The question is:
Was it a commercial load or reload?
— Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues
Most accidents/mishaps contain the phrase “I didn’t know” on forensic analysis.
I watched the entire YouTube video. A piece of the rifle lacerated the right side of his neck and got his jugular vein. He is a little confused about human anatomy and stated that if he hadn’t applied pressure to his jugular not enough blood would have reached his brain and he would have died. Not so. The jugular is a vein, the carotid is the artery that runs next to it. Had that shrapnel hit his carotid he would have bled out in a rather spectacular fashion. I’m glad that didn’t happen to him. I hope his days of shooting surplus ammunition of unknown provenance are over.
Fame seeker gets his wish. He's famous now.
Has he a blog as well?
A “hot round” is any round at the top of the powder range for the caliber you are shooting. 45 grains of Varget powder for a 308 round would be considered a hot round. Top it off with a 180 grain bullet and it becomes a “match” round.
You misheard the fellow. Kentucky is home of the "Hot Brown", an open faced turkey sandwich, dressed to the nines.
Obviously poor quality control on round (and maybe hardware) manufacturing by THAT old foreign company. Bet he junked that ammo and the rifle, and never shoots one from that company again.
some were hitting low, possible light charge that flashed over
Lucky man...
Thank God..
After the ‘hot round’ explanation, I was waiting to hear if the postmortem on the rifle showed a clear or obstructed barrel. Expanding gas always seeks the path of least resistance. He never said what the barrel condition was found to be afterward. Is he saying the powder in the round had chemically changed to where it was explosive vs fast burning, or did the cartridge/bullet block the barrel?
Watched this a few days ago , he is really lucky . The Thump is the thing
A Hot round is when you put more powder in than it calls for or the max limit!!!
There’s been much discussion about this on several gun savvy channels like Forgotten Weapons. A very hot round can produce enough pressure (Mark Serbu who designed the gun estimated that it would take 85K psi to cause such a failure) to act like bore obstruction. In Scott’s video a previous round produced more than normal muzzle flash. SLAP rounds are hard to find and pricey. There has been a huge increase of counterfeit vintage and collectible firearms with the internet. Why not on ammo that goes for $100 plus a round? It might pass casual inspection but have any number of flaws that could prove disastrous.
He’s a very lucky man. Damn shame such a freak accident occurred, or did someone try to sabotage him?.
Seeing a lot of hate for Serbu here. It was not the rifles fault. The threads of the end cap of an RN50 rifle are rated to withstand firing pressures up to 65,000 psi. The way the end cap sheared off the receiver would have to have been 85,000-90,000 psi. The round either A:had a double charge, or B: unstable powder due to being my age.
Mark Serbu released a brief on it, Ian Mccollum of forgotten weapons did a 30 minute video on it.
Unbelievable!!!!!!
That was a fascinating video.