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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.
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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I used to take apart .22 LR's to get the powder for making fires with Dinky toys and little bombs to put under model airplane wings.
I took them apart with pliers and I guess I'm lucky that none of them went off. Not too bright![V][V]0 -
That is what the meth addicts are doing around here.Any metal they can get ahold of. There have been several new homes vandalized for the wiring. You just about have to keep your eye on your central air units[V] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by trc313
That is what the meth addicts are doing around here.Any metal they can get ahold of. There have been several new homes vandalized for the wiring. You just about have to keep your eye on your central air units[V]
yep same here,we never had a problem till the new recycling center went in,now its just an easy place for crackheads to get thier monkey money [V][:(!]0 -
In wilmington delaware, they would hire off duty police to watch new housing that was being put up the keep the crack heads from stealing the copper. 0 -
I have a friend who would do something like this...we call him bob 0 -
i love the determination todays youth have when stealing stuff to sell for scrap. a min. wage job would pay better and be safer, but hey that would be beneath them 0
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