19-3 candidate for a refinish?

[steelslaver]

Refinish? That one is already as finished as they get

 

[Oldengineer]

30 psi boost with 87 octane gas —— serious abnormal combustion!

 

[daveboy]

That's only a candidate for an interesting paper weight and a sad story. That round had to be double charged. Visually checking each charged case has always been a strict reloading habit of mine. Guess that's why I never trusted the progressive loading equipment.

I'm in complete agreement. This looks like a double-charge of a fast-burning powder.

 

[Steve St.]

You should have been shooting that by dark.

 

[stansdds]

You should have been shooting that by dark.

Smile and wait for the flash.

 

[Bajadoc]

Can you still use +P's in the remaining chambers?

 

[maxfam]

As Bajadoc stated, 3 cylinders remain.

 

[Repeater]

Don't know if I'd re-finish it...might re-start it, though...

 

[max503]

Reminds me of the bolt action 12 gauge my friend blew up shooting at a carp, at night, in the river, in mid-winter, at an open spot of water over some shallow riffles.

Yes, we ate the carp. Yes, there was shot in the meat.

 

[heeter3]

"A mans got to know his limitations."

 

[Frailer]

Back in the day I saw a Python that looked very similar to this. The topstrap was still attached at the front, but it looked like a banana peel.

The owner was shooting his own reloads and got downright offended when I implied he might have been at fault.

 

[ggibson511960]

It would be interesting to know more of this incident, especially if a projectile left the barrel? This is a serious blowup. Every piece that departed left a brittle fracture plane with little deformation before fracture. This was an overwhelming overpressure event. I wonder if it was more than a double charge.

 

[BE Mike]

Holy double charge Batman!

 

[whitestang]

I have seen a Model 15 look just the same. One of our firearms instructors was doing qualifications for one of the small city departments. One officer was doing a timed section and missed the squib,then the next one went boom. He did not get hurt.

 

[dsk]

Don't forget that badly undercharged ammo can do it as well, especially with long-cased calibers like .38 and .357. If the powder is so low that the primer hole is exposed, when the flash goes through the case it'll ignite all the powder at once causing a massive pressure spike.

 

[SWFan27]

A little JB Weld should make it look like new.

Great idea. That is even better than my duct tape and super glue idea.

 

[S-W4EVER]

I just don't shoot .357 out of my M19-4, that's what my N Frames are for (and what the L Frame was created for).

 

[Birdgun]

I hope nobody was hurt and needed refinishing.

Shame to see such a fine revolver so ruined.

 

[Model29-26.5]

I hope nobody was hurt and needed refinishing.

Shame to see such a fine revolver so ruined.

Apparently the guy walked away without a scratch, thankfully.

 

[BE Mike]

Don't forget that badly undercharged ammo can do it as well, especially with long-cased calibers like .38 and .357. If the powder is so low that the primer hole is exposed, when the flash goes through the case it'll ignite all the powder at once causing a massive pressure spike.

I thought that the NRA debunked that theory many decades ago. Can you cite a a source?