Posted on 11/19/2009 7:48:01 AM PST by Notoriously Conservative
I got the following pictures in an e-mail. How would a revolver explode like this?
(Excerpt) Read more at notoriouslyconservative.com ...
Classic case of an overloaded cartridge.
1. Check the level of each case.
2. Use a powder made for the caliber.
3. Don’t use old powder.
4. Don’t use Squib loads.
5. Use the proper amount of powder in which the correct level will match the bottom of the bullet.
Don’t skimp on the price of gunpowder. It’s the least expensive component in reloading.
Unless you’re just kidding, only one chamber exploded.
There wasn’t an obstuction in the barrel. The barrel isn’t damaged.
Sealing the gap between the barrel and the cylinder doesn’t have any effect on the pressure in the cylinder chamber.
Yep, and that is why I use those powders when I reload. I'm willing to pay the additional cost of getting fewer loads per pound of powder for safety.
Uh, no. The forcing cone survived.
Overloaded cartridge.
Read the thread at the link in post 31. The owner’s gunsmith said the cylinder was defective - chambers not evenly bored and a bit of a material lip left at the end of the chamber.
Factory ammo was fine.
Nevermind. I’m sure your right. I read further down that thread and the guy claiming it was his gun pretty much was exposed as a fraud.
Wonder why someone would do that...
I have never heard of a plugged barrel causing this type of CYLINDER failure.
I have seen several of these types of CYLINDER failures and they all were the result of overcharged/overpressure cartridges, all the result of new handloaders not following appropriate loading procedures.
Maybe. Maybe not. I’m familiar with the same pictures sent through emails to have entirely different story backgrounds.
Lots of residue where the top strap an forcing cone are / were ......hmmmm...:o)
Well, that's what the guy at the Brady Campaign told me.
BTTT.
Answer !!
Probably not... unfortunately.
Guy claiming it was his gun was saying it was the second shot (ever) out of the revolver. However, unless he put in one cartridge and shot it just fine, then loaded up the cylinder and started to shoot 'em all, he's lying.
In the pics, the first shot (fully loaded) would be the one on the left, and the cylinder's not revolving with the bullet like that.
So that post he made at the link was a fake ?
Why do folks do such.....
Thanks for the update !
Stay safe !
It looks like what happened there was that the round in the missing chamber failed for whatever reason, the cylinder cracked, and high pressure gas got into the two adjacent chambers while the cylinder was still intact enough to hold some pressure. The pressure inside the brass being lower, the cartridges were crushed and the bullet on the far one pushed partially out the front of the cartridge by the compressed powder inside.
Yea,
Or hit with another ‘Outside’ Flame ,ie Oven.
I believe that a S&W Model 686 would have a full underlug, not the half-lug here.
They do that all the time.
BS. I have shot S&Ws for more years than I care to think of, and never had this happen. This was the result of a reloading mistake.
They do that all the time. /sarc
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