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rp_photo wrote:Either a lie or some type of slam fire as in something other than the firing pin setting off the primer. But one would think the round wouldn't have been fully in the barrel and might have case-ruptured instead.

I agree, and I can't imagine their being enough pressure to launch the projectile, let alone kill a man... I may be missing something, but it sounds to like the man killed his brother with what he thought was an unloaded gun, and then started making excuses to blame the gun.