Posted on 05/08/2015 12:57:31 PM PDT by PROCON
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas veterinarian has kept a dog from going out with a bang after the animal ate 23 live rifle rounds.
Benno, the 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, had surgery last week to remove the .308 caliber ammunition from his stomach, The Baxter Bulletin ( http://bit.ly/1QoyXHL ) reported.
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That dog has a lot of brass.
I have a Tervuren, which is the long-haired, hippy version of the Malinois. He was a Katrina rescue and I took him in when he was about 18 months old. When he was younger, he had a degree of wanderlust, and appetite for cats and for about the first year I had him, terrible separation anxiety which manifested by him chewing things. I lost several remote controls, a number of art projects, but the worst was the bottle of green leather dye which left a stained carpet and a dog with an olive tongue for about a week...
He has mellowed nicely in his old age and is curled up at my feet as I type this.
“Twenty-three rounds of .308???
How much did that weigh?”
General discussion at the following link seems to agree on 18 rounds per pound, so it’s looking like a little over a pound and a quarter. 20-oz of water would probably weigh about that much.
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/archive/index.php/t-458495.html
Benno the tail gunner watches his own six.
Long as he doesn’t swallow a firing pin.
Pew pew pew...
Should have got a low capacity dog. Gun grabbers will take care of that soon.
The mind boggles.
Wow. It’s a good reminder that our dogs are prone to eating the strangest things.
If the poor thing had a case of the runs afterwards, it might have given a new meaning to the term ‘explosive diarrhea’.
Well, it’s not everyday that your pet becomes an assault weapon.
DANG!
So he ate a pound and a quarter; did he have that with cheese, onions, and a pickle on a sesame seed bun?
Maybe McDonald’s should look into this to revive their franchise...
Those primers would not have gone off. Lead styphnate, the compound in primers, is extremely stable. It has to be struck hard to go off.
Look, I reload ammo by the ton, I know these things.
Geez, I had a dog that tried to eat a real glass cup. Got her before she did.
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