Remington blows up dramatically

[Aragorn243]

Man injured when rifle barrel explodes during target practice | myfox8.com

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[painter777]

Always Index/mark my ram rod, to know when loaded.
Lucky it wasn't worse.
I seen the aftermath at our rifle club after a muzzle shooter shot his ram rod nearly 25yrds.
It's that time of year.
New guys with unfamiliar guns to them, loading up at the rear of the truck before daylight.
Stopped a 'City Hunter' with a pocket full of mixed size 12 ga slugs, while he tried filling his 2-3/4 chamber with 3" magnum slugs.

[Youngblood]

Always Index/mark my ram rod, to know when loaded.

Nice Tip for if I ever get into dealing with smoke poles. Thanks!

[CINDERS]

The old adage "we assumed" as it had been to the gunsmiths.
Well its the fault of the end user for not checking the bore or at least running a patch through the rifle before use as the Gunny may have left the bore with a good coating of oil which as we know liquids are not compressible.
Hopefully the young chap will have no lasting affects from this other than a few scars and a scary story mind you I bet he will have the jitters next time he gets behind a rifle.

[browningautorifle]

Yup, that's dramatic...

[Ovidio]

Well, a bit like telling the police you assumed the gun was unloaded while explaining how you killed your friend at home.....

[WarPig1976]

Fake News at 11. A muzzle loader??? Hmmm, sure looks like a Remington 700 to me. Guns are dangerous don't ya know.

[Aragorn243]

It is a Remington 700 muzzle loader.

[CINDERS]

watch the vid on it from 2014 when Rem introduced the 700 muzzle loader

[WarPig1976]

Huh, who knew...
Says it right there on the side too. I still don't believe none of it!!!