629 explodes

[CWH44300]

Good evening, As I said, I am new to the forum thing. I read this forum quite a it because I find it useful. I didn't notice that the picture was in a mirror. That picture is from my buddies camera. I will post more pictures of the revolver when I get back to my computer. I am on my kids I pad. Trust Me. It happened! I always buy quality rounds and shoot reloads from a trusted person. I shot one round and I didn't see hole in the paper 30 feet away. The recoil felt normal. I cocked the trigger. I fired. It felt like a huge flash and BANG. Something hit me in the side of the head but it was minor. The round next to the one I was firing was severely dented and I dropped it in the grass. I went back to look for that round and other pieces but I can't find them. It is in an old wood yard that is growing in. Anyway, I probably won't have time to check this forum out for a while. Hope some of you don't mind and those of you that get all wound up because someone isn't on the computer all day should get out and do some shooting, hunting, or scouting.

That's to bad, no one likes to wreck a gun.
I'd really like the details on the load.

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

Let's no condemn the new guy yet.
Look at his join date - April 2013. His first post came six mints later.
Are trolls that patient? Wait six months to start trouble? I doubt it.

By the way, this is NOT the same gun that has floated around here before. That gun had an IL, this one doesn't.
Here's a pic of that one:

We covered the "other gun" question in several posts above.


Not condemning, just questioning the post(see my last post above).

 

[arjay]

Ive been guilty of firing a squib and not noticing any difference in recoil or sound,that's why I asked.My guess is its a double charged reload.

 

[mjolnir2]

Ive been guilty of firing a squib and not noticing any difference in recoil or sound,that's why I asked.My guess is its a double charged reload.

That's my vote too

 

[329]

I thought only scandium revolvers blew up :}

 

[old bear]

As much as I hate to I gotta call Bravo Sierra on this one.............

 

[ddixie884]

The blow up sure looks real.......

 

[M3Stuart]

Ok, riddle me this: who keeps their guns, much less their blown up ones, and their EGGS in front of the SAME MIRROR?

 

[arjay]

I keep mine in the fridge..

 

[Engineer1911]

13.0 grains of Unique with a 240 grain LSWC bullet and taper crimp.

 

[Mcwsky09]

Perhaps the photo was flipped using a photo editing software such as Photoshop simply because it looked better with the barrel pointing to the right.

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

I keep mine in the fridge..

That's where all good handloaders put "hot" loads right after a loading session. Gets 'em ready for the range quicker.

 

[gdnagle]

Good evening, As I said, I am new to the forum thing. I read this forum quite a it because I find it useful. I didn't notice that the picture was in a mirror. That picture is from my buddies camera. I will post more pictures of the revolver when I get back to my computer. I am on my kids I pad. Trust Me. It happened! I always buy quality rounds and shoot reloads from a trusted person. I shot one round and I didn't see hole in the paper 30 feet away. The recoil felt normal. I cocked the trigger. I fired. It felt like a huge flash and BANG. Something hit me in the side of the head but it was minor. The round next to the one I was firing was severely dented and I dropped it in the grass. I went back to look for that round and other pieces but I can't find them. It is in an old wood yard that is growing in. Anyway, I probably won't have time to check this forum out for a while. Hope some of you don't mind and those of you that get all wound up because someone isn't on the computer all day should get out and do some shooting, hunting, or scouting.

Like the others glad you weren't hurt. Don't get so uptight, few post and no reply's to numerous questions make us wonder, we get trolls here sometimes. Problems like this don't happen everyday and we like to find out the reason why.
I think I might have second thoughts about the "trusted person's" reloads.

Glad again the hit in the head didn't do any damage to you.

Anyway I fixed the picture for you. Now everyone can read the Eighteen farm fresh Grade A eggs.


And like you said there is a lot of knowledge here to learn from.

 

[Rick_A]

One of the most basic rules is to never trust another's reloads.

If S&W replaces this gun, they are saints.

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

Were these handloads made by someone you know personally, or were they what are called factory reloaded ammo, meaning done by a licensed manu that uses new components except for the brass?

 

[rwsmith]

Whatever it was......

Whatever it was it did a very thorough job of wrecking that gun.

 

[jaymoore]

I always buy quality rounds and shoot reloads from a trusted person.... The round next to the one I was firing was severely dented and I dropped it in the grass. I went back to look for that round and other pieces but I can't find them....

Bad ammo of some sort. Not specified whether it was reloaded or not if I read Leah's posts correctly. Just "quality". In this case poor quality...(Of all of the wrecked firearms I've seem over the past 30 years only one, a Ruger Blackhawk with split barrel due to steel problems (it was repaired under warranty), was due to the firearm itself. All of the others were due to defective ammo or bore obstructions. This doesn't look like a bore obstruction.)

Be sure to keep the remaining ammo and receipts. Including the damaged rounds and discharged cases if you can find them. Photos of said would entertain the masses. And might be useful for getting recompense.

Hope some of you don't mind and those of you that get all wound up because someone isn't on the computer all day should get out and do some shooting, hunting, or scouting.

Especially this time of year. Get out and find some meat on the hoof to take with your large frame S&Ws!

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

Bad ammo of some sort. Not specified whether it was reloaded or not if I read Leah's posts correctly. Just "quality". In this case poor quality...(Of all of the wrecked firearms I've seem over the past 30 years only one, a Ruger Blackhawk with split barrel due to steel problems (it was repaired under warranty), was due to the firearm itself. All of the others were due to defective ammo.)

Be sure to keep the remaining ammo and receipts. Including the damaged rounds and discharged cases if you can find them. Photos of said would entertain the masses. And might be useful for getting recompense.



Especially this time of year. Get out and find some meat on the hoof to take with your large frame S&Ws!

Look at the very first quote of his you have right there. It plainly says reloads.


Originally Posted by Leah
I always buy quality rounds and shoot reloads from a trusted person

 

[jaymoore]

Look at the very first quote of his you have right there. It plainly says reloads.


Originally Posted by Leah
I always buy quality rounds and shoot reloads from a trusted person

D'oh! Well, then Leah is SOL.

I used to have photos of two 2nd gen Colt SAAs that were grenaded by a fellow using his own loads. You'd think after exploding the first he'd have quit and not loaded the other! But...What can you do?

The upside of having a round let go in a revolver versus most auto pistols (not including such things as Mauser C96 "broomhandles with the chamber well forward) is that injury is rather less probable and is usually minor if it does occur.

 

[scooter123]

I always buy quality rounds and shoot reloads from a trusted person.

This is the answer. It's rather obvious that "trusted person" cooked up a double or triple charge.

BTW, I won't accept a squib as an explanation for this. There is a video on youtube where Mythbusters filled the barrel of a 6 inch 686 with squibs and then fired a full power 357 Magnum into the mass. All that happened was that some of the squibs were shot free of the barrel. BTW, Mythbusters didn't check for any bulges in the barrel so I'm pretty certain that was another result, however the cylinder didn't blow out or even show any indication of damage. With a handgun Squibs BULGE BARRELS, they don't cause handgun to explode. There just isn't enough powder in a normal charge for this to happen with handgun loads. Note, NOT the case with a Rifle or possibly a 500 Magnum, those carry a large enough charge to do some rather impressive and frightening damage.