Posted on 08/28/2017 6:12:47 AM PDT by w1n1
AR-15 rifles are not immune to the dreaded kaboom.
Like any firearm, it can fail if improperly loaded with bad ammunition, or maybe other factors.
Does someone smell a squib bullet with another bullet fired into the back of it?
Well, it appears all the parts are there, how come it doesn’t fire?
I think, the bottom of an AR-15 rifle is not supposed to look like that. See the rest of the 9 AR-15 fail here
Bkmk
For later.
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Machines operating under stress sometimes break.
Wife’s car is in the shop, trying to get her to understand this - and that it’s not some conspiracy.
Some people fail to understand that firearms are fairly simple machines that are built to certain specifications.
That they all have a life expectancy determined by the manufacture.
That can fail when those specifications and standards are exceeded.
FYI
And that statistically some will fail under normal use.
Make 100,000 having 99.999% reliability and 1 will have a photogenic kaboom.
If I reload and add just a little bit more powder, I can get just a little bit more velocity and stuff.
If I don’t get my reloads’ headspace and OAL correct, bad things will happen.
I learned alot working up insane handloads for a 6’ 586 in my younger days. Destroyed that gun; needed a total rebuild.
20+ yrs later, I’m the poster child for standard pressures and COM hits.
I guess we can fall back on our straight pull Canadian Ross bolt action rifles.
Not long ago I was reading about the matchlock gunners in the 14th and 15th centuries. At one siege 19 gunners were killed when their firearms blew up in their hands.
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Or go back to a 20 inch barrel. I
Yes, probably made with iron. Cannoneers of ancient times tried to live clean lives, and were religious because they were only a dramatic KB from their final judgement.
“20+ yrs later, I’m the poster child for standard pressures and COM hits.”
It turns out the original gun designers knew what they were doing. Crazy, eh?
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