Accidental Speed Loader Discharge

[alaskavett]

You'll are missing the most important clue here... This had to happen in a thunderstorm and he was hit by lightning for the third time that day... Urban legend or not.. Kyle

 

[luis]

You'll are missing the most important clue here... This had to happen in a thunderstorm and he was hit by lightning for the third time that day... Urban legend or not.. Kyle

Yes the odds of happening are very slim but anything that is mechanical can fail if the correct number of variables come together. The MDPD incident was well documented since it happened at a police range.

 

[aryfrosty]

Speedloaders

I've been using them since the times when HKS still made theirs out of aluminum and have never encountered a discharge. I vote with the post that thinks this is one of the "Urban Legends". And a relatively new one since most of us "Old Goats" haven't run into it before.

 

[luis]

I've been using them since the times when HKS still made theirs out of aluminum and have never encountered a discharge. I vote with the post that thinks this is one of the "Urban Legends". And a relatively new one since most of us "Old Goats" haven't run into it before.

The only confirmed case involved the old Dade Speedloaders. These loaders did not stay on the market long because of two simple problems. Cartridges were held in place by an outside spring and if the loader feel the ammo would drop out. Another problem was that you had to correctly align the ammo before you pushed foward.

The back of every shell sat flat against a hard piece of plastic. Any dirt could impact the primer why loading the cylinder. Another member mentioned a high primer and since the Miami case happened at PPCV match that could have been the cause of the discharge.

What is interesting now is that an ebay dealer has a supply of Dade loaders available. I do not know if they are new old stock or if they have started production again. I expect that we will hear more of these discharges.

 

[BUFF]

Not to accuse the fellow of being dishonest, but I have investigated more than a few accidental shootings where the shooter (usually also the shootee) claimed the gun somehow discharged unwantedly and unexpectantly while he was handling it. The shooter would claim initially, of course they didn't pull the trigger, it just went off. Later, after a bit of examination and conversation, the shooter admitted they just pulled the trigger when they shouldn't have.

My guess is that something like this occurred and "the speedloader did it" is an excuse to explain an unwanted shot being fired as a result of faulty gun handling.

 

[tguil]

This seems like the best answer to me. Time to move on and not worry about my nasty speed loaders anymore.

The shooter actually did loose part of his little finger, had to go to the hospital and file a police report. Wonder what the officers thought of his story, especially since they all now carry semi-autos. I also wonder if he told the same story to the officers that he related to his wife and brother-in-law.

No, this is not an "urban legend". The reason I posted to this forum was because he was shooting a S&W .357 and most of the time you guys have good, not smart--- comments. A little humor, but nothing nasty.

Thanks

Tom

 

[rjgnwdc]

Have you been to Gettysburg?

The odds are lower then me scoring with Megan Fox.......

I also saw a pic of a bullet found on a Civil War battlefield, where a Minie bullet and a round ball hit in mid air and melted together, one bullet from the USA and one from the CSA.......I say the odds are about the same.

They have several examples of bullet collisions at this one battle, can only imagine how many times it must have happened through out the war

 

[washburn832]

Maybe what they meant was they dropped a round from the loader and it went off when it hit the ground?