I warned him! Lol.

On the fourth of July many years ago, a good friend of mine wanted an intact 50 caliber shell for his trophy case. Some how, he acquired one & took it into his parents garage & chucked it up in a vise with the projectile pointing down. According to the report from the fire marshal, it looked like he was trying to remove the primer to get the powder out of the shell. Needless to say, the primer ignited. the projectile hit the concrete & ricocheted up under his chin. His parents were out of town & he wasn't found until they returned home. His parents called all of his friends over & warned us about dealing with live ammo in case we were thinking about anything that crazy. They told us the funeral would be with a closed casket because the bullet blew his head away. RIP Jerry, that cured me of playing with live ammo until I went into the service years later.