Statement was, "Overload in the cartridge". Check the finger!
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Statement was, "Overload in the cartridge". Check the finger!
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...overload-1.jpg
Ouch! Lucky the finger is still there.
Only seen this on a Glock in .45ACP. We had a few months ago a guy who blowed up his .44 Magnum. Two of the chambers are cracked and sticked in the wooden sidewall. Heavy but no injuries.
ouch...dayum
classic double load, why it pays to use bullet boards and look inside before placing bullets. It would be interesting to know make of the piece. The barrel just shattered, wonder if 4140 would do this?
It could be a defective barrel, but I agree that it looks like a severe overload, probably a double charge.
Jim
"Bullet boards"... c'mon. I've been using a progressive press for 20+ years ... a DILLON and not once have I had such a problem that got to the load and fire stage. If it was a reloaded round the fault is entirely on the guy whom RELOADED it and little wood boards or plastic trays would not have prevented that. Know your press , know your loads and you will know when something is not right before it gets to the chamber.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveHH
I personally load at 100 or so at a time. My MEC Grabber is progressive, my Rockchucker isn't. It only takes once with Bullseye to destroy a weapon or an eye, so I don't mind taking my time and actually looking inside the case to see what or what isn't inside.
I use "bullet boards" when I use a single stage press. My usual method is to place primed empties in a plastic dish, then charge with a powder drop and place in a loading block. No way to get a double charge.
I use a Dillon progressive, a Rockchucker, a Lee Loadall and have loaded my share of ammo. I can't prove what happened to that shooter and pistol, but one thing I have learned for sure is there's usually more to it than meets the eye. The firer is usually too embarrased to tell, if he actually KNOWS what happened.
I use an old Lyman Spar-T turret press. I typically size, prime and bell about 1,000 at a time. I definitely use a loading block -- and go over it carefully with a flashlight, looking into each case to check for overloads.
It may have been a double charge, but it looks like the slide did not lock up. It may have been a bad barrel locking block. I have seen this once before in a Sig 220.
Just my two cents and humble opinion of course.
On the 1911 the barrel has locking lugs that lock into corresponding lugs in the slide. The slide and barrel can't go into battery until these mate up, and until then the disconnector prevents the pistol from firing. The barrel appears to have just begun to move when the top of the chamber was blown out. Looks like an overcharge as the primer pocket is severely blown out.
What about if the bullet pushed back in the casing? So it was right against the powder? No air space left? I've seen a 44-40 that all but destroyed a 92 winchester rifle like that. Lead bullet at that!
The shooter should have noticed any bullet loose enough to fall all the way back to the powder when loading the cartridges in the magazine. A good set of dies sizes the case down enough that the case must be belled slightly to get the bullet started.
Very lucky your not blind and even dead. There was a man about five years ago who was shooting a milsurp rifle. I believe he was shooting reloads when the gun blew up, the bolt shot back into his head and killed him. Gotta be very cautious.
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Originally Posted by ltcboy
That was a Sarco employee who was shooting a Winchester Lee Navy 6mm rifle. Apparently it was a double charge of powder, I believe it was Unique powder. Ray
You cannot take reloading for granted.
That rifle was a M1895 Lee Navy Straight-Pull bolt action.Quote:
Originally Posted by ltcboy
(sorry didn't see rayg's post until too late)
the one that could be assembled incorrectly to cause these types of accidents?
I can't imagine any Mauser based bolt action coming apart like that.
The bolt on the early MkIII Ross could be assembled wrong and inserted in the action resulting in the bolt not fully locking in the action I believe. I'm going by what I have read as I have a MkII Ross not a MkIII. There was no bolt problem with the MkII. The bolt on later MkIII models was fitted with a pin to prevent wrong assembly. Ray
Saw a chamber that looked exactly like that years ago at Perry. Double charge of ww231. My money says either accidental double-charge or somebody trying to hotrod a load.