Ever seen a blown up mil slurp?
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Seen a few, usually reloading errors....The M1 was a case full of pistol powder by mistake, K31 was pistol load with cast bullets, possibly double charge or simply detonation.
K31... http://news.webshots.com/slideshow/568637838dtAdYb;jsessionid=abckycm6PHBh99p5GLu2r
K31... http://news.webshots.com/slideshow/568637838dtAdYb;jsessionid=abckycm6PHBh99p5GLu2r
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Seen a few, usually reloading errors....The M1 was a case full of pistol powder by mistake, K31 was pistol load with cast bullets, possibly double charge or simply detonation.
K31... http://news.webshots.com/slideshow/568637838dtAdYb;jsessionid=abckycm6PHBh99p5GLu2r
YIKES!!! how was the shooter? I bet a trip to the ER was warranted (and a change of shorts!)
Is that barrel for sale?
Many, many moons ago (geez, I didn't think I'm THAT old 
) while taking my BC CORE course, the instructor brought in a M1903A1 Springfield that had been converted to .308.
The rifle's bolt had been blown out of the receiver back towards the shooter. The safety lug stopped the bolt from going any farther back.
The owner had reloaded Bullseye pistol powder into the .308 case by mistake (the instructor told us he had more than one can of powder on the bench at once - big BIG no no).
The stock was all splintered, the magazine had been blown out of the rifle, the barrel was cracked, and the shooter had to get a new pair of shorts REAL quick-like
) while taking my BC CORE course, the instructor brought in a M1903A1 Springfield that had been converted to .308.The rifle's bolt had been blown out of the receiver back towards the shooter. The safety lug stopped the bolt from going any farther back.
The owner had reloaded Bullseye pistol powder into the .308 case by mistake (the instructor told us he had more than one can of powder on the bench at once - big BIG no no
). The stock was all splintered, the magazine had been blown out of the rifle, the barrel was cracked, and the shooter had to get a new pair of shorts REAL quick-like
I have heard of pistol powder blowing up a remington, and a cousin had a ruger 77 barrel split with factory ammo. I just wondered, with the wide diversity of rifles that many are 100+ years old now, some of which are spoken of as "weak", if there was a few good stories of failures.
Classic.
User error almost 100% of the time due to barrel obstruction, stupidly hot reloads, or incredible neglect of the firearm.
Never seen it actually happen in person. Been to several museums and stuff in Europe about the WW1 and WW2 battlefields and battles and I've seen plenty of stuff like that in those places. In the tunnels under Vimy Ridge there were several rusted out receivers from Lee Enfields down there.
A buddy of mine once also blew the bayonet off his SKS while shooting because he didn't screw it in tight enough, but that doesn't really count as the rifle was fine and everything was fixed. We even found the spring!
That's about it.
A buddy of mine once also blew the bayonet off his SKS while shooting because he didn't screw it in tight enough, but that doesn't really count as the rifle was fine and everything was fixed. We even found the spring!
That's about it.
I don't have any pics as this happened about 1978. I had an ag42B fire out of battery.
The rifle was in excellent condition, cleaned and lubed properly. When I checked it out after the smoke cleared and I got back up, the mag and other 9 rounds was blown out against my right thigh, leaveing a bruise all the way from Peter to my knee, it turned out the firing pin, was out to far.
In those days, the rifles came with a spare mag, sling and parts kits, which also included a firing pin depth guage. It was way over max.
The rifle wasn't destroyed but the stock was shattered and the extractor, plunger/spring and the magazine, were either gone or destroyed.
Other than a surprised look on my face and a bruised thigh, I was OK.
I went to Lever Arms and found a stock and another new in wrap mag. I wanted to keep the unit complete as bought. Put it back together and all was well, once the firing pin extrusion was set properly.
The rifle was in excellent condition, cleaned and lubed properly. When I checked it out after the smoke cleared and I got back up, the mag and other 9 rounds was blown out against my right thigh, leaveing a bruise all the way from Peter to my knee, it turned out the firing pin, was out to far.
In those days, the rifles came with a spare mag, sling and parts kits, which also included a firing pin depth guage. It was way over max.
The rifle wasn't destroyed but the stock was shattered and the extractor, plunger/spring and the magazine, were either gone or destroyed.
Other than a surprised look on my face and a bruised thigh, I was OK.
I went to Lever Arms and found a stock and another new in wrap mag. I wanted to keep the unit complete as bought. Put it back together and all was well, once the firing pin extrusion was set properly.
Swede AG42B
This rifle will not normally fire out of battery, Unless the loaded shell is slightly over sized and creates enough friction to stop the bolt before it fully chambers the shell. If the shells are of correct size they chamber easily and this problem does not exist. SSSOOOO handloaders take note when loading for this rifle make sure the brass is full length resized, and check the (unloaded) brass in the chamber BEFORE trying you're handloads.
Bill
This rifle will not normally fire out of battery, Unless the loaded shell is slightly over sized and creates enough friction to stop the bolt before it fully chambers the shell. If the shells are of correct size they chamber easily and this problem does not exist. SSSOOOO handloaders take note when loading for this rifle make sure the brass is full length resized, and check the (unloaded) brass in the chamber BEFORE trying you're handloads.
Bill
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Not personally, worst thing I've had happen was a case rupture in a berthier carbine...no injuries or damage...just a lot of gas came out of the action.
I had reloaded some old berdan primed balle N cases and that one must have been too brittle. I had them loaded quite mildly...just poor annealing on my part most likely. I don't mess with those anymore since getting newly made prvi boxer brass.
I had reloaded some old berdan primed balle N cases and that one must have been too brittle. I had them loaded quite mildly...just poor annealing on my part most likely. I don't mess with those anymore since getting newly made prvi boxer brass.
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Never had any milsurps catastrophically fail on me but I almost did.
Out hunting Whitetails with my Yugo M59 sks back in 2007. Was using PMC 123gr soft points.
Saw a small buck and pulled the trigger, "pop". Was going to chamber another round but deer was already spooked and alarm bells were going off in my head. Said screw the deer and took the cleaning rod out and checked.... and well this is what I found halfway down the pipe :
Out hunting Whitetails with my Yugo M59 sks back in 2007. Was using PMC 123gr soft points.
Saw a small buck and pulled the trigger, "pop". Was going to chamber another round but deer was already spooked and alarm bells were going off in my head. Said screw the deer and took the cleaning rod out and checked.... and well this is what I found halfway down the pipe
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