Changed your Underwear lately?
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BarbC
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What would make it do that?
NFrameFred
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Well, possibly either a projectile or cleaning patch left in the barrel, but most likely in that situation I would guess someone who rested the gun on the ground muzzle first or fell with the gun and didn't check the barrel being plugged with dirt, ice, or snow. Guaranteed to ruin a barrel quick and possibly cause injuries.
Had to be a barrel obstruction of some type.
Had to be a barrel obstruction of some type.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Don't wear em
Or left a lazer bore sighter in the barrel. There appears to be something dark go flying off forward when the barrel lets go.
gunlovingirl
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Don't wear em
wheelgun1958
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Keep the muzzle out of the mud and don't use it for a hiking stick.
Smitty500Mag
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That would be my first guess also. I've seen pictures of a rifle barrel where a bore sighter had been left in the barrel that did that exact same thing.
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NFrameFred
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Yes, I think the split is much too far back for just a plugged muzzle.
Alpo
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I think it was faked. I don't know how, and certainly don't know why, but three things don't seem right.
The footage looks like the cameraman was right there, behind the shooter, but he's looking at the gun. What is he expecting? I could understand if he was filming the target, to watch the mighty stag (or whatever) fall to an expertly placed shot. Or I could understand if he was filming the way he was if he was expecting something to happen to either the shooter or the gun.
The footage is crappy as all get out. Seems like even a cell phone would take better pix that that.
But the big one. Guy shoots gun. Gun blows up. Guy drops gun. Camera stays on gun all the way. No jerking through the air, as the cameraman jumps back and says, "Oh my God, what the hell was that?". Just went to the ground, with the gun, like he was expecting it. I've seen a couple of amature videos, where the shooter had a ricochet hit him, and one where someone shooting a Thompson had the barrel blow. On all of these, when the big thing happened, the camera got waved around some, until the cameraman got his stuff together and started filming again.
The footage looks like the cameraman was right there, behind the shooter, but he's looking at the gun. What is he expecting? I could understand if he was filming the target, to watch the mighty stag (or whatever) fall to an expertly placed shot. Or I could understand if he was filming the way he was if he was expecting something to happen to either the shooter or the gun.
The footage is crappy as all get out. Seems like even a cell phone would take better pix that that.
But the big one. Guy shoots gun. Gun blows up. Guy drops gun. Camera stays on gun all the way. No jerking through the air, as the cameraman jumps back and says, "Oh my God, what the hell was that?". Just went to the ground, with the gun, like he was expecting it. I've seen a couple of amature videos, where the shooter had a ricochet hit him, and one where someone shooting a Thompson had the barrel blow. On all of these, when the big thing happened, the camera got waved around some, until the cameraman got his stuff together and started filming again.
It looks like a Sako to me. I believe there was a batch of bad stainless barrels that Sako recalled (prone to blowing up). I hope they got the elk!
"Mythbusters" tried to do this once with a shotgun. They went so far as to weld a plug in the Bbl. But couldn't make the Bbl. split. Blow up, yes but no cartoon style 'bannana peel split'.
They however were smart enough to clamp the gun down, and fire it from a distance. I tend to think if this video was staged the shooter was a little on the dim side.
They however were smart enough to clamp the gun down, and fire it from a distance. I tend to think if this video was staged the shooter was a little on the dim side.
Racegunner
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Shotgun barrels (as in Mythbusters) usually are not rifled. But that's what caused the split in this video. As someone here mentioned, it does seems strange to me that the camera man was focused on the rifle the whole time as if expecting that...
The real answer; it's one of those "gag barrels" from Acme that your buddies put on your gun while you sleep in the lodge that night before. Like the exploding cigars or golf balls.
Obviously a barrel obstruction of some sort, be it overlooked bore sighter or plugged muzzle. I don't know how to deal with intentionally introduced obstructions, other than careful inspection, but on rifles with GI style flash hiders, I use shoot-through muzzle caps, occasionally seen at gun shows (check the mil-surp vendors) or from Gun Parts Corp., which has recently only had them available in rather comical looking red color, vs. GI issue black. On hunting rifles with conventional sporting muzzles, I cover the muzzle with electrical tape --- fold a single layer across the muzzle, then wrap around the barrel to secure the ends. Keeps mud, snow, rain, twigs, bugs, etc. out, and air compression in front of the advancing bullet blows the tape out of the way with no affect on accuracy. Well, maybe some positive affect on accuracy, as it helps keep the muzzle from getting beat up, as it might if you're clambering around in rocks with a slung rifle, as I sometimes am...
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