Hey /lit/, im writing a book where a guy who lost a fight ends up shooting himself with a 26 inch long side by side 10g. Im writing this based off of real events and there is no description for exactly how this assumingly 5ft 6in man maneuvers the gun to shoot himself in the gut. The first round he fired at himself did miss and on the second attempt he succeeded. Any suggestions for his positioning? 



I did consider the possibility that the man he fought was actually the one who shot him but I doubt this and would prefer to not slander someone.

>>21948925 (OP)

Make it so he first tries to kill himself with a rube goldberg device, which fails, so he just kills himself the ordinary way.

>>21948925 (OP)

Thanks for asking us here on

>/lit/ - Weapons

>>21948925 (OP)

I understand it’s based on a real event, but maybe you don’t need to include the part about him missing the first shot? Because I have no idea how the fuck you miss your own head with a shotgun.

I’ve heard of guys using their toes to press the trigger but usually the barrel is in their mouth.

You could use string

>>21948925 (OP)

Shooting yourself in the stomach is a moronic way to commit suicide 

It was prolly murder disguised as suicied



he missed his fucking gut. I wish the guy who fucked him up was still alive because I want to know too how he missed. 





Im asking them too but /lit/ is definitely more sane.



I thought so too but what explains it is several things

1. the suicider was Japanese.

2. the guy who beat the fuck out of him and whose wife killed the Japanese guys friend probably had more incentive to claim the kill.



At the same time they were neighbors and perhaps he didn't want the village seeing him as a murder so chose to get his wife to confirm that he killed himself. Very real possibility



Maybe the wife herself shot him, that would make sense. I may choose this.

>>21948925 (OP)

I’m not sure how you miss your stomach, the only thing I can think is he was holding the shotgun out with his arms fully extended, then the front of the gun was too top heavy and the barrel tilted towards the floor when he fired.



Someone else brought up toes so maybe his toes taped the trigger before he wanted them to which makes some sense, yours and the other guys explanation together give a good picture, thanks.

>>21948925 (OP)

Point big bang-bang at me. Boom! Ouch.

>>21948925 (OP)

It's something like this:

the red is a string between two solid pieces of wood that is sprung across the trigger
