629 Problem, Err Ammo

[selectgear]

First it was baby formula, then pet food but now you should watch out when buying anything from China , including bright, shiny ammunition.

A guy came into the police department the other day to ask a favor.
He had a S&W 629 (.44 Mag) that he wanted to dispose of after a mishap at the range.
He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new ammo, (Chinese made), and the gun smacked him in the forehead, leaving a nice gash.

When the tweety birds cleared from around his head, the pictures show what he saw.

Bet he never uses Chinese made ammo again!

Looks like when the round in the chamber went off, it also set off at least two other rounds in adjacent cylinders.
I would have hated to been the one that pulled the trigger on that one!

 

[Skeeziks]

Where did you get those pics from? I viewed those exact same pics either right here on this or another forum a few months ago.

> OK, I found it.... Just type in "629 kaBoom!"
These pics have been floating around this forum for about a year or so.

 

[mbnatt]

Not to mention that the pictures say 686?

 

[selectgear]

Not to mention that the pictures say 686?

The "686" titles are my mistake when I downloaded from an email. A friend emailed these to me just today. I didn't know this was a topic already in this forum.
Jeff

 

[epj]

So far, I haven't seen any Chinese ammo except in military calibers.

 

[scooter123]

As noted, these pics have been floating around the net for about a year. The story on the cause for the Kaboom has varied, from shooting into a squib to a double charged round, either picked up at a gun show or a loading error by the owner who blew it up.

As for Chinese ammo, this is the first I've heard of this. Frankly, I would find it rather suprpizing if the Chinese were actually producing any 44 Magnums, it's a somewhat specialty cartridge mainly used in the good old USA. To put it simply, there isn't enough demand in terms of volume for the Chinese to invest in the tooling to start making it.

Bottomline, I really don't think you can blame this on the Chinese without posting images of the caseheads. It's far more likely this was due to either a re-loading error or the owner shot into a squib.