Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts

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Tue 13 Nov 2007 08:16
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - local yokel
A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun.

The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.

Full report: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm

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Tue 13 Nov 2007 09:54
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - L'escargot
Hence the expression "shot his bolt" ;-)
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L\'escargot.
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Tue 13 Nov 2007 11:44
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - bell boy
he cant be a stud if hes shot his bolt then
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Tue 13 Nov 2007 12:12
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - Ian (Cape Town)
Local Darwin-nominee tried to remove the rusted-on petrol cap flap of a 70s landrover with an angle grinder a few years back ... lost half his house.
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Tue 13 Nov 2007 12:24
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - pmh
So we can expect him to sue the manufacturer for damages then? The user manual didnt give a warning about not using a firearm for removing wheel nuts................
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pmh (was peter)


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Tue 13 Nov 2007 13:32
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - Lud
It's the American way.

Shoot first

BLAMMO!

and ask questions llater: Is this a wheelbrace? Would you be so very kind as to call an ambulance as I do believe my leg has suffered a bit of, er, wheelbrace collateral...
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Tue 13 Nov 2007 13:49
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - oilrag
"It's the American way."

Seems like no ones thought of powering one of those pick ups with a couple of heavy machine guns expelling lead from the back...yet


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Tue 13 Nov 2007 18:21
Don't use a shot gun to remove wheel nuts - Pugugly {P}
Toss up between locking and silly thread - locking won.
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