Garand spontaneous disassembly
- Thread starter Dogleg
- Start date
- Location
- State of Alabera
Round not fully chambered?
- Location
- Whitehorse, Yukon
Certainly wasn't a slamfire or high primer to blame.
RC
RC
Bazzoka_Joe
Regular
- Location
- PRQ(People Replublic of Quebec)
barrel obstruction !!!! she got a bullet jam in the barrel !! if you look the round before the catastrophic failure didn't ignite completely and she got to put a new one in !!
RIP M1 Garand!
RIP M1 Garand!
Yup. Had a squib
Was watching wondering which one would be broken, and soon as the one started playing with manually cycling the bolt, I knew who was in trouble
Once again, a great lesson on why you always check your barrel after every "problem" in cycling a round.
Hope their hands are OK ... looked like a lot of bits and pieces flying around.
angrysoldier
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- under your bed
she looks ok, thats all that matters
That is some disintegration there...I hope that she was OK.
I was present at a fatal blow-up in Germany back in the early eighties. A 1917 Model Colt revolver had been inadvertently loaded with 18gr of 2200 in each cartridge after the reloader forgot to change the charging bar and powder on his powder measure.
A close bystander collected part of the cylinder through the carotid artery and another fragment through the eye and into the brain - either would/could have killed him.
tac
I was present at a fatal blow-up in Germany back in the early eighties. A 1917 Model Colt revolver had been inadvertently loaded with 18gr of 2200 in each cartridge after the reloader forgot to change the charging bar and powder on his powder measure.
A close bystander collected part of the cylinder through the carotid artery and another fragment through the eye and into the brain - either would/could have killed him.
tac
I saw this on another forum, Apparently the lady that had it explode in her hand commented on it, something along the lines of that particular rifle jamming on the 7th round or something along those lines, so she didn't think anything of just fixing the stoppage, long story short it ended up being an out of battery fire. She claimed to be alright besides her hand and arm being very bruised. Then again its the internet so what I read could be wrong too.
beavis_m305
Regular
- Location
- New Zealand
Makes you wanna cry alright. I know that horrible feeling you get when a gun blows up
Ar180shooter
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- Ottawa, ON
CanuckR,
I saw pretty much the same explanation posted by the youtube user that uploaded the video.
I saw pretty much the same explanation posted by the youtube user that uploaded the video.
Avalonthas
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- Toronto ON
The video shows her taking out the 7th cartridge which didn't fire properly, then it blew on the 8th. I think it didn't go fully into the chamber
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
I doubt an out of battery ignition would have resulted in the barrel sheering right off. Had to be a ton of pressure inside that barrel to do that.
I say squib, and fired into an obstructed barrel.
I say squib, and fired into an obstructed barrel.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Here is an example. Lots of noise and some damage but to the bolt, and reciever/stock. Not likely going to sheer off a barrel.
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