A Painful To Watch KABOOM Slide Show....

[twyacht]

It's OK to weep in solitude....

OBTW, most of these are attributed to reloads...Read your books, stay within spec. and avoid these at all costs. Arrow for the next pic is top right.

http://kaboompics.imgur.com/kaboom#6zeP6

[Timothy]

The reason we wear safety glasses!

[alfsauve]

OBTW, most of these are attributed to reloads...Read your books, stay within spec. and avoid these at all costs. Arrow for the next pic is top right.

Not that I doubt it, but where do you get the data to support this?  Don't see any stats on this site.  I see at least 1 .22lr.  The pictures are sort of random so not sure how many different guns there were.   Yesterday, at the range, the guy next to me, shooting factory ammo, had a no-fire.  I heard it (or better I didn't hear anything but "click").   I asked to have the round.  Factory ammo.  Primer in backwards.  Granted "factory" ammo is 10^x times more reliable than my ammo, but they're not perfect.

Found these interesting.  What is it?   At a glance looks like a type of .410/45Colt, but with a semi-auto style hammer?




Not sure how this happened.  If the top chamber was over pressure and tore the cylinder in half, what caused the shell in the lower chamber to rip open?



I guess when you're firing those puny target loads, it's hard to tell the difference.  But 5 rounds stacked in the chamber?

[twyacht]

Not that I doubt it, but where do you get the data to support this?  Don't see any stats on this site.

Sorry alf, it was linked from TTAG.

http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/08/robert-farago/self-defense-tip-carry-on-regardless/

Last night, Sam’s performance with her Smith & Wesson 686 [similar to the one above] proved the old adage “Beware of the hot woman with one gun.” That is it, right? On the way home, she kvetched about carrying a self-defense firearm (yes, she home carries the beast) with only six .357 Hornady Critical Defense cartridges. “What if I run out of bullets?” she asked. “Then hit ‘em with the damn thing,” I opined. “Or slice ‘em with your razor sharp wit. Something. Anything.” Point taken? Practice with your self-defense gun. Carry it from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to sleep (shower carry instrux to follow). But remember the sage advice of Emile Chartier: “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea—when it is the only one you have.” Now head over to kaboompics.com to see what can happen to the guns of Mr. Murphy (a kamikaze hand-loader).


http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/07/robert-farago/question-of-the-day-do-you-skimp-on-ammo/

http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/09/robert-farago/question-of-the-day-do-you-really-want-to-shoot-reloads/

[kmitch200]

Yikes!  Some of those guns look like they got blown up more than once! 

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[MikeBjerum]

Maybe it was due to squibs (I admit to not going to the second link), but many of those long gun problems were barrel obstructions.  You could build a case for a reload issue, but that is a shooter's error.

[alfsauve]

Not caused by a reload

[Big Frank]

What's that slide made of, papier-mâché? It looks too thin whatever it is.

[Timothy]

What's that slide made of, papier-mâché? It looks too thin whatever it is.

It's aluminum.

My daughter has one, she won't shoot it anymore, it's a POS!

[billt]

What's that slide made of, papier-mâché? It looks too thin whatever it is.

Walther P-22's are notorious for this. The Aluminum slide is not even a forging or billet like an AR-15 receiver is. It is a machined rough casting. It is also very thin. The "Colt" Umarex AR .22's are having similar issues with the lowers breaking at the rear, where the buffer tube screws into the frame. Again, they are a cheap casting, not a forging. The problem with casting Aluminum is porosity. Unless the mold is properly vented and run at the correct temperature and shot pressure, porosity can be a real problem. Add the stress of a slide reciprocating at high speed on every shot, and cracking is bound to occur.

For what they charge for these handguns, ($400.00+), they should not be having these issues. With all of the quality .22 semi auto handguns currently avaliable, many for less money, there is zero reason to purchase this POS.  Bill T.