gregintenn
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Really??!!? Wow. I'll bet his underwear weren't salvageable.
Blow-up with pic
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venomballistics
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fast rate where it dont belong ... wonder if he used to be obsessed with clean powder
ArchAngelCD
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I'm always skeptical of a post with no details, not documentation and no first party verification.
It's also hard to get enough powder in a .460 Magnum case to do that. (but I could be wrong)
It's also hard to get enough powder in a .460 Magnum case to do that. (but I could be wrong)
As listed in the classifieds...
Don't believe S&W's lifetime warranty will cover that one.
COL Jagdog
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I've never seen a S & W revolver with a carrying handle like an FN-FAL.
venomballistics
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depends on the powder .. titegroup, bullseye, HP38 would all do it. probably unique too
Glenn H
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how about?
a squib and a double charge? Ka-boom
Man...that hand to sting.
a squib and a double charge? Ka-boom
Man...that hand to sting.
Just imagine this...... A guy hands his buddy his new S&W Behemoth magnum, then says, "You gotta try this, you're not gonna believe how mild the recoil is with that muzzle break!" "Oh, and these new handloads I just worked up are really mild......" 
Scary, real scary. Glad I'm not the one that was holding it went it went "off". 
Scary, real scary. Glad I'm not the one that was holding it went it went "off". 
bloo
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Well now there's your problem !
I watch to much Mythbusters.
Ted
I watch to much Mythbusters.
Ted
Looks like a classic case of using the wrong powder. That's why I never leave any powder in the powder throws.
Gee, what was it I reloaded last month? Oh ya, it was lil'gun & 300g bullets. Only to find out it was titegroup or unique or univeral clays.
Gee, what was it I reloaded last month? Oh ya, it was lil'gun & 300g bullets. Only to find out it was titegroup or unique or univeral clays.
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Well I hear the prices of scrap metal are up at least.
Go right to the reddish-brown one.
Do we know any more about this one? I am not up on .460s like some of you are but I have seen them and those cylinders are big and thick. That must have been one one heck of a ker-bang when that thing went off. (For you military historians, a "colossal crack"... ?
)I would like to know more about this.
I've been handloading since 1980. From time to time I've loaded sound ammunition at ba..'s to the wall's levels. Happily I've not ever destroyed a gun. Once upon a time, however, I did have a little excitement w/ a M-70 in .243 Winchester. I wanted a little more juice since the plain factory load .243's didn't seem so very impressive. The extractor, etc. were never found. A nice Cajun gunsmith in Chalmette, La. fixed my rifle. And... I throttled back on the load. Later I just moved on to a heavier caliber. Perhaps this fellow just made a mistake. Perhaps he was not so impressed with the factory level loads and just wanted to improve the performance of the round a bit. I don't know. I do know I was sick when I thought I'd boogered up my M-70. Hopefully the gentleman who owned/shot this revolver was not injured. Almost certainly he has learned a very hard and regrettable lesson. JMHO.
novalty
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Awesome a new break-top model from S&W!
Arik
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Stupidity is supposed to hurt, if he didn't get hurt he might do it again.
Lenny_D
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Had to be that darn IL!
S&WIowegan
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Looks like a perfect example of loading a fast powder in a big ol' cartridge...not that hard to do.
A local friend blew his Glock 24 sky high recently with a handload. Ruined the slide, barrel and grip frame. Might be a part or two salvageable. He was not hurt.
A local friend blew his Glock 24 sky high recently with a handload. Ruined the slide, barrel and grip frame. Might be a part or two salvageable. He was not hurt.
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