blowing uo rifle test

[Boomer]

i will admit that i didn't view the link, and i'll also admit i'm no physics genius but i have one question.
if you had a jam, would you not want the pressure to vent out the barrel instead of coming back at your boltface, possibly ramming your bolt into your noggin

This is exactly what I thought after viewing the videos. Had this happened at the range or in the field the shooter would not of lost his eyesight or suffered facial injuries. That was pretty good news. As for the support hand, it wouldn't be pretty.

Clearly the message is not to fire a rifle with an obstructed barrel.

 

[mylesrom]

Yes but two different makers.
As for everyone wondering how often someone gets a squib or bullet stuck in the barrel and loads another round anyway.... it happens more often than think, particularly with hunters who think thier first round was a miss.

Yes, I know they were produced in two different factory's. But a lot of guys were getting excited that they were trying to make the North American guns look bad, compared to the European brands. Remington was the only North American made firearm and Japan is not part of Europe.

 

[Wild_Thing]

If you look closely you can see that a few rifles also had barrel failures, just not the catastrophic ones that Rem and Browning had.

..which makes me wonder if some of the loads used in the tests were hotter than others.

 

[mylesrom]

..which makes me wonder if some of the loads used in the tests were hotter than others.

Or possibly Remington and Browning might actually have weaker barrels

 

[Grizzlypeg]

The actions sure held up solid on all the guns. Nothing came back towards the shooter with any velocity. I'm amazed nothing in the case or primer ruptured and vented out of the actions. So with the Sako you just open the bolt, chamber and third round?

 

[mylesrom]

The actions sure held up solid on all the guns. Nothing came back towards the shooter with any velocity. I'm amazed nothing in the case or primer ruptured and vented out of the actions. So with the Sako you just open the bolt, chamber and third round?

They held up without blowing up, however, I would imagine that damage was probably suffered by all rifles to either the barrel or action. Just because the damage wasn't apparent in the video, it may be there. I am sure they would have to be thoroughly inspected before any of them could shot again.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

They held up without blowing up, however, I would imagine that damage was probably suffered by all rifles to either the barrel or action or bolt. Just because the damage wasn't apparent in the video, it may be there. I am sure they would have to be thoroughly inspected before any of them could shot again.

Oh yeah. I'm just pleased that a bolt wasn't driven rearwards towards shooter's head. The bolt lugs would have been severely stressed by this. I'm sure the Mauser's and others thought about this safety aspect and built in other lines of defence.