Shotgun Shell Goes Off Unexpectedly

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If you've ever checked out anything on youtube that wouldn't be a question.
Purposely non-level????

Notice a second round rolls just the same, I dont see anything painfully obvious, though it's not my video so its all conjecture.

I take it at face value.
 
For it to fire, it would have to land directly on the primer. That means the shot would be 90 degrees straight up. Not at a 70 degree angle toward the corner wall.

Again, it is quite telling that he rolled the shell toward the others. Anybody who has handled shells/bullets on a table doesn't roll them around unless you WANT to get on your hands and knees and root around on the floor to gather them up. You either put them in a tight pile, or in a container, or stand them on end.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING THE PRIMERS AND SHELLS TO THE CAMERA WHILE MUMBLING??

Again, I am sure this is a staged fake.
 
The guy was most likely starting a video for something else . When the shell went off he need to stop and start over .
 
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I have seen an actual shell go off, in a bolt action shotgun, the striker somehow fired when the bolt was open as the loaded shell was being extracted.
The explosion ripped the side of the shell open, the shot charge and wads stayed in the shell, it didn't even open the crimp.
It went more poof than bang.
 
100% fake... Not saying a primer hitting something could or wouldn't set a shell off but this video IMHO is as fake as a three dollar US bill.
 
Primers are , by and large, very uniform. BUT we are dealing with a shock sensitive chemical mixture. And with any chemical mixture, even when dealing with the most stringent QC, there will be a very small percentage at both ends of the performance spectrum.

And, being what they are, primers that are tested have little appeal to the buying public.

Primers have been known (or believed) to have gone off from impact, shock, static electricity, and for no determined reason. I think being dropped is probably the top on the list, but know of no reliable statistics on the matter.

Its rare, but it does happen. Usually it is assumed that the primer was struck (if even lightly), but it might also just be shock. Eitherway, its very, very rare.

Not that I think it applies in this case. I think it is staged.
 
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