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It implies he might have had the business end pointed at himself, since it mentions the jam, but with a nail gun ricochet is a possibility as well, especially since he mostly likely did not have it snugged up against a piece of would. I don't know for sure that a ricochet would still have enough energy to penetrate the chest, but I have scared myself a couple times enough that I would not like to test it.