What Was Guns And Ammo Thinking? Are They That Gullible?

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Lucky that the round didn't set off more rounds below it in a cascading effect that ends with the destruction of the universe.

Just thinking that the real culprit could be the rotation of the case? I can't think the ejected round has enough energy from the fall, but if it is rotating I guess it could have a pretty good whack to it, plus it would have a greater chance of the case lip hitting. Since most of the mass is on that end, I'm thinking it would have a tendency to continue rotatating into the primer rather than bouncing off the live cartridge.

[CarlosDJackal]

I guess I've always considered it a near impossibility for something like this to happen. Is it a defect in the manufacturing or are all rounds this sensitive and I've just been lucky?

I personally think that it's more a factor of the other guys being unlucky.

[Hoss356]

Still one of those things I'd have to see to believe, but if a round does go off outside of a chamber/barrel I'd imagine the shell casing would be more of a threat to injury than the bullet.