Teen hurt whacking bullets with hammer

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. - A teenager who put bullets in a vise and whacked them with a hammer to empty the brass shell casings was wounded in the abdomen by approximately the 100th bullet he hit, according to Warren County deputies.

Damion M. Mosher, 18, had been discharging .223-caliber rounds, placing them in a steel vise, putting a screwdriver on the primer, and striking the screwdriver with the hammer, deputies said.

Deputies were called to his home in Lake Luzerne shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday when one bullet went about a half-inch into his abdomen. He was treated at Glens Falls Hospital and was released. No charges were filed.

Mosher told authorities he was trying to empty the rounds to collect the brass casings for scrap.

Sheriff Larry Cleveland said about 100 other rounds that Mosher hit had "fizzled," but one was somehow sent with more force. It was unclear if the bullet ricocheted or hit him directly.

An employee of Capitol Scrap Co. in Albany said Monday the business pays $1.70 a pound for scrap brass shell casings.

Cleveland said Mosher's shells amounted to just a few pounds.

Lake Luzerne, at the southeastern edge of the Adirondacks, is 45 miles north of Albany.

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we have a winner of

[mawilson 2,133]

Genius.

[almaty 19]

that chopf##k..i use to do that with motar shells...

that chopf##k..i use to do that with motar shells...

[Ladylethal 12]

Once my brother got the powder off one case, set it on top of a big stone, and then went ahead and hit that with another stone. He was a young teen, it was his birthday, and he spent it full of little holes in his face. Took a while for mom to understand what was up with all those specs of red on his face.

[eric&gen 0]

Damion M. Mosher is one crazy kid lol i never done that nuts during my teenage years.

[Oath 0]

I fail to grasp the true stupidty of this kid, but hawt damn what a tool. At least it wasn't someone else that got hurt.

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

he almost made the darwin awards list.

Daniel

:energetic:

but i'll admit that when i was reading the headline i thought he whacking something else.

[JODO 2]

Ridiculous That's one lucky kid.

[isleta521 5]

Well, after salvaging two pounds of Brass, he'll at least have paid $ 3.40 towards his hospital bill.

[almaty 19]

he almost made the darwin awards list.

Daniel

:energetic:

but i'll admit that when i was reading the headline i thought he whacking something else.

me too...whacking the ol' hammer

[homesick_american 1]

Ridiculous That's one lucky kid.

Just think, tho...that dumba$$ kid survived and will reproduce someday. :unsure:

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

Ridiculous That's one lucky kid.

Just think, tho...that dumba$$ kid survived and will reproduce someday. :unsure:

and he'll vote too.

[Mirorgate 0]

Ridiculous That's one lucky kid.

Just think, tho...that dumba$$ kid survived and will reproduce someday. :unsure:

:help: the fate of this planet is dire indead.

[homesick_american 1]

Ridiculous That's one lucky kid.

Just think, tho...that dumba$$ kid survived and will reproduce someday. :unsure:

and he'll vote too.

At least the Moral Majority probably won't be around for him to join.

Yep, I totally went there.

[almaty 19]

Ridiculous That's one lucky kid.

Just think, tho...that dumba$$ kid survived and will reproduce someday. :unsure:

and he'll vote too.

At least the Moral Majority probably won't be around for him to join.

Yep, I totally went there.

no you didn't..yeap, you did