OOPS!!! Blowed Up .41 Mag

[semperfi71]

I'm sure that left a mark on somebody!!

 

[semperfi71]

I'm sure that left a mark on somebody!!

 

[primersp]

hello
welcome in the club i blow up a 29 in 1981
new fired less than 150
same at your fortunately non injured
sad day

regards
ANDRE

 

[scoutsdad]

Must have been that darn IL.

 

[DCWilson]

Do we know the circumstances of this incident?

DW

 

[Wheelgunner840]

99% of the time this type blow-up is related to a double charge or an overcharged reload. Sometimes there is a weakness in the metal itself (1% or less?). Without further details in the story, it's tough to make any judgements at all. Were reloads used?

I hope the shooter wasn't injured.

WG840

 

[ladder13]

Originally posted by scoutsdad:
Must have been that darn IL.

 

[primersp]

for me it was a double charge of powder
i try news reloads and i don't see that some fast powder was still in the cone of the uniflow.
the first shoot was the good and a 29 6 1/2
blowed up
since when i change of brand of power ,i take of the uniflow of is stand and i pour in the can.

 

[VAdoublegunner]

Yep, she blowed up real good....

Hate to see that, especially so catastrophic. Double charge is most likely. Even with a .41 Mag's extra steel, it's still not going to contain everything. Some guys even manage to blow up .357 Mag Blackhawks!!

Hope all nearby were unhurt.

 

[allglock]

That will buff out.

 

[AzShooter]

I can fix it... My dad's a television repairman and he's gut the ultimate set of tools.

You can't fix that Spikoli

 

[max]

I didn't give you any reloads, did I?

 

[David LaPell]

I recently saw a Smith 19 that was kaboomed with a double charge, didn't get a picture of it unfortunately. All these pics of other blown up guns has me really careful now with my reloads. I am now weighing all the components, and then when I'm done I weigh the loaded rounds to mae sure they're in spec. I don't want any of my guns in pieces (I value my extremities too!)

 

[Dog Easy]

Some how, it blew up just doesn't fit very well in that picture.

Shoot safe, John

 

[suckersrus]

Many years ago I had a buddy who went home after work and had a cool one then started reloading 357 Magnum ammo.

He had just dropped a full load of Unique in a block full of cases when his wife called him to dinner.

He had another beer or two with dinner then took one along when he returned to the reloading bench.

He dropped a full load of unique in each case then seated the bullets.

He gave a handfull of his fresh ammo to a young fella that had just purchased himself a brand new S&W 686.

The first round he fired turned that new 686 into something resembling that photo.

They were lucky someone didn't lose and eye or a finger.

In the meantime, my buddy fired several of the same rounds in his personal 686 and it did not blow up!
However, a 38 S&W cartridge would fit in his chambers!

They would not fit in any of my 357's!

It seems, one revolver blew up and the other did not. But the second revolver's cylinder appeared to swell.

Soooo, you never know.

S&W said they felt both guns had been "abused".

I tried to convince my buddy to convert to 2400 powder rather than Unique. A case full of 2400 in 357 or 44 is a full load, not a double charge.

 

[Wyatt Earp]

Originally posted by primersp:
for me it was a double charge of powder
i try news reloads and i don't see that some fast powder was still in the cone of the uniflow.

Our friend from France has pointed out something that we should ALL be very attentive to.

Some inappropriate powder left in the darkness of the bottom of a powder measure is a sure fire way to destroy a gun or worse. Imagine if you had some rifle powder left in there and it went into some of your pistol reloads.

primersp, merci de l'avertissement. Nous devrions toujours nous rappeler que c'est dangereux si nous ne prêtons pas l'attention aux détails.

I NEVER leave any powder in my measure and before I start loading I place a small plastic bucket under it and cycle the handle a few times to make sure it really is empty.

 

[bountyhunter]

That's not going to grow back....

 

[semperfi71]

Go to a famous gun auction site and search for ".41 magnum" and you will find the rest of the story.

Its not my gun because I would have drenched the post in tears.

As I get older and definitely more forgetful I am working on better ways to check powder loads that rely more on routine and less on memory.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Originally posted by semperfi71:

I'm sure that left a mark on somebody!!

KABOOM must be caused by either: (1) under charge of Bullseye or 231, (2) double charge of Bullseye or 231, (3) overcharge of almost anything else, (4) unsupported chamber (where is Dean Spier when you really need his thoughtful analysis), (5) MIM parts, (6) Internal lock, (7) two piece barrel, (8) lack of barrel pin and recessed case heads, (9) round butt frame, (10) post-war short trigger cocking action, (11) ugly new thumb piece.

 

[semperfi71]

Maybe it was fired while inside the closed case! The bullet had nowhere to go so it went back inside the barrel and blew back out the cylinder!!???