Avoid cheaply made ammo !

[Magnum-Krazy]

A friend sent me these pics of a 44 Magnum that was loaded with a very cheap made ammo.
After fireing the main bullet in the cylinder it also set off the both the bullets on each side of the cylinder as well.

Ernie

 

[tcc]

I hope nobody was hurt in that wreck!!

 

[Hearsedriver]

I bet it was the internal lock! : ) Just kidding..... I would have crapped myself if that had happened to me.

 

[sbeatty1983]

any idea what brand ammo was used? Double charged reload maybe?

 

[c good]

Holy Smokes! What was the ammo brand? Reloader Brand? Nightmare! Hope everyone is OK. c good

 

[max]

If I am not mistaken, that picture has been around for several years.

 

[Dragon88]

If I am not mistaken, that picture has been around for several years.

Yup, these pictures have been going around the net for some time, and the story changes with each posting.

 

[rburg]

Well, I'm guessing the endurance package didn't help very much?

 

[Magnum-Krazy]

If I am not mistaken, that picture has been around for several years.

I believe you're 100% correct, as he sent me those pics a little over a year ago.
I remember he quoted nobody got hurt, but never mentioned what brand ammo was used. Just a cheaply made foreign brand.
Still unreal pics of whatever caused three bullets to go off at the same time !



Ernie

 

[retarmyaviator]

Usually that photo shows up claiming the ammunition was Chinese warning the shooters not to use Chinese ammunition. I believe import of Chinese ammunition has been banned since the Clinton administration.

 

[Tennjed]

I have read where someone mas pretty confident that it was handloaded ammo. the type of bullet was the give away. Can't remember what brand, but the bullet matched a common reloaded projectile

 

[Dragon88]

Usually that photo shows up claiming the ammunition was Chinese warning the shooters not to use Chinese ammunition. I believe import of Chinese ammunition has been banned since the Clinton administration.

Whoever the guy is who really blew up this gun, he probably did it with his shoddy handloads and then blamed it on Chinese ammunition, knowing that would fly well with a conservative gun-loving audience.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

What a waste of bandwidth this is! Very old pictures with a changing story just like said above!

 

[CTG_COLLECTOR]

Usually that photo shows up claiming the ammunition was Chinese warning the shooters not to use Chinese ammunition. I believe import of Chinese ammunition has been banned since the Clinton administration.

Never mind about Clinton banning the importation of Chinese ammo. More importantly, China has never loaded, let alone imported, 44 Mag ammo loaded with Hornady XTP bullets!

This is just one of those Internet gun fables that refuses to die.

 

[ralph7]

i'm somewhat surprised someone hasn't said that maybe the cause was not enough powder in the charge.
think i've heard them all.

 

[retarmyaviator]

Whoever the guy is who really blew up this gun, he probably did it with his shoddy handloads and then blamed it on Chinese ammunition,

That has always been pretty much what I thought as well.

 

[OFT II]

I've seen more of that gun in the last couple of years than I have some of my own guns.

 

[Steve in Vermont]

Now I'm curious. What type of powder was most likely used and how far over the limit would it take to produce this damage?