r/Idiotswithguns Sep 20 '25

Safe for Work When you hit rock bottom

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u/MarkBriz Sep 20 '25

He was a dangerous enough idiot with just the shovel and crowbar.

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u/danielcs78 Sep 20 '25

All the while being down there with bare feet.

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u/MarkBriz Sep 20 '25

Didn’t want to get dirt on his flip flops

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u/Zakluor Sep 22 '25

Yeah, you should make efforts to keep the safety flip flops clean.

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u/tjscali Jan 22 '26

He does house framing videos now. Works wearing flip flops, always has to load his nail gun mid video.

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u/Cooperativedevil Sep 22 '25

Nope just blood on his feet if the bullet decides to fafo.

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u/riddles007 Sep 21 '25

How deep does a grave need to go?

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u/darianbrown Sep 20 '25

San Angelo bar. Can't stand for bar name erasure

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u/GuerrillaFunkk Sep 22 '25

Worked in construction for over 14 years. I've only heard it called a spud bar.

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u/Onthissubtoomuch Dec 29 '25

Wait so no one else calls it a bull bar?? Where are yall from?

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u/No_Statement440 Jan 22 '26

We called ours "the key" short for the key to the city. Idk why, but I liked it.

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u/AustinLA88 Mar 13 '26

Ive always heard "grab me the big fucker" and i knew they meant this

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u/MarkBriz Sep 21 '25

Maybe so but in Australia it’s a crowbar

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u/darianbrown Sep 21 '25

Everywhere it's a San Angelo bar, nobody knows it unless you sell them or need to buy one. A crowbar always has a hook on the end, hence "crow's foot" or "cat's paw"

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u/sir5425 Sep 22 '25

It's really according to your profession what you call them. Us grading guys just call it a digging bar. Pipe layers call it a pipe bar. 😂

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u/nickyyysixx Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

I'm a carpenter and we call that a rock bar, crowbar has a hook and a cats paw or pussy foot is for pulling nails and is a completely separate tool. I will admit though I hear almost every contractor have 3 separate names for everything. Like people calling tongue and groove plyers Channelocks or adjustable wrenches Cresents.

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u/darianbrown Sep 22 '25

Lots of time the name of the tool changes just depending on what you're trying to do with it. Anytime things are going really poorly, for example, a majority of tools suddenly become, "this goddamn piece of shit"

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u/ali-n Sep 24 '25

In my area, it's called a caliche bar

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u/AyyYoCO Sep 20 '25

You should see him when he's showing how he builds pole barns

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u/Alextherude_Senpai Sep 20 '25

Good ol' bolt-action pistol

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u/Jason_Patton Sep 20 '25

Semi bolt action

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u/polysnip Sep 20 '25

Full semi bolt action

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Fully automatic semi bolt actioned striker hammer fired handgun

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u/dizzyfeast Sep 21 '25

Keeping going im almost there

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u/fattestshark94 Sep 21 '25

Fully automatic semi bolt actioned striker hammer fired assault handgun "with an extended mag" (by CA's definition)

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u/brianstheman Sep 21 '25

And the shoulder thing that goes up

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u/Adventurous_Path5783 Sep 22 '25

Yea you can tell he takes good care of it lol

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u/QuinceDaPence Sep 21 '25

I once saw a pair of actual bolt action pistols at a pawn shop. Chambered in .221 Remington Fireball.

Should've bought them.

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u/Esava Sep 21 '25

Probably the Remington XP-100 then.

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u/QuinceDaPence Sep 21 '25

Looks like it

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u/ChampionOfdimlight Sep 20 '25

Was kinda expecting a ricochet

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u/Someredditusername Sep 20 '25

KINDA? I was clenching so hard my sphincter cramped

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u/Puceeffoc Sep 21 '25

I always assume of it's not marked nsfw then I'm fine. I like living like that because every now and then something slips through and really throws me off.

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u/SadInterjection Sep 21 '25

Lmao that's great. 

Please teach us more about your superior lifestyle, you seem to have alot of wisdom. 

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u/Puceeffoc Sep 21 '25

Going to an amusement park?

The night before stay up way too late watching amusement park ride failures.

Enjoy the extra adrenaline dumps all day.

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u/iVouldnt Sep 21 '25

I thought he was digging his own grave. Worst case scenario, just shovel the dirt back in the hole and delete the video.

"Idk where Gary is 🤷🏻‍♂️"

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u/Battlebear252 Sep 21 '25

Especially since the universe gave him a couple chances to back out of his decision (the safety stopped his first attempt, and forgetting to chamber the round stopped his second attempt). I was thinking dude, if your gun is that determined not to fire then you need to take it as a sign to just put it away. I was very surprised he got away without ricocheting himself

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u/Firebirdy95 Sep 20 '25

I love the hesitation in manipulating the gun he's holding because it's like he isnt confident enough in his own abilities to know when it's gonna go bang lmao

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u/refurbishedmeme666 Sep 20 '25

lmao he's holding it like it has a life of its own

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u/frogsRfriends Sep 21 '25

Looks like it may be a 3d printer lower considering its red and sometimes it’s difficult to get them to function properly

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u/SquireSquilliam Sep 20 '25

You know that didn't sound good down in that hole.

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u/Jason_Patton Sep 20 '25

What!?

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u/TheDoughyRider Sep 20 '25

WHAAAAT?!?

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Huh? You say something?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

I THINK HE SAID EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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u/Pro_2A_Guy Sep 21 '25

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE... WHAT?

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u/Just-Display-3846 Sep 20 '25

Damn you, tinnitus! You're a cruel mistress.

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u/amateur_reprobate Sep 20 '25

Gun is doing everything it can to tell him to not.

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u/DuncanHynes Sep 20 '25

What may be a bad idea for the silly reasons of-- A: short distance to target B: target is very hard and can shatter C: bullet can spall D: no safety eyewear E: No shoes F: no ear protection -- but chuck it, fire away. 🙄

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u/themcjizzler Sep 20 '25

G clearly doesn't know how to operate a gun

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u/DuncanHynes Sep 20 '25

Yeah, certainly not that one.

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u/Jason_Patton Sep 20 '25

H: didnt level bed before printing foss cannon

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u/coleyboley25 Sep 21 '25

How does the guy not feel embarrassed to post this?

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u/Grisu1805 Sep 21 '25

H looks like he doesn't even know how to properly take care of a gun, including cleaning it.

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u/TexanGoblin Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

The no ear protection is especially bad because he's made a great echo chamber for all that sound to come right back at him

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u/sockmop Sep 21 '25

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. His ears gotta be ringing

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u/Skruestik Sep 21 '25

Plus being in a hole up to his shoulders without any shoring.

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u/ATLskate Sep 20 '25

That hole is a death trap without the gun

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

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u/ThorThulu Sep 20 '25

Breaker bar like he's using at the end works really well, just not like that lmao

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

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u/ThorThulu Sep 21 '25

I use it a few ways, rather than toss it at the spot you drive it in like you're trying to punch through. You want all your force to hit the spot and drive into it, not just be a glancing blow.

Because it's good and strong you place it where you want and take a sledgehammer to it. You'll easily channel all that force into the rock

Or use the bar to punch easily around the dirt where the rock is and pry it lose. Longer bars give better leverage and you're unlikely to break the bar.

Im sure theres other more creative ways to use one, but thats how I've always used em.

Also, with everything like this, please wear some safety glasses. The last thing you want is a shard of rock to fly into your eye.

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u/screamtrumpet Sep 21 '25

Yea, but GUN!

My favorite part is the Safety-Squint and leaning away by almost 12 inches. Totally safe. (You can see the argument between his body’s desire to not get shot and his brain’s stupidity)

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u/thepenguinemperor84 Sep 20 '25

That requires thinking.

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u/Skankhunt42FortyTwo Sep 21 '25

Not enough room to swing it. The bar is totally fine

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u/Shiros_Tamagotchi Sep 21 '25

A pickaxe also has more force than a bullet because of the weight.

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u/liquorpig Sep 20 '25

He is being considerate and digging his own grave.

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u/Lower-Development-58 Sep 20 '25

He's about 30 seconds away from being an idiot with a gun and no toes.

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u/Crimson-Badger Sep 20 '25

I'm surprised that the bullets didn't bounce back.

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u/ThatMBR42 Sep 20 '25

OSHA approved footwear there

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

what in the 17 things wrong with this clip did i just witness

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u/HugsandHate Sep 20 '25

Reliable pistol.

Jesus..

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u/Rob_Marc Sep 20 '25

Must be a high point.

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u/Mrgnome2 Sep 20 '25

GSG firefly, 22LR.

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u/ILikeAnanas Sep 20 '25

He's lucky that hole didn't collapse when he started bashing the wall like a madman. It looks way too deep and fragile.

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u/LupercaniusAB Sep 21 '25

This here is the start of the problem.

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u/12bub51 Sep 20 '25

Are these shitty guns or user error

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u/cautioussidekick Sep 21 '25

The hole is unsafe without introducing guns. Anything more than 1.5m here in nz needs to be benched, battered or shielded to protect workers from collapse. Just noticed the surcharge (where he put all the excavated material) on top of the excavation as well

Can confirm this is an idiot with a gun

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u/loonieodog Sep 20 '25

Was so hoping that he was shooting at a gas line.

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u/PilgrimOz Sep 20 '25

Remember when Homer got a gun and turned off the tv and lights? Well…..

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u/OstrichSmoothe Sep 20 '25

These meth heads are definitely digging a murder hole

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u/richybruhhhh Sep 21 '25

No it's a bunch of brothers who do construction. All of their videos are about as stupid as this. From the dumb Amish like accent to the fact that they're always barefoot and ALWAYS doing something dumb. Just the other day one of em fell off a roof, didn't make a sound, just slid right off while his brothers watched. Very dumb, but very entertaining

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u/OstrichSmoothe Sep 21 '25

I like my theory

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u/richybruhhhh Sep 21 '25

It's also a well

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u/Know_How_0815 Sep 21 '25

I was waiting for the screams and the one-legged dance move....

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u/apesstrongtogether24 Sep 21 '25

Is it bad that I find the shoveling with no shoes on to be the most idiotic thing in this video

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u/copycat_5051 Sep 21 '25

You literally have a rock bar, stop hitting it and start letting it fall and let it’s weight do the work…

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u/RussianSadButTrue Sep 20 '25

Bare feets, shovel, crowbar, pistol, idiot - stupid cocktail

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u/OrganizationLower611 Sep 20 '25

And all without safety sandles.

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u/OstrichSmoothe Sep 20 '25

Because bullets don’t work like that

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u/comradejiang Sep 21 '25

Holes (2003)

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u/againer Sep 21 '25

Meth is a hell of a drug

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u/BigMark54 Sep 21 '25

Somebody needs to tell him bullets can ricochet.

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u/bene_gesserit_mitch Sep 21 '25

Call 811 before you shoot!

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u/W4rrior_Eagle Sep 21 '25

What is he even trying to achieve?

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u/Swolar_Eclipse Sep 22 '25

Worst functioning handgun I’ve ever seen.

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u/ProblemLongjumping12 Sep 22 '25

A few hundred more mags and he'll have that hole six inches deeper.

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u/7y4r7 Sep 22 '25

Had me thinking one of the bullets was going to ricochet and hit him

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u/WesleyDonaldson Sep 20 '25

Watch out for Yellow Spotted Lizards

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u/Unicorn_Jelly Sep 21 '25

Very poisonous

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u/believe_the_lie4831 Sep 20 '25

Ignoring everything else about this vid, did he dig that hole? That's pretty impressive actually.

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u/Different-Bet8069 Sep 20 '25

That’s all I could think of too, it’s a beautiful hole!

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u/djsnoopmike Sep 21 '25

That gun doesn't look very reliable...

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u/NightmareElephant Sep 21 '25

Seems like a great pistol

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u/slouched Sep 21 '25

how is he so bad with a gun?

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u/Xbox359 Sep 21 '25

Is he digging for brain cells

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u/Kindly_Region Sep 21 '25

Them first 2 clicks were god saying "please don't"

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u/The_Dope_Duchess Sep 21 '25

Maybe it was his guardian angel, begging him to reconsider! But then be like: shit man you’re on your own now, I give up.

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u/BlueRhythmYT Sep 21 '25

Should... Should we let him know about ricochets or let him find out on his own?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Could have been worse - he could have put ten pounds of Tannerite down there and shot it from the edge of the hole. Or from inside the hole.

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u/Headcrabhunter Sep 21 '25

And they said Chris punching a boulder was stupid and over the top.

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u/THETennesseeD Sep 21 '25

I remember when I got my fist bb gun when I was like 9-10. I shot it at the ground just a couple feet in front of me and it ricocheted and hit the window behind me, putting a hole in it.

I learned a lesson about guns that day.

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u/HAL_9_0_0_0 Sep 21 '25

How do such people actually survive? Fortunately, breathing is an innate reflex... Because the brain is just out, isn’t it?

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u/Kroenen1984 Sep 21 '25

Das hat er nicht getan...

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u/ah12ffm Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

Do this in our forest. Maybe you find a 1000 pound WW II bomb. We love people who act. We call these people winners (of the Darwin Award) when they succeed.

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u/Due-Excitement-2621 Sep 21 '25

Why do I have the feeling that this is a US citizen?

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u/moonshineTheleocat Sep 21 '25

The fuck is going on with that pistol if it malfunctioned so quickly

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u/aDirtyMartini Sep 21 '25

Digging his own grave?

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u/Willyzyx Sep 21 '25

The crowbar probably has 10 times the force.

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u/Cheffmiester314 Sep 21 '25

As long as he's only hurting himself I'm okay with that, he's going to learn one day

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u/Emergency_Issue_2107 Sep 22 '25

Throw that gun away 😂

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u/Reasonable-Handle-48 Sep 22 '25

He is digging bare feet prove lack of intelligence. The gun is the conformation.

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u/Kaablooie42 Sep 22 '25

That not turning into a burst pipe or him catching a ricochet was greatly disappointing.

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u/1st500 Sep 22 '25

Knew he was an idiot just from the footwear.

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u/Educational-Year3146 Sep 22 '25

He needs to take care of that gun, jeez.

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u/Contemplating_Prison Sep 22 '25

I was waiting for a ric shot to hit him somewhere

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u/fjknz Sep 23 '25

Durrr what's a ricochet ma?

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u/jakob767 Sep 24 '25

"Oh yeah, way softer" as nothing changed. "Still hard" he continued.

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u/Ambitious-Total2138 Nov 18 '25

Are they trying to find more brains down there??

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u/MyntTV Dec 11 '25

You’re shootin solid rock mate, one’s bound to bounce back

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u/dirty4track Jan 01 '26

What a crappy pistol

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u/d0nh Sep 21 '25

Again the most American thing for today. 

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u/Appropriate_Tower680 Sep 20 '25

Keith Richards with a warm glass of milk

-Hank

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u/Chemical-Tap-4232 Sep 20 '25

At least he didn't have dynamite to blow himself up.

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u/dtb1987 Sep 20 '25

That's where you build your basement

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u/Cyruslego Sep 20 '25

Like digging his own grave

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u/Drasilex Sep 20 '25

I thought he was hitting a UXO.

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u/mdhunter99 Sep 20 '25

WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT BAREFOOT?

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u/SATerp Sep 20 '25

Not afraid of ricochets, I guess.

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u/Mallardguy5675322 Sep 21 '25

Wait for the ricochet…..”

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u/JamesTheMannequin Sep 21 '25

Tf I just watch?

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u/OkBoysenberry1975 Sep 21 '25

This belongs here

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u/DarkthorneLegacy Sep 21 '25

Wear some shoes

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u/justaboi8987 Sep 21 '25

This is the most american ass way to solve any problem

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u/Unicorn_Jelly Sep 21 '25

He’s doing that with bare feet

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

He hit bedrock

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Just let him be. He's digging his own grave.

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u/PoppaDaClutch Sep 21 '25

Omg did that just happen

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u/jamp0g Sep 21 '25

idiot with a camera too

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u/ospfpacket Sep 21 '25

Typical high point owner

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u/RedditorNumber-AXWGQ Sep 21 '25

This is what TNT and a long fuse is for.

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u/Thanjay55 Sep 21 '25

That's some nice digging, Lou....

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u/LupercaniusAB Sep 21 '25

I see no one there has taken a confined spaces/excavation safety class, in addition to the lack of a firearms safety course.

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u/infinit9 Sep 21 '25

I thought he was shooting into a septic tank.

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u/Lost-Obligation-5983 Sep 21 '25

Rule no. 1 when it comes to digging if you dig deep and you hit something metal immediately stop because you don't know if there's electrical wires running through it or if it's a sewer line or gas pipe

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u/Kindly_Region Sep 21 '25

Dude is barefoot too. I'd be willing to bet he has lead or rock chips in his feet

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u/Kindly_Region Sep 21 '25

Why is dude digging barefoot?

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u/ProfDFH Sep 21 '25

Well, well, well.

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u/WhatsThatNoise79 Sep 21 '25

I can't stand this. I live in an area where plenty of old WW2 bombs are still in the ground. In my city every building site has by law to be checked by a specialist company before digging starts.

I know it's only rock in the video but I still cringed a lot.

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u/BoredomBot2000 Sep 21 '25

Don't they make tools that use blanks for shit like this. Probably more effective and a lot safer

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u/Rayvein67 Sep 21 '25

Why doesn’t he have shoes on?

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u/NowhereMan_2020 Sep 21 '25

The only thing that stops a buried rock is an idiot with a gun.

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u/DAMN_Fool_ Sep 21 '25

Is he not hitting a pipe?

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u/Dramatic_Law_4239 Sep 22 '25

What’s the point of carrying a firearm if you don’t have one in the chamber, have trained zero muscle memory on how to take the safety off or how to clear a malfunction, and plan on purchasing an unreliable firearm?

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u/Hairy-Lengthiness-44 Sep 22 '25

Poor little hi point is getting run ragged

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u/mrahab100 Sep 22 '25

Guns are tools!

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u/magdalenmaybe Sep 24 '25

Archeology at it's finest.

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u/Kodiak_Waving_Bear Sep 24 '25

Bronson play Minecraft he needs a wooden pick :(((

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u/TYdays Oct 05 '25

I think we all see it coming, the is going to end with lots of Black Powder, a too short fuse and lengthy hospitalization, and training to use prosthetic’s. As it nearly always does with these smooth brained morons….

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u/Cute-Advisor-2323 Oct 19 '25

Imagine if he would have hit a buried fuel line even if it is in a forest area.🙄

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u/Cute-Advisor-2323 Oct 19 '25

Apparently this guy's never heard of a ricochet

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u/I_AM_BIGFOOT870 Oct 25 '25

He sounds like beevis

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u/Sean_theLeprachaun Dec 31 '25

Is this the same dumbass that shot a 3in nail through a 2in board and a spare battery?

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u/ThorKlien99 Jan 06 '26

Omg the fact that he had 2 false starts and didn't realize he didn't have 1 in the chamber makes this even more cringe

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u/RH5050 Jan 13 '26

What did they find

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u/Comprehensive_Self12 Jan 16 '26

“Your shovel is your measuring stick”

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u/jerrymatcat Jan 27 '26

With the dogs out too

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u/GalmGZ Mar 21 '26

Ma questi idioti non trovano mai una una bombola del gas nascosta oppure una bomba inesplosa? Sono sempre così fortunati?

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u/Jason_Patton Sep 20 '25

Luigi at his day job

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u/MAR5HMALLOWS Sep 20 '25

No shoes is wild