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Title: Gun blowup
Post by: philw on June 08, 2009, 09:37:04 AM

This would make your ears ring. ???


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=395_1244455053

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: MikeBjerum on June 08, 2009, 09:48:25 AM

No matter how many times I see that video it makes me remember the importance of basic firearm safety ...

Keep Your Muzzle Clean and Free of Obstructions!!!

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: 1911 Junkie on June 08, 2009, 09:52:49 AM

Every time I see that I wonder what the dumb shit left in the barrel.  ???

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: Timothy on June 08, 2009, 09:58:59 AM

Two words.......

SAFETY GLASSES!!!!!

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: philw on June 08, 2009, 09:59:32 AM

Quote from: 1911 Junkie on June 08, 2009, 09:52:49 AM

Every time I see that I wonder what the dumb shit left in the barrel.  ???

Water in the barrel apparently

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: 1Buckshot on June 08, 2009, 10:02:31 AM

A small piece of tape over the barrel before you go out will do wonders at keeping dubree out of it. At the range, I also look down the barrel before I shoot the first round as one time I found a Patch In the barrel.  ::) My own stupid mistake. Always look.

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: Ichiban on June 08, 2009, 11:03:33 AM

Reminds me of a Myth Busters episode where they tried to get a barrel to split like that.  They never did get it to go so they called it "busted."  They can be such twits sometime.

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: MLC on June 08, 2009, 11:22:55 AM

In defence of the Mythbusters, they can only judge a "myth" based on their experiments.  They didn't blow a barrel up during the experiments, so based on the evidence they had, they had to call it "busted."  I question their methodology, though. 
Regardless of what our firearms guru left in the barrel, that is a bad day.  You lose a gun, nearly kill yourself, and now have the knowledge that the video your "friend" took of it will soon be on the internet.  Forever.

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: Green Mountain Gringo on June 08, 2009, 11:28:30 AM

Not sure if I posted this earlier.....these guys are trying to blow up a .357

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hL7BnlLcSQ

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: MikeBjerum on June 08, 2009, 11:38:27 AM

Quote from: 1911 Junkie on June 08, 2009, 09:52:49 AM

Every time I see that I wonder what the dumb shit left in the barrel.  ???

Most likely jabbed his muzzle in the mud while climbing or stumbling.  I could have even happened the day or two before, so it was good and dried into the rifling.

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: Ping on June 08, 2009, 01:07:02 PM

Scary video. Man is lucky he was not severely hurt.

Title: Re: Gun blowup
Post by: Kid Shelleen on June 08, 2009, 03:43:41 PM

Quote from: Green Mountain Gringo on June 08, 2009, 11:28:30 AM

Not sure if I posted this earlier.....these guys are trying to blow up a .357

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hL7BnlLcSQ

The Guns & Ammo torture guys have done some pretty crazy stuff. More often than not they surprise me by how tough and well built many of our firearms are. In a wierd way it's kind of reassuring.

As for that catastrophic rifle failure I'm thinking maybe he left a bore sight in. It had to be a major obstruction.