Explosion In GOEX Containment Unit
 

Greensburg, LA / 20 Nov 09: Shortly before dark on Friday evening a violent explosion just three miles north of the rural community of Greensburg resulted in the death of a two and a half year old 168 lb. whitetail buck. The explosion occurred in a mobile GOEX containment unit manufactured by the Lyman Corporation and commonly known as the “Great Plains” model.

The storage unit is owned and operated by a man known only as “Semisane”. He states that he stored 85 grains of FFFg grade GOEX in the unit on the 14th of November and secured it at that time with a felt wad and a lead sphere of approximately .54 inch diameter wrapped in an olive oil soaked cloth patch. The unit remained in a safe and stable condition during the seven days prior to the explosion, even though it was transported many miles and had been set up on several sites prior to the incident. However, on the evening of the explosion an unlikely chain of events occurred.

Investigators determined that an appendage of the unit’s main storage cylinder was struck by a small rock, causing a spark. That spark ignited a minute amount of FFFg GOEX outside of the storage cylinder, resulting in a flash fire. The flash would have been harmless had it not entered a small hole in the main cylinder of the containment unit and ignited the GOEX stored within. It is uncertain as to whether the hole through which the flash entered is a design flaw.

Semisane told investigators that immediately prior to the explosion he saw the buck standing in an open foodplot approximately 90 yards from the containment unit (later determined to be 88 yards by laser measure). He said the buck departed the area in a hasty manner, entering the woods twenty yards away. Though there was no immediate evidence of injury, a four-man team of investigators located blood evidence in the wooded area and, after a forty-five minute search, located the body of the whitetail 190 yards from the injury site.

Two whitetail does that were on the foodplot at the time of the explosion knew that the buck was “checking them out”, but did not believe he deserved to pay with his life.

Forensic examination determined that the lead sphere used to seal the containment unit had been blown out by the explosion and entered the buck’s frontal area near the base of the neck, just left of the center line. It traveled through the brisket and front part of the chest cavity, puncturing the lower lobe of the right lung, and exiting the chest cavity between the second and third rib. The sphere stopped under the skin of the right side. There was massive hematoma of the connective tissue between the right shoulder and chest wall – though little actual flesh was destroyed.

As a show of respect for the deceased, Semisane volunteered to care for the buck’s remains and will hold several traditional services which he expects to be well attended.

The Deceased & The GOEX Containment Unit



The Fatal Sphere



The Scene Of The Incident (Photo taken from site of GOEX containment Unit - X marks the deer's location when struck)



It's hard to see the brow tines with this picture angle, they are small - both are 1 & 3/4" long.


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sweet story dude!!had me goin lol...way to trix stuff up

Hahaha good story!

Absolutely awesome story!!

By the way, you write as well as any newspaper writer out there.

I fell for that hook, line, and sinker.. I was part way through the story and getting ready to google 'goex containment unit' lol

thanks for sharing

brian

Congrats on the buck and the good story.

I'm still chuckling. Great deer ... awesome story. Congratulations.

Congrats on the deer Semi. Good write up. I hate to admit you had me going until I opened the thread. Is this the first kill with that containment unit?
Art

Perpetrator Guilty by his own admission most severe penalty allowed by law. If evidence consumed by the time the court system gets done no charges should be filed.. Con grats on a good deer

very cool looking rifle and a very nice deer! Ron

Cool Story, and Congrat's on your fine Trophy!
(BP)

Congrats on the fine kill! And another great write-up!

GREAT WRITE-UP SEMI, I think you and Spitpatch would make a really good team. OH, and really nice buck too:cool2:

Very creative. I'll give it a "9".

Reminds me of the what was that ahhhh? BORECLEANINGWEISEL guy. congrats semi! way to go

Congratulations on the buck. Lee

WAY TO GO SEMI! Nice buck. great write up.congrats.

Thank you all, gentlemen.

Sure was Flounder, first one for the gun and first flintlock kill for me. A happy day indeed!

Fine job on the story and the dandy buck der semi!!!

Excellent read!!!!!!

Congrats Semi- I hear there's going to be a congressional investigation into this.

congrats
good story

Some people have way too much time on their hands

Great story and congratulations

Great story, nice buck!

awesome story ! good looking deer you got . congrats

Great story... the title totally got me.. nice deer

Semi

I saw the title of this thread yesterday but refused to read it... I just did not want to read one of those stories especially since the grandkids were here and I could only imagine what your thread might might be like.

Well early this morning I thought OK I would look. Shoot! While the title refletcts in the story it certainly is not what I thoughtr was going to be discussed.

Great story and congrats! Question: when you were Sane - were you a writer? or your just really good with dramatics....

Sorry about that Sabotloader. I guess it was a little off-putting. :s10:

How about if I change the title from "Explosion Kills Two Year Old" to "Explosion In GOEX Containment Unit"? :happy0157:

No, I wasn't a writer when I was sane. But then again, I don't remember much about being sane.


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I enjoyed that.
Nice deer

Semisane

That would be good cause then I would have just said 'again' - didn't GOEX blow up a couple of years ago?

But it really was a great story... Your wife should really be proud of you - well the composition of the story I mean.

That's funny right there, congrats...

Congrats. Nice looking deer. I predict that this won't be an isolated event. I bet there will be more explosions to follow if something isn't done to prevent it. maybe you should send that containment unit to me. I could make sure something like that doesn't happen to you again.

Awesome looking deer! Great shot and even without hitting the feeder in the photo. That should seal the deal on anyone that doubts the old round ball and its deadly accuracy. Congrats:rock:

That was a fun read. You really had me. I remember seeing about Goex blowing up years ago. First thing I did was check powder prices in case I need a another case.

That is a very nice buck. Congratulations. Very nice color of that deer. And a nice size.

Is that ball you used home cast? The reason I ask is I expected more of a flattened design to the ball after traveling that far. If it is home cast, check your lead. Although maybe it never hit any hard bone surface to make it flatten out more then it did.

Yep! That's a home cast ball from a .535 double cavity Lee mold. I got that mold at a real good price from a guy on this forum who seems to be a pretty decent fellow and goes by the name Cayugad. :biggrin: :arms:

The ball is pure soft lead. It entered the chest cavity through the brisket cartilage and exited the chest cavity between the second and third rib, then stopped under the skin. It clipped the third rib a little and cut a "half moon" from the side of it. I think the crease in the ball that you can see in the picture was from contact with the rib. He didn't start bleeding from the entry wound until he covered a good twenty or twenty-five yards. After that the blood trail was good and he really bled out where he went down.

After the shot I began questioning my judgement in taking a "facing" shot that far out, especially since I didn't find any evidence of a hit right away (and was lucky in that I saw exactly where he entered the woods). However, I've been shooting this gun a lot and was confident in the load. I was sitting in a folding chair behind a pile of brush on a small bluff on side of the plot and had the gun on my camera tripod shooting rest. I sure would have preferred a broadside shot, but he was really nervous and had already trotted off of the plot once without offering me a shot. One of the guys in my hunting club described it as "preparation, confidence and opportunity coming together".

More like "luck" if you ask me:barmy::party:

"Ya gotta be good to be lucky but I'd rather be lucky than good." Eddie Shack.
Congrats and a good story too.

Got to say it's one of the best storys posted in some time. Keeped you on your toes.

I saw that on the ball and figured it had to hit something hard to make that crease. Glad that mold worked out for you.

Those front shots are tricky. The deer I shot with my Lyman Flintlock Trade Rifle a few years back, was a front facing shot. It went all the way through her vitals using 90 grains, passed through her, and still had enough power to break her back leg before that ball disappeared in the woods.

I just can not tell people enough the power and outright deadly combination a traditional roundball rifle makes in the right hands. Your proof of that. And all that practice you do made you confident enough to take that shot. Nice going.

great deer, super lead in story.