Blow up.

[okie john]

I've had Remington 303 British ammo split cases and spit gas out the gas vent, but Remington took care of it nicely and quickly.

In my collection, I've also got a 308 Winchester Federal factory 150-grain Barnes TSX load with the primer in backwards.


Okie John

 

[norfdet]

In this months issue of American Handgunner there is an article dealing specifically with this sort of thing. The writer stated seveal times in the article that he has NEVER seen a gun blow up from factory loaded ammo; the instances he has seen over the years were ALWAYS with handloaded ammo.

 

[claygrazer]

WOW!!! Looks like MIM parts to me.

 

[Gatman44]

The only Bullshit here is coming from the idiots that think the ammo companies are perfect. I have seen a lot of ammo recalls in the gun magazines over the years but never heard of the outcome. Did any one use that defective ammo and was any one injured, who knows. I have also seen a lot of recalls on guns too. If you think it is Bullshit you are full of bullshit your your self.

 

[Gunhacker]

Original owner?? If not, maybe a prior owner weakened it and started it on it's way to the blow up by using some overloaded handloads before selling it?

I know of one individual that bought a used M27 and had the thing let loose with off the shelf Federal 240 gr JHP, and although he could not prove it, my gunsmith suspected that may have been the case, as the owner experiencing the blow up was a well known customer that did not reload and only used off the shelf stuff.

"Factory" has become such a generic term these days... take the big 305 grain .44 Magnum ammo from Buffalo Bore as an example, it is loaded up to maximum SAAMI specifications and is more intended for use in a Ruger or T/C Contender than S&W's. Someone using that stuff and suffering a blow up could say that they were only using "factory" ammo.

At any rate, I sure pray nothing like that ever happens to me... for whatever reason.

 

[batmann]

claygrazer????????????????????????????????
MIM parts, I don't think so! Look at the picture
again. This a KABOOM. This ammo related and has nothing to do with parts, think frame and cyl!

 

[David LaPell]

While I agree that factory ammo is although unlikely, I did have a factory ammo shotgun shell come apart on me once that was right off of the store shelf. I had just bought an NEF single shot in 12 gauge chambered for 2 3/4 & 3 inch shells, so I bought some 7 1/2 loads and a box of 5 slugs. I shot up about half of the birdshot rounds, then I put the first slug in. These were only 2 3/4 slugs, well within specs. After the trigger was pulled, that breech popped open, and I was peppered with powder. Luckily for me I wore glasses then. The base of the brass by the primer had ruptured and went past my face and I was left with a nasty "sunburn". All with factory ammo.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Originally posted by Gunhacker:
I know of one individual that bought a used M27 and had the thing let loose with off the shelf Federal 240 gr JHP, . . .

I think there's a typo here, somewhere.

 

[claygrazer]

Originally posted by batmann:
claygrazer????????????????????????????????
MIM parts, I don't think so! Look at the picture
again. This a KABOOM. This ammo related and has nothing to do with parts, think frame and cyl!

Good Grief man, it's a joke! Of course small MIM parts have nothing to do with the cylinder.
Clay

 

[Mickey D]

Originally posted by claygrazer:

Originally posted by batmann:
claygrazer????????????????????????????????
MIM parts, I don't think so! Look at the picture
again. This a KABOOM. This ammo related and has nothing to do with parts, think frame and cyl!

Good Grief man, it's a joke! Of course small MIM parts have nothing to do with the cylinder.
Clay

Don't you know you need to use a different emoticon when joking? Geesh.

 

[batmann]

If it was ment in jest, sorry.

 

[claygrazer]

Originally posted by Mickey D:
Don't you know you need to use a different emoticon when joking? Geesh.

10-4 Good Buddy.

 

[Jellybean]

Of course the MIM parts line was a joke since the gun is a pre-MIM model. The only way MIM parts could have caused it would be if there was a MIM trigger stuck in the barrel.

The only B.S. I can detect so far is the claims to factory ammos' quality and reliability. People need to get out from in front of the computer and do some real shooting.

 

[cxm]

The gun does not look to have been heavily used...

While kB! are unusual with factory ammo, I have h ad one with Remington .40/180 practice ammo... head of the case blew where it is unsupported by the chamber... not a lot of fun, but I was shooting a BHP40 and the only damage was an extractor blown to parts unknown...

Truth is factory ammo is not perfect... every see a round with the primer seated upside down? Or no flash hole? or No primer? I have seen all that and a few more more problems... it is not common...but it does happen with any brand of ammo.

FWIW

Chuck

 

[toroflow1]

Maybe the ammo was Buffalo Bore, the ones that were meant for Rugers only!

 

[DaveWW]

Originally posted by 500 Magnum Nut:
Sure, I believe it. He just scooped a cartridge full of powder and capped the bullet.

Probably just finished Unintended consequences, went downstairs to the reloading bench and, like the character in the book, loaded up some rounds with a caseful of 2400. It'a amazing how many take some of what was written in John Ross' book seriously.

As for Factory Ammo, I bought a box of Gecco(Sp) 158grain SJHP .357s once that locked up a model 28 that I routinely ran 14.9 grain 2400/158SWC loads through wth no problems. sent it to a gunwriter I knew. He ran a round through a short-barreled T/C Contender and it clocked at 1627fps! I've no doubt that, if it were anything but a 28, I would have eaten some steel!