: maybe don't start with actual firearms directly, but paintball or airsoft guns first a lot of the stuff in how to handle them can be learned with these too
@@kuhluhOG agreed. Much easier to control since there's less power. And although very unlikely to be lethal, you still don't want to be accidentally shot with a paintball gun.
@@jeffhutchins7048 You should tell that to the guy I quoted, not me. What happened in your life that you feel compelled to shit on someone complementing a joke?
Lady shooter here. NEVER! wear lowcut shirts when shooting - crew neck t-shirt, ball cap, safety glasses over regular glasses, ear plugs & electronic headset. If you don't want it burned, cover it. I got hot brass stuck in my sock once & never wore shorts again either. Hubby had one hot one slip behind his glasses, so i always wear safety glasses too. I had one AD at the range because I was too tired to be shooting. Huge mistake. You do NOT have to finish shooting that last mag. Thank Darwin I didn't hit anyone, only did some damage to the shooting shelf. I owned up to my mistake before anyone else noticed & was still allowed back to that range. You can never be too careful.
My home range enforces a dress code that specifically prohibits low-cut shirts, as well as open-toed shoes. I haven't seen anyone have a problem with it so far.
Every Englishman has trained for that exact moment, when you slip with a firearm. I cant tell you the amount of times me, my friends or randoms have fell over and the beer was ALWAYS saved.
Smaller boobs are better. Fight me over it, folks. They don't sag, and there's no chance of looking like you slapped salami slices on your chest. Just saying..
Over thirty years as a LEO Master firearms instructor and IPSC range officer of 4 world champion competitions . You can never take your eyes of the student and or competitor.
yeah, I had a coworker who did that once, it was a 22LR pistol, and we were checking some stuff kneeling down on the range, and he was right next to me and decided to shoot the dirt right next to my foot. never go out with that dude ever again. Never.
12:23 there was a case several years ago... I want to say in either Montana or Missouri... where a woman visiting some family in America went out to the range with them where she was handed a fully loaded loaded 500 magnum and had this type of accidental discharge except that it did swing all the way around and the second shot hit her in a way that ended her life. So you're right... "It do happen" (lesson to learn, don't hand them the ultra magnum until they're ready, and don't load more than 1 chamber until they're comfortable with the recoil.)
We “trained” on our Dad’s antique revolver into the hillside out on our ranch til it was spitting so much shrapnel it had to be retired. We used his bolt action rifle & had a wonderful time til we ran out of ammo & had to find jobs to replace the ammo. We weren’t yet teens but we all had hunter safety courses. Hope those classes are still available to kids. We learned lots of things as little kids like open your mouth in an echoey building when you are practicing inside. I hope kids get a chance to safely & respectfully have a chance to learn & practice & enjoy.
My worst incident with hot brass was when I was firing a pistol from the gun shop downstairs in their range. Most of the time, the brass bounced off of my forehead. One time, it fell somewhat short...right through a gap in my glasses and onto the lower eyelid of one eye. I had the presence of mind to keep the muzzle pointed down range and set it down ASAP. My father then dropped the magazine and cleared the chamber while I removed the brass from between my glasses and my eyelid. That is why I wear eye protection over my glasses to this day. That incident happened about 40 years ago; I still remember it vividly. Three cheers for dads who emphasize the four fundamental rules of firearms safety from the start.
Same! Casing bounced off the divider right through the space between my forehead and the eyewear onto my cheek. It took everything I had to calmly put the gun down, back up and take off the eyewear... burning like hell the whole time. Lesson learned!
I remember my dad showing me the ropes on a break action 12 gauge, I broke open the action, and only the right shell ejected, and went directly down my old beat tank top where it fell down to just below my chest. The plastic caught my shit and the brass wedged flush up against my skin. I don't believe my dad was ever so proud in all my days when I got the other shell free, handed him the gun, and lifted my shirt. Didn't leave a scar, which would have been cool, but it did burn me pretty good lmao.
I can tell you that for a while I was confused about Brandon and Donut and now I realize that they are not so different and that now this video is pure art. ❤
That last clip, depending on the angle there's an incredibly important artery like RIGHT THERE, the difference between making it to the hospital for your buddies to laugh at you, vs making it to the morgue so the Internet can laugh at you. Take your pick.
You can see Donut's face when Brandon say "he probably survived"23:01 ... he either knows the outcome or at least he understands thats where the Aorta branches to External and Internal Iliac Arteries... and also big veins that are next to it
@@The_Real_Oklinhos Femoral Artery is also in that area on the inner thigh. I believe it's fed by the External Iliac artery you mentioned. Super quick bleed out if either are ruptured.
THX! I am a firearms instructor and I teach a class almost every weekend-- I went catatonic for 30 mins after watching this video and reconsidered a peace corps opportunity- SAFE DIRECTION $^%&$*
A friend of mine came up with a fake medal when we were in high school. He called it the Lead Star of Stupidity. I further improved this award by designing a Darwin Device, which is affixed to the award when the recipient also wins the Darwin Award during the same act which leads to their citation for the Lead Star. These people definitely deserve awards.
We literally had a cast silicone thumb with a drill bit stuck through it that we gave to the most recent person to drill through an aircraft skin into their hand or fingers. It eventually got a nice wooden base and a brass laser engraved tag.
@@Hawk013 I love the effort that went into this award. My buddy made a ribbon and carved a star for the Lead Star, bless his soul. To all who may witness this UA-cam comments section: greetings; every person who has earned the Drilled Thumb is now retroactively awarded the Lead Star, effective 17 May, in the year of our Lord 2024, with all the rights and privileges associated with the same.
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#akgnotificationsquad LET'S GO BRANDON
Always a good day when Brandon posts. Let’s Go Brandon
Love the videos brando need moor cursed guns vids
YESSSSS NEW DARWIN AWARD
#akgnotificationsquad
I'm the schmuck with the 500 Magnum in the thumbnail. It was in the woods of New Hampshire in 2016 and rest assured I had only put one round in (for obvious reasons). I'm both honored and ashamed to he a part of your video, Herrera.
Glad you're still with us, friend. And while it's great to learn from your mistakes, here's to all those willing to learn from someone else's mistakes (in this case, yours!). Good job limiting to one round.
Hey thanks for sharing. Glad you are ok and learned from your experience
Hey, at least you weren't the guy in the last clip!
I dont think you should be ashamed, you knew the risk and mitigated it by putting only one round, thats a dar win in my book
Real
In the words of Zach Hazard:
“If you make something idiot-proof, they’ll make a better idiot.”
I love how popular Zach's gotten recently
@@renegadeplatinum2528
It’s cuz of X, but he’s been fairly popular for awhile
Since Brandon hearted this, I really hope they collab in the future.
@infinty_yt unfortunately I've seen screenshots of one of Zach's discord mods calling Brandon/his fanbase a neo WWII German, so who knows.
@@PoneDtheGuy Ahh. That's actually disheartening to hear. I thought Zach was better than to let that happen.
"Found the decocker on his glock" has to be the best way to describe that stupidity
😂
That's the primo laugh point of the video.
I feel bad for the guy, but at the same time, why in the everlasting FUCK would you do that to yourself? For clout? Seriously??
@@BlubberNugget-xl4zsI guess it shows commitment or bravery? And there’s probably a massive adrenaline rush.
IDK, if I ever got to the point of edging shooting myself I’d be aiming at my head so at least I’d never realise I messed up.
@@BlubberNugget-xl4zs I mean, he was at like MAXIMUM fucking around.
I don’t know how he wouldn’t expect to find out.
Who knows though. Maybe he wanted a super sonic sex swap…
Sorry, dead gendering. *she
That guy breaking his finger and maintaining muzzle awareness and trigger discipline is a fucking CHAD
Adrenaline+keeping your cool is a good combo, he exemplifies that
He also hit the PHATTEST whip in the process of doing so
All that's missing is a Nae Nae as he shoots 😂😂
For real.
And if you just saw him on the street you'd never guess. lol
fkn unit of a human. 😂
The “hot brass between the boobs” situation is why I told my girlfriend that when we go to a range, she should absolutely wear something that prevents casings from getting in there.
Makes me glad my wife is a T-shirt person. She doesn't wear anything low-cut.
And our first time at a range, I was smart enough to do two of the things Brandon recommended: only loaded one round, and gave her a low-caliber round.
I've seen it happen.
I normally carry a bandana in my bag to help cover if there are others coming to meet me.
sounds like a sex move
Even just getting a brass down your basjetball jersey is fun, or so my friend told me, I on the other hand would stick to wearing a bowtie/cowboy tie... classy and keeps my buttoned up shirt closed around the neck to be extra sure.
"Guns are awesome! Idiots... not so much"
-Bradon's most wise words ever
a campaign slogan if ever i heard one. 😁
Bradon. (I'm gonna leave this here to remind you of this)
Let's go Brandon!
Let's go Bradon!
Bradon
I never thought I'd hear "negligent discharge of a grenade launcher in a high school gym"
I know right! Usually it’s not negligent nowadays
@@SailormanSal I'm ashamed to say that I laughed ...
But did you heard about "negligent discharge of grenade launcher in the office of polish police commander in chief"?
It was bound to happen, the only real question was Texas or Russia first?
Foreal lol
Stupidity on a shooting range in any shape or form is never worthy of being ignored. 20 years ago I witnessed an 8 year old boy wandering around behind the firing line .He was brandishing a Navy Colt. His father said that I shouldn’t worry about it because it was only a realistic replica. No action was taken. ( that day was a very busy family day)
Cheers from Downunder👍🇦🇺🇺🇸
always the golden rule of stupidity, "if what you're doing would sound incredibly stupid when explained to a paramedic, maybe stop before you need to call 911"
Exactly
there's a specific line between "stupid but funny" and just raw stupidity. we're all gonna die sometime, so might as well make sure your story is good. my decision making is "would my descendants tell this story proudly or not"
@@gamez4420 I think that last guy should have asked himself "will I have descendants?"
Might be a good rule of thumb.
Imagine yourself having to explain a situation to 911 operator if you get hurt. Consider how that makes you feel and perhaps pursue another activity if the feeling isn’t a good one.
As well as if the thing you doing may mean you may need to call 911 maybe dont do it
And if youre gonna be worried about how long its gonna take 911 to get to you dont do it
Gotta say, that dude who slipped and broke his finger, that "Uh..." reaction, would have pretty much spot on been my reaction. Then the searing pain would hit.
He's got that Angry Cops finger now.
The moment of realization was so funny
Props to him though, kept the gun in a safe direction and kept it from firing.
adrenaline is one hell of a drug
For a hot moment after the break you only feel that something is off, then adrenaline hits. The pain comes when adrenaline ends
10:01 that RSO is Matej, our team member 😅
That happened at the public range here in Slovenia and they have more interesting footage like this one...
Give him a raise
"I'm glad you still have a dick RSO. I hope you use it often." XD
Omg he has the same name as me
Except im from czech republic so i have a ě instead
Thats funny
@@crazynedry5085 i think that's a common slavic name
Love Slovenia
16:35 for context, she was sadly blinded, not a casual headshoted by plastic, like , her eye, gone!
I don't know why they don't wear eye-pro
@@matteogalafassi3273 because it's made for two eyes
@@againstthecurve what do you mean?
Different incident
having a loaded gun on a music video set and having it go off should be a Baldwin award
Yo bro I’ve been laughing at this for 5 minutes now 😂
That clip is fake. It’s “Lil Mabu”. Everything he makes is clickbait garbage to promote his trash industry plant music. He’s the fakest “rapper” on earth.
@@STOPSYPHERthe fact so many people think it’s real is crazy. It looks fake as hell.
@@STOPSYPHERthat one is, but I'm pretty sure they're referring to the 2nd clip with the green screen.
@@STOPSYPHERsearching for someone who knew this. It’s such a fake looking video and clearly a promotion made for his music
I’m a female pistol instructor, I always warn my female students to never wear low cut tops, or open toe shoes. When I was n the army, iI had a damn lefty battle buddy who’s 5.56 shell managed to drop down my vest into my shirt and firmly place its hot self in between my not so small girls. I had a burn on each one that was a perfect casing lol. I remember the initial instinct to do what those ladies did but such panic is quickly turned to logic and just dislodged it when I was able to safely do so. Remember ladies, burnt boobs only heal if the bearer is alive to heal them! Dress smart and wear a ball cap, I find it helps at indoor ranges when brass bounces off the walls to have a cap brim to help cover our brass gaps
Extra credit for the term "brass gap". I'm a guy and I had one find its way into my t-shirt collar on the back of my neck/shoulders. And another one (during a different range session) that found itself resting on my eye-pro against my eyebrow. Both those li'l baastids burned like an M-Effer! Thankfully, I had the presence of mind both times to set my firearm down on the table, still facing downrange before doing the hot-brass dance right there in my lane, lol!
T.y. for sharing this! You are a legit badass!
Lady. I salute you. Your an inspiration to humanity.
I had a pissing hot piece of .45 brass somehow make it down into my jacket and shirt in a January when I was a kid, got a nice casing scar on my stomach now. shit ain't fun
Been there. I mean, not literally, but I’ve been competition shooting since I was 8. I remember shooting with my boyfriend once and one went in my shirt. I didn’t even flinch, I just finished my mag (thank the gods it was a timed event that I was practicing for, so it only took a few seconds) and as soon as my gun was back on the bench, my hand went down my shirt. The size of his eyes when I pulled it out while cussing was hilarious! 😂 he didn’t even see it go down my top because he was on stopwatch duty and he was shocked that I didn’t stop earlier to remove the brass from my brass gap. 😂 I was just kind of used to it at that point. It stung, but whatever. Every sport has its risks.
That guy who slipped and maintained control of the pistol is also the guy who falls down a flight of stairs and doesn’t spill his beer.
Broke his damn finger and kept control the whole time. A super chad.
Landed weird on his hand
Kept the gun pointing downrange.
Purposely didn't use the injured hand (probably didn't know how injured)
Put rounds towards the target. (can't see if it hit. Wouldn't be surprised with that much self control)
Overall, well done. That was a perfect recovery to a mistake and speaks to his excellent firearms safety.
But … you must consider … beer is holy and spilling its leads to eternal bad luck … first thing my dad taught me … well, second was … do not mess around having a gun in your hands …
I fell on the top step of my stairs with a nearly full glass of water and spilled none
The dislocation was boss!!
his bloodline is continuing, it goes from his bathroom to the ambulance
The first time I took my adult daughter to the range she wore exactly what I told her not to wear. We went over the rules and I explained again about hot brass. Of course hot brass went into her bra, but she kept the gun down range, set it down on the table, THEN started digging around in her bra. She understood why I told her not to wear a low cut shirt. But I was proud she listened about the range rules and followed them. This was about 8 years ago and she has fully become embraced in gun culture.
Good dad. Hope to bring my girl into guns in a few years.
is she hot?
Well I think we all get burned out there a few times.... I remember being about six.... And a cop next to me was shooting His new desert eagle so I was taking fifty cal brass down my shirt. My dad thought it was funny. When you're a kid those things are way hotter than they actually are!
I'd take the L on wearing what she shouldn't have in favor of taking the W on handling it properly. One of these is far, far more important than the other.
@@ClokworkGremlinBut listening to both would've been best
The situation @13:02…killed my brother-in-law when the recoil made his finger pull the trigger a second time…and he took the shot in head…in front of his brother and lifelong friend. All three were in the army at the time. The weapon belonged to a third party on the private range. Tragically, safety steps weren’t taken and I was left to pick up the lives of my sister and their four children. None of family have fully recovered…and never will.
I know these videos may seem funny to some, but should be a warning to all. No matter our experience levels, accidents can happen…and all accidents are preventable.
I'm so sorry to hear that. I wish you luck man.
None of these are funny, not really. More along the lines of, oh thank heaven nobody got hurt, and thus we laugh in relief.
I am so very sorry for your loss, and hope no one else ever has to go through it.
Jesus..... I couldn't imagine..... I hope everyone is able to find peace in this situation eventually...... I'm so sorry
Damn sorry to hear, my sympathies to you and all of his family. What a shame.
@@SilverWolfGaming0527 thanks…the accident was in 2015…it changed all our lives, but his legacy continues. 🇺🇸 Fortunately, he had planned well for his family in the event something happened to him.
A few years ago a woman accidentally shot herself with a 500s&w because someone gave her a gun she couldn't handle.
Was a tragedy and completely preventable.
People who give new people hard to shoot firearms are sick.
This might be the incident in southern Missouri that I heard about. I read the prosecutor was trying to decide to charge the guy with murder or manslaughter. Never heard how it all turned out.
That’s been brought up a few times by Scott & Brandon among others. If you are going to give someone an especially large handgun for the first time only load one round & tell them what may happen, trying to prank someone in any capacity with a firearm is no bueno.
She be kickin'
Why would you hand an inexperienced shooter a 500 with multiple rounds in it
@@STOPSYPHER for the lols ofc /s
Thanks for your videos. Have done training with guns. Was a frequent participant at Front Sight (NV) and now a member at Oak Tree Gun Club (CA). I appreciate your constant repetition of the 4 gun safety rules. "Repetition is the mother of success". My biggest take away today is the sympathetic nervous response of grabbing as a reflex in response to hot brass coming in contact with the body (and potentially other unforeseen events). Very good information to know. Kudos!
“New de-cocker on his Glock”😂
More like "New de-cocker for the glocker"
It’s lil mabu😭😭
It’s lil mabu he’s dumb
The video was fake btw mabu just there get cloud the way he is
@@kolikoq7438 oh dang
6:40 Not only keeps the gun on target, but after ascertaining a broken pinky still finishes the round. Extra points.
Also hits a sick nae nae
Its common to not feel the pain right away with serious injuries as you are in shock. Pain comes afterwards.
Total badass, and a man of focus.
@@cuffzter Shock notwithstanding, the dude could have opted to not finish given the injury. He didn't. That was my point.
The hot brass down the chest is a very common issue. Happened with my sister on her first time at the range to train so she could get her CPL, we had shot for around 30 min before it happened.
HOWEVER, prior to even leaving the house, we spent almost 2 hours practicing safety, trigger discipline, malfunction clearing etc. And the result? when she got hot brass down her chest, she calmly placed the pistol on the bench, down range with finger off trigger. THEN frantically tried to retrieve the brass lmao
Was very proud of her, and she's now a proud CPL holder and a better shot than most people I know. Proud big brother right here 😁
Good job on drilling the basics BEFORE letting her handle a live weapon.
I use to wear ball caps while on the range. One time brass hit the underside of the bill and landed in between my safety glasses and my eyelid. Freaking hurt like hell every time I blinked for weeks!
Brass will go anywhere and everywhere.....usually in the most inconvenient and painful place possible.
Should've just worn proper clothing.... Who are we trying to impress with cleavage at the range?
We love gun safety success stories! Love to see it!
you only forgot to tell her to wear something appropriate to the range instead of something that leaves skin out
“women have become a huge part of the shooting community” made me picture something else and I laughed for a minute straight
Brit here, in the UK. Love that you go through the 4 rules every episode. Kudos.
Hot brass, had that land in awkward places, in the army (L85) and on an indoor range (glock19 that time). The 9mm casing actually slipped down behind my eye pro. I kept the gun pointing in a safe direction finger off the trigger and cleared with my non dominant hand.
Dammit folks; if a Brit in their late 50s can do it, you can
My jaw actually dropped seeing that dude slip, break his pinky, and still keep on target with proper firearm etiquette
I agree. That was impressive
He's repping us fat white guys really well.
I did that as a kid. The joint separated and the tendons on the top of the finger pull it backwards.
At first it just feels weird before the pain kicks in. A break is more painful.
Priorities....that man's clearly has em.
and finish
My first time at an indoor range, brass popped off the wall, fell down my shirt, and burnt my b00b. I yelped, jumped, and shook it out. My husband was looking at me in awe. I asked what the issue was, and he said, "I saw it in slow motion. You kept it pointed down range the entire time and your finger was off the trigger. I just fell in love with you all over again." We laughed hysterically and went back to sh00ting. 😂😂
W husband holy, welldone on keeping it downrange w your finger off the trigger too😭
Hope to find a lady like you someday.
She gets a hearty "Attagirl" for grace under fire- literally!
Definitely a keeper 🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️👍
I had brass in the face at a range in CA my second time out, also a lady shooter but I had the foresight to wear something that covered my ample cleavage. Nearest I've come to your story. I managed to engage the safety and put the gun down while crying in pain.
I wear glasses. It got stuck.
RSO gave me 10/10.
The grenade launcher one was sick looked like he created a shockwave with that flip
A congressman handing out an official Darwin Award with his secretary donut.
Top tier American politics!
Now that’s a winning ticket !
@@baomao7243 Is it though?
@@bobobandy9382 touché
NO WAY ITS BACK
*it's back
@@slappy8941every party has a pooper
Darwin's back, back again
Darwin's back Darwin's back Darwin's back Darwin's back
Brrratta ta ta ta ta brrratta
@@connordoyle5930 you forgot the “Darwin’s back, tell Brandon” then the “Darwin’s back, Darwin’s back”
@@America_Thunder I'll delete mine if you can do it right lol
I'm an RSO at my local range.
We were doing a CCW class one time, and it was a full one, so I joined the range portion to help my coworker. There was a woman there with her husband, and the husband gave her a damn snub .357 to shoot. It was too much for her, and she literally cut her hand shooting it. I asked they guy "Why did you give that too her?" and he just laughed. I went and got her a 43X.
It's so true about women being turned off from shooting because of shit like that.
Why did he give that to her? Same reason rednecks at our public range growing up would give me magnums, 3 in turkey loads, and magnum rifles to shoot as a 12 year old... he's an asshole.
Joke was on those rednecks though cause I learned to shoot and handle recoil very early on and often pissed them off by not only NOT getting hurt but also usually shooting their guns better than they could.
What I want to know is what kind of mentality a person has to have to think that putting someone else in a life-threatening situation is funny. Especially one's spouse, that's an extra level of messed up. A slightly sadistic but harmless prank is one thing, and even joking about violence can be okay if you really know your audience, but actually following through with that and getting a kick out of it...
@@tiagodecastro2929 No idea, man. People are strange. Some of the worst people I've ever met are customers of my range.
It's even worse when they try to have kids shoot stuff that's too powerful or risky for them. Heck, an 8 year old near where i used to live passed away after his ducking idiot of a father and the range safety officer let him fire a fully automatic UZI and the recoil of the multiple rounds caused it to spin around to his head. What The Hell were they thinking????
@@General_Kenobi_212 Think I know what you're thinking of, and it was a Micro Uzi. 1200rpm-plus from a tiny unergonomic weapon.
"In this episode we're going to have rappers negligently discharging, streamers being streamers, big revolvers, and well, titties"
- Brandon Herrera
My favourite quote, my lifeline
23:02 “He probably survived.”
Donut’s face: “Did he though?”
Lmao “are you sure about that”
Mine was more, " not if he hit the femoral artery or abdominal aorta, he didnt!"
Okay, but if he didn’t, who posted the video?
@@bgroks1
If he survived I'm still left wondering why he posted it.
Unless it was a stream I can only think it was to try and make some money to cover medical bills.
He shot through one nut and into his glute. Which means he still has another bean and could reproduce, unfortunately.
13:49 this is why you load 1 cartridge for someone unfamiliar w/ a gun that has serious recoil.
and he did load only 1 in
"you cant put a tourniquet on a taint"
No, you can't. HOWEVER, you most certainly can PACK a taint like a prison inmate
just ask chris chan
your not wrong.
That’s a lot of gauze 😂
@@H2kfighter you gotta push real hard too
You would put your junk in it?
Use your thumb if you want to put a body part in it. Geez
😆
Just found your site, and have been enjoying the Darwin Awards. So, in earlier videos you talk about catastrophic failure differences between semi-auto and bolt action. This one is pre-internet era and not caught on film. My late wife (1955-2020 cancer) grew up on a working ranch in Arizona. Her dad was a WWII vet who "liberated" quite a few firearms from European locations during his time with Patton's Army Group. I was looking at getting her a new mountain weight 30-06 for Pronghorn hunting. Her dad said "Don't waste your money, I have just the thing". The "thing" was a WWI French Berdan Primer (rim fire) 7mm Label (sp?) bolt-action rifle, which he did his own reloading for. After function testing (unloaded), we took it to the range to check the accuracy (sans scope). Ever be in one of those situations where the inner voice says "I should not take this any further"? In this case, when trying to chamber a round (one hand fed at a time) we could not get any of the rounds to battery and bolt to seat fully (using same force as with a normal, modern bolt action firearm). It was 75-years old. So we took it back to dad. He thought we were idiots, but nicely took to his shop to check so that he could confirm we were idiots. Yeah, see where this is going? He went to slam the bolt home, failed to seat fully, slam fired, ejected the bolt rearward and took half of his right ear off. At Xmas, wife got a new Ruger S/S Synthetic Stock Mountain Weight for wet, late season hunts. And dad got sh*tty reconstructive surgery.
Two years ago I took all of my daughters and nieces to the range to celebrate Fathers Day. I taught them gun handling before hand in my living room with no live ammo in the house. Only snap caps to teach clearing the chamber. For their first time on the line they each got ONE bullet to let them experience the recoil without fear of a dropped gun, etc. Luckily, my youngest daughter advised them all against anything low cut. It was a great time that they've been talking about ever since and we're going again this year.
Your daughter is wise! You know the comment he made about having "a 5.56 burn scar between the b**bs"? Well, those do fade...eventually. Ask me how I know, LOL. Seriously though, give your daughters a big hug from an old granny, and kudos to you for making sure your daughters know their way around firearms.
.22 rifles are amazing for a teaching tool. They aren't loud, the recoil is mild to non existent. And depending on the rifle, single shot without user intervention (i have a pump .22 for example). Great way to introduce people, especially small ones, to firearms. Work your way up from there.
I have always been a proponent that every shooter should own a .22 rifle. Cheap to feed, and great to learn good habits on. The cheap means you can practice on the cheap (very important, practice), and you can concentrate on marksmanship without worrying about recoil, etc. That and snap caps. Have someone randomly put a snap cap in your magazine, and if you flinch when firing the snap cap, that is a sure sign that you are anticipating the recoil. Which kills accuracy.
Awesome! What age are they if I can ask? My oldest is 7 and I think she is still too young, but I'm curious when other people do.
16:10
As an SDI alum, I feel it necessary to include a disclaimer:
SDI does not (presently) instruct its students on the use of grenade launchers, though I wish it had.
In-depth mechanical knowledge of firearm function is very transferrable however, and an excellent starting point.
And the fact that you don't really need to get training to know that you do not have your finger on the trigger if you won't be shooting anything anytime soon.
It's still good to get proper training of course, no undermining that
It's mindblowing how you can not know how to not handle a grenade launcher in the first place.
The name alone *grenade launcher* tells you everything you need to know about it
@@Z38_US I specified "use". Not handling.
You are correct: Handling is universal.
I've heard a lot of bad things from gun smiths about SDI, what do you think?
@@NO-AH562 I think that true firearm knowledge is only really gained by spending years at a bench un-building firearms down to the pins and springs, and swearing up a storm.
SDI's (mostly) academic approach is a decent second choice if you don't have (or know) a local salty and magnificent bastard (gunsmith) you can apprentice yourself to.
I have no words. I sit here wide eyed and shaking my head in complete amazement.
That last guy screwed around enough. He's now unable to screw around anymore.
I'd be the one guy who'd say "What did you learn, WHAT DID YOU LEARN!" to that man
He might be able to upgrade his little guy now!
Atleast whats left of it.
That was definitely a fuck around level of 10 and find out that correlated perfectly with🥹
Too bad he already has 7 kids by 6 different mamas. Take that Darwin.
You know when he got to the hospital, the first Doctor to see him immediately went to get everyone else just to show them.
Female here. I appreciate the clips of those females at the range. It helps us understand the importance of what we wear to the range and helps us avoid making same mistakes ❤
Always wear a baseball cap too. I've had hot brass bounce down behind my glasses where it just sat there burning my face until I could put the gun down and take my glasses off.
I still have my between-boobie burn scar. Lol. In my defense it was my husband’s brass that came over the divider cuz he’s stupid tall. Live and learn.
My wife found out the hard way😂
Don’t wear loose sleeves either, I got a shell up my jacket sleeve, don’t know how but it was a spicy meatball. I kept the barrel down range and emptied the mag/chamber and put a flag in it but I could see how someone wouldn’t out of instinct.
Can we consider the winner of this Darwin Award a female now?
That guy in clip 3 that slipped is a BOSS!!! I was impressed when I thought he maintained muzzle discipline when falling. Knowing he also broke his finger and didn't lost control, earns a lot of respect from me.
The moments before he finished his string were the best, IMO. :Falls: :Looks at finger that is hurting and is clearly broke: :thinks "Huh.... Well, might as well finish and at least get a bad-ass out of this", :finishes string:
It looked to me like his ankle was wrecked too, but a doctor I am not.
His finger broke
Hes the guy that falls, but doesn't spill his beer.
@@letsdothis9063 priorities
I love it that donut is not too full of his self to come sit in on this video this is great!
The best line ever for that " He found the Brand new Decocker on his glock!" LMFAO
The time my wife caught hot brass in her low cut shirt, she immediately sat the pistol on the bench pointed downrange and regretted her clothing choice as she safely fished it out. I laughed at her and thought nothing of it... my turn came 3 months later at an indoor range. Hot brass ejected out of my pistol, hit the baffling above my head and landed squarely between my safety glasses and brow... mid trigger pull. I never laughed at anyone about hot brass ever again after that.
I've had fantastic experience of having a 50BMG case bounce off the mount, bounce off the roof of the M109 we were driving, and land inside my t-shirt.... I've never, before or after, seen a case extract like that. And I've never, before or after, moved that fast to get something out of my clothes.
That's what they call as karma
Don't forget trying to move all your gear on aswell 😂
Wait Donut doesn't Heather have a casing scar on her Cleavage.
i really don't get the hot brass thing. i've had 9mm brass it fall down my shirt, behind my neck, and get stuck. it just feels a little warm. why are these people acting like they're getting burned? first time had it happen to me i just shook my body a bit for it to loosen and tumble out the bottom of my shirt and kept on shooting.
I will always remember a firearms instructor I had when I lived in Florida. He taught that if you are shooting ceter mass at a target closing on you and nothing is happening, they either have on body armor or are on drugs. Drop point of aim to the hips and remove their mobility.
Doesn't matter how much armor is on the torso or how many drugs are in the system, you cannot walk on a shattered pelvis.
He also taught that (I forget exact numbers) statically speaking I t takes 5 rounds to stop an aggressive target but in high stress you will miss 1 out of 5 shots so best practice would be to empty the mag and you'll hit enough times to stop the threat.
That's why it is a terrible precedent for prosecutors to go after a would-be victim, making the claim that he "...unnecessarily fired extra rounds...". But that is sadly the difference between common sense/survival, and lawfare.
@@pctrader841I heard most people end up emptying their magazine because of stress and if you ask them they thought they'd only pull the trigger like two or three times
One out of five?
This explains a lot of shitty police behavior
Look up the reports on PCP and you may change you're mind on that.
‚Box of nope‘ is such a god name for a censor bar 😂😂😂
12:06, my great uncle's best friend actually died because of this situation. He was teaching his daughter how to shoot a larger handgun, and it went off multiple times while he was standing behind her. She somehow got the gun pointing directly at him because of the recoil, and one shot went straight through his head. My grandparents said the daughter was never the same. I can only imagine the guilt.
these are horrible stories wtf is wrong with people
Reminds me of that video of the RSO teaching a 70 lb 9-yr-old girl how to shoot.....A FREAKIN UZI ON FULL AUTO. Needless to say, he's not with us any more. Poor girl fired the gun, couldn't control the recoil, and it auto-sprayed like 20 rounds of 9mm in about a second all over the place, hitting the RSO standing beside her. Obviously the part of him getting hit was edited out, because he took idk how many rounds to the face. It wasn't the little girl's fault, it was the RSO's fault 100%. I'm not saying it isn't still tragic. But he definitely should've stood behind her and put his hands over top of hers or something instead of just letting her hold it all by herself with her little spaghetti arms. It's common sense.
@@SlingshotMustang there is no reason for a little girl to shoot a full auto uzi. Zero. None. How about a little single shot 22.
Idiots.
@@SlingshotMustangyep just the like the guy above :/ lack of common sense. ONLY load one round for any new shooter, or risk them squeezing off multiple rounds from recoil they aren’t expecting. Thought everyone knew this. Guess not
The kitchen is safer than the range
Mythbusters covered the revolver seal gap, they found on a .22LR revolver you are going to get some blistering, with a .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, or ..500 Magnum you will be missing digits to chunks of your hand. Be mindful of the gap.
Unless it's a Nagant M1895!
@@SepticFuddybased
There was a prepper TV show, and I think the guy had a 38. Revolver and he ended up shooting his own thumb off.
Ex con here with a cleared record now. I didn't like donut at first then he started calling about the bad cops. Now i like him a lot had to watch his whole playlist every time he calls out no only bad criminals but bad officers and weapon handling i feel extreme respect for the man. He calls it like he sees it.
love watching you guys. as someone who loves guns its always nice to see other people calling out dumb people ignoring gun safety
This is why, if you're firing a gun that you're not sure you can handle, only load a single shot at a time. Can't double-tap on accident if there's only one bullet in the gun that you've already fired.
I love how he falls, stands and realizes his finger is broken, but shoots the target once anyway.
Gotta empty the mag is my guesss
@@11epicnoobOr he’s a true chad.
My ex-wife is a tiny little Asian woman. The first time I took her to the range, she grabbed my .357 with hot loads and did a full 'mag dump', then just smiled at me. Everyone at the range was impressed with her and jealous of me. She grew up on a farm here in rural NE Florida. She has been shooting her whole life, but didn't look the part. It was one of the greatest moments of my life.
Would you mind if i gave her a call?
Where did you order her from?
Gross
@@revolution55125 a desolate 3rd-world hell hole called East Palatka, Fl hahaha
@@halhortonsworld5870 I member when a friend of mine there got indoor plumbing.... in about 1987. BIG DAY for the whole family.
Not only was the first guy almost the winner of the Darwin Award, but he was also almost the first Father to give all his children there genetically inherited Darwin Award.
Donut " her boobs were pressed together" proceeds to make a visual demonstration. 😂
His eyes weren't down range that day 😂
Women who wear that in public are begging for attention
@@neglectfulsausage7689 not from you 😄
@@gunpowderHVA dude you murdered them
@@kittleo3614 Might do the same to you.
@@gunpowderHVA Thats like having a shirt with the N word written on it and being like "why am I getting all this attention from random people?"
00:42 when i heard "revolvers and titties" my brain suddenly activated itself
☝🏼
Neuron Activation Moment.
"He found the de-cocker on his Glock." 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Absolutely one of your best quips ever!
Not a GLOCK
YES! hahahahahahahahah!
@@jeffhutchins7048@jeffhutchins7048 Just gonna say that's a top-tier Dagger decocker.🤣
@@jeffhutchins7048 Glock or not, it was just a funny expression, lol
He transitioned into a she
"you'd need a poncho if you were on his left or right" LMAO
Hey there Brandon, Native Texan here. Might be the first time I ever say this, but I wish I lived further south of Texas (I currently reside in the DFW area) Truly praying for your flawless outcome in the primary runoff in Texas' 23rd Congressional District on May 28, 2024
I 100% this comment…it’s like I wrote it…I too live in the Dfw area, and I too wish I could vote for Brandon…so much so that I sent financial aid to his campaign.
@@RussellGreen-e7t Awesome
"Brass goes everywhere"
Are you telling me turtlenecks are actually tactical?
It's a tacti-neck!
@@JoshMeeks-b3l Or, as the John Wick director called it a "tactleneck"
The big Donut making an appearance on Darwin Awards. The most ambitious crossover since Endgame
Truly
They were two different dudes this whole time! Crazy 😂
Looks like he got grouped with the hot chic in class and he's trying to act cool but he's just being really awkward
@@jerryboics9550 spot on
@@jerryboics9550 spot on
Hey guy watching from PA. Just finished the whole playlist of the Darwin Awards. Please do it again...please.
8:37 is a great example of why the range I worked at banned low cut tops. Hot brass incidents are way too common.
Donut Operator's quip about "most requested music" just had me spit my coffee all over my screen ! I even got that one, here in Australia !
The guy who shot himself actually posted the hospital bill after that, which described where he was shot and where it exited. Yes, from what I remember it’s exactly where you think it exited.
I'm kind of surprised someone would actually post that after doing it
@@arizonatea3734 "Anything for the clout" it is what these idiots do.
I think the muzzle blast would be nearly as devastating as the projie at that range.
@@MrOlgrumpy indeed but it depends on the caliber. From the looks of it, he had a 9mm so the flash isn’t too extreme unless you had bad or dirty ammunition (from my understanding.)
@@arizonatea3734 He needed the money to pay the totally unnecessary hospital bill
I remember for my 10th birthday. My parents bought me a single shot 20 gauge break action and wouldn’t you be surprised the second I Open the shot gun The back of the shell ejects, and I get it right to the forehead😂
That recoil in slow motion with the gun staring directly down the barrel is one of the most extreme things I’ve ever seen. For the love of god only ever have a single round in a gun like that when somebody hasn’t shot it before. I know it’s boring and tame but it’s so worth the extra effort to not kill somebody.
The person that happened to is in the comments and stated that he only had one loaded in the big 500 Maggie, in the event....saved his life fer sure...!
Only one round loaded when I first fired a 30-30 hunting revolver.
@@figtreeprophecy I mean his only point of contact on the gun is the trigger, he for sure pulled it again. if there was another bullet in there hed be gone.
@@phigdon3 I can relate. Had a T/C Contender in 30-30. Single shot so no worries :)) I have the Armor Alloy version. Kept 3 barrels for it. 14" 22lr, 10" 357 mag, 10" 44mag. Pacmeyer grips / forend. Came with walnut furiture. I threaded the barrel so I can screw a 2" extension on it and use it with a stock. A 22lr single shot rifle, very accurate, scoped!
My dad made sure only one was loaded when I first shot is
.44 revolver as a teen. I didn't have an issue, but damn it hurt my wrist.
Kid with the revolver fired the round and checked to see the chamber was cleared faster than I’ve ever seen😂
damn papa is feeding us this month
He also needs more guests it makes it more fun
Daddy Brandon came back from the store with milk and cigs early this month XD
The child support finally came in
Gotta pay for that campaign
You're fuckin' weird...
FINALLLYYY YPU HAVE BOTH COLABED IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
At one of the Polish commercial shooting ranges, if you are a rookie, the instructor allows you to load only one bullet into the revolver. Only after you have become more familiar with the weapon and the instructor is sure that you can handle it, you are allowed to use two bullets and finally the entire cylinder.
Smart.
More places should make this a standard rule
I once went to a local range for introduction to shotguns and shooting clay targets. Our group spent well over an hour shooting. The whole time nobody was allowed to load shells in both barrels. Only one shell at a time. A good rule, seeing how light the trigger was in their shotguns. And no safety switch in the shotgun, as far as I remember.
They did this when I went to an indoor range in Krakow. It was my first experience with firearms of any kind (because 🇬🇧) and I will never forget it. The instructor loaded a single .357 magnum as a test then let me have a full cylinder.
At my local range, one fella brought his single action .44 Revolver in, allowed some of us to shoot it too, but made sure that we knew exactly how to hold that bloody thing before loading it, and stayed within arm's reach as well, I was able to fire off all 6 bullets with no issues at all, and I'm a skinny bish.
Flying brass is why shooting a lever action while wearing a cowboy hat is fun because your hat brim either catches it or deflects it 😂
OG safety gear
I’ve had that happen when shooting my m1 carbine while wearing my cowboy hat
You can't put a turnitic on a taint, BUT YOU CAN "PUT A THUMB IN IT".😂
Where can I get me one of those turnitics?
@@Katana_Gryphonmaybe next to the lunatics
Two in the pink, one in the stink, and one in the bullet wound.
That reminds me of a prison story I heard. It wasn't a thumb though.
*Tourniquet
You're killing me.
Non gun owner from the UK here. It seems really obvious to me that if you are handing a novice shooter a hand cannon just so they can feel how powerful it is, you should only load 1 round. That way, it does not matter what dumb direction the novice points the gun after it has fired, the gun is now empty.
That's exactly what smart people do, sadly smart people don't go viral
Brother some people just aren’t as smart as you and I
You'd think, but some people are really braindead.
Even if it was a smaller revolver id load one round if it was their first time, ive seen big guys wrists fold like limp noodles shooting fairly normal guns, then ive seen a skinny 12 year old girl handle a 44magnum like its a 22, you never know how people will handle or react to recoil.
It is obvious... however there are a lot of dumb ass gun owners out there. These events don't happen often considering the millions of guns and gun owners out there. You only hear (or see) about the bad events. I live very rural and there is gunfire every weekend all year long around me, and sometimes it's me. Haven't heard of an incident within 30 miles (50 kilometers) of me in the 12 years I've lived out in the country. People from other countries only see what's in the news, not the 99.99% of the proper use of firearms.
I appreciate that you guys promote gun safety so heavily. So many gun owners are either careless, orverconfident, or straight up negligent with how they handle their firearms. If you want to own a gun, you must also inherit the responsibilites that come with posessing said gun.
yes, and for beginners: maybe don't start with actual firearms directly, but paintball or airsoft guns first
a lot of the stuff in how to handle them can be learned with these too
@@kuhluhOG agreed. Much easier to control since there's less power. And although very unlikely to be lethal, you still don't want to be accidentally shot with a paintball gun.
@@kuhluhOG that's like starting on go-carts to help learn how to drive a car, you get the experience without the total carnage. Great idea!
That, "Glock de-cocker" joke was subtle but hilarious 😂
It's not a GLOCK
@@jeffhutchins7048 You should tell that to the guy I quoted, not me.
What happened in your life that you feel compelled to shit on someone complementing a joke?
@@jeffhutchins7048 It's a funny looking GLOCK...
@@sethdunlap9868Touchy, touchy.
Is a psa dagger which is a gen 3 Glock clone
Lady shooter here. NEVER! wear lowcut shirts when shooting - crew neck t-shirt, ball cap, safety glasses over regular glasses, ear plugs & electronic headset. If you don't want it burned, cover it. I got hot brass stuck in my sock once & never wore shorts again either. Hubby had one hot one slip behind his glasses, so i always wear safety glasses too. I had one AD at the range because I was too tired to be shooting. Huge mistake. You do NOT have to finish shooting that last mag. Thank Darwin I didn't hit anyone, only did some damage to the shooting shelf. I owned up to my mistake before anyone else noticed & was still allowed back to that range. You can never be too careful.
There is a reason why Archer wears the Tactical turtleneck.
My home range enforces a dress code that specifically prohibits low-cut shirts, as well as open-toed shoes. I haven't seen anyone have a problem with it so far.
I have gotten brass down the back of my shirt and stuck in my beard..it's hot.
Oh yeah my siblings all wear high cut necklines for shooting, safety glasses, etc. Dangerous hobby
I had a hot 9mm case end up between my glasses and my right cheek once. Carried the burn mark for about 3 weeks.
Every Englishman has trained for that exact moment, when you slip with a firearm. I cant tell you the amount of times me, my friends or randoms have fell over and the beer was ALWAYS saved.
Good lads.
I have seen a guy fall into a pool, do a full somersault and got back out without spilling or diluting his drink.
Priorities
We English arr strongly opposed to alcohol abuse. Hence the extensive training.
Beers easy. Cup, saucer and a dipped rich tea is the real challenge
The hot brass issue is one reason I'm okay with having small booblets. I've had my share of bass burns, but thankfully never between the twins.
I'm a fat enough dude that I nearly have😂
Smaller boobs are better. Fight me over it, folks. They don't sag, and there's no chance of looking like you slapped salami slices on your chest. Just saying..
Came here to say flat is justice
6:35 bro hit the hardest whip in existence
Over thirty years as a LEO Master firearms instructor and IPSC range officer of 4 world champion competitions . You can never take your eyes of the student and or competitor.
An AK-50 video last week and a Darwin Awards video this week? Way to go, Congressman Herrera!
He's working extra hard for those votes.
yeah, I had a coworker who did that once, it was a 22LR pistol, and we were checking some stuff kneeling down on the range, and he was right next to me and decided to shoot the dirt right next to my foot. never go out with that dude ever again. Never.
I swear, until he said "Doughnut here" I thought you did some movie magics and added yourself twice. Love both your guys channels.
Treat all guns as if they are loaded.
Treat all rappers as if they are loaded.
"Treat all rappers as if they are loaded." funny😆
😅😅
12:23 there was a case several years ago... I want to say in either Montana or Missouri... where a woman visiting some family in America went out to the range with them where she was handed a fully loaded loaded 500 magnum and had this type of accidental discharge except that it did swing all the way around and the second shot hit her in a way that ended her life. So you're right... "It do happen" (lesson to learn, don't hand them the ultra magnum until they're ready, and don't load more than 1 chamber until they're comfortable with the recoil.)
I'm from Missouri and I'm going to assume it was us, no way to confirm that but it definitely sounds like Missouri type news
I saw the same thing happen where the second round went over someone's head but like an inch.
It was back around 2012-2013 in Missouri. I want to say near Hannibal.
@@Grakkl So I did a bit of digging and yeah, November 7th 2013 in Missouri, gun range near New London. She was 25 and from Colombia.
@@Uraemrys I actually lived just a few miles away at the time, in Frankford.
Babe wake up, a new Congressman Herrera vid just dropped
They hit the Pentagon, Wake up!
President 😊
@@adrielburned6924 *Emperor of Mankind Herrera
@@itsdokko2990 he's got the hair for it
Here comes the lonely fronter lol, it's all good brudda ain't nothing wrong with being single
We “trained” on our Dad’s antique revolver into the hillside out on our ranch til it was spitting so much shrapnel it had to be retired. We used his bolt action rifle & had a wonderful time til we ran out of ammo & had to find jobs to replace the ammo. We weren’t yet teens but we all had hunter safety courses. Hope those classes are still available to kids. We learned lots of things as little kids like open your mouth in an echoey building when you are practicing inside. I hope kids get a chance to safely & respectfully have a chance to learn & practice & enjoy.
“Found the decocker on his Glock” goddamn it Brandon that was good
“Sir, A second bullet has hit the testes”
I died 😂😂😂
A testes load I expect ?
My worst incident with hot brass was when I was firing a pistol from the gun shop downstairs in their range. Most of the time, the brass bounced off of my forehead. One time, it fell somewhat short...right through a gap in my glasses and onto the lower eyelid of one eye. I had the presence of mind to keep the muzzle pointed down range and set it down ASAP. My father then dropped the magazine and cleared the chamber while I removed the brass from between my glasses and my eyelid. That is why I wear eye protection over my glasses to this day. That incident happened about 40 years ago; I still remember it vividly.
Three cheers for dads who emphasize the four fundamental rules of firearms safety from the start.
I had one slide between the right arm of my glasses and my temple. Safe to say, I had a 9mil casing imprinted on the side of my face for a few days
Same! Casing bounced off the divider right through the space between my forehead and the eyewear onto my cheek. It took everything I had to calmly put the gun down, back up and take off the eyewear... burning like hell the whole time. Lesson learned!
same happened to me once, now I always wear a hat
I remember my dad showing me the ropes on a break action 12 gauge, I broke open the action, and only the right shell ejected, and went directly down my old beat tank top where it fell down to just below my chest. The plastic caught my shit and the brass wedged flush up against my skin.
I don't believe my dad was ever so proud in all my days when I got the other shell free, handed him the gun, and lifted my shirt. Didn't leave a scar, which would have been cool, but it did burn me pretty good lmao.
I had the same thing happen to me. I had a really bad burn on my eyelid. I now wear a hat when I go to the range.
I can tell you that for a while I was confused about Brandon and Donut and now I realize that they are not so different and that now this video is pure art. ❤
“If he has double tapped, everyone beside him would need a poncho.” 🤣😂🤣😂😂 yooooo I’m crying! 🤣😂
It's happened.
That last clip, depending on the angle there's an incredibly important artery like RIGHT THERE, the difference between making it to the hospital for your buddies to laugh at you, vs making it to the morgue so the Internet can laugh at you.
Take your pick.
Yup. The Femoral Artery.
You can see Donut's face when Brandon say "he probably survived"23:01 ... he either knows the outcome or at least he understands thats where the Aorta branches to External and Internal Iliac Arteries... and also big veins that are next to it
@gimilijonnes all adds up to several pints of stuff that should be on the inside, suddenly being on the outside.
@@The_Real_Oklinhos Femoral Artery is also in that area on the inner thigh. I believe it's fed by the External Iliac artery you mentioned. Super quick bleed out if either are ruptured.
I don't think if the case of is he still with us or not is that important in the first place.
"... decocker on his Glock" Dying here.
THX! I am a firearms instructor and I teach a class almost every weekend-- I went catatonic for 30 mins after watching this video and reconsidered a peace corps opportunity- SAFE DIRECTION $^%&$*
“It was the most requested when I used to take people to jail” is the best way to start this video love it😂
A friend of mine came up with a fake medal when we were in high school. He called it the Lead Star of Stupidity. I further improved this award by designing a Darwin Device, which is affixed to the award when the recipient also wins the Darwin Award during the same act which leads to their citation for the Lead Star. These people definitely deserve awards.
We literally had a cast silicone thumb with a drill bit stuck through it that we gave to the most recent person to drill through an aircraft skin into their hand or fingers. It eventually got a nice wooden base and a brass laser engraved tag.
@@Hawk013 I love the effort that went into this award. My buddy made a ribbon and carved a star for the Lead Star, bless his soul.
To all who may witness this UA-cam comments section: greetings; every person who has earned the Drilled Thumb is now retroactively awarded the Lead Star, effective 17 May, in the year of our Lord 2024, with all the rights and privileges associated with the same.
Would you mind posting your buddies lead star of stupidity? We need to push it not so Brandon can make it official@@christianmalone3495