This email was sent to me by a friend and although the images aren't form the outdoors I wanted to share them any way. The email says Be careful what ammo you by. Apparently a guy was at the shooting range all ready to shoot his
S&W 629 (.44 Mag) with some new ammo when he pulled the trigger this is what happened.
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The story also says the ammo originated in China. The man who fired the gun
said there was a loud bang when he tested his new ammo, and the gun smacked him in the forehead, leaving a nice gash. Lucky for him that was all that had happened.
Something is leading me to believe the story behind this is fake but I don't know for sure. What do you think?
This one does seem a little fishy.
ReplyDeleteWhy two cartridges exploded, and why those two? From the way the brass is bent, it looks as though they exploded because of pressure from within. And why is one bullet only partway out the cylinder--but with no deformation or discoloration?
Is just one chamber missing from the top of the cylinder? And the top of the revolver? If it blew off first, what's with the other two cartridges looking the way they do?
If it weren't for the shiny stainless and the unmelted plastic insert on the front sight, I'd say this was a fire story. Cylinder positioned so no chambers lined up with barrel, gun got a little hot...
Was talking once with a neighbor who used to be fire chief in Chicago. Loose ammo not really a hazard, and most people didn't chamber a round in bedside automatics until needed. Firefighters did, however, worry about loaded revolvers on shelf above bedroom closets. Right at head-level, and chambered rounds sometimes cooked off during a fire.
But this particular revolver is a suspicious mystery...
if it is real, thats some scary crap
ReplyDeleteI know people who reload who have blown the cylinders out of their revolvers....and sent them back to S&W to repair. Bet those guys sh*t when they saw it! I know shotguns (usually kreigoffs) will "explode" sometimes. But never anything quite this *uniform* so to speak.
ReplyDeleteIn my 60+ years, I've never hear of any ammo exploding this way. I've reloaded ammo for my .357 and never had any problem. Smells a little fishy.
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