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Russian Man Plays Music With Handguns Because Russia

Hell of death waltz you got there, Vitaly

By The Editors
September 22, 2016 9:00 am EDT

This guy really puts the glock in glockenspiel.

In a video he posted to YouTube, Vitaly Kryuchin showed off his shooting ability and musical prowess at once by firing handguns at hanging sheet metal to bang out a tin-pan tune. Kryuchin — active head of the Russian Federation of Practical Shooting — was accompanied by the Shooting Star Band, with whom he played three mistake-free songs.

The performance proved Kryuchin has control over both his gun and his custom-built Metallophon.

But can he handle “Free Bird”?

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