Seriously?
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I think it had to do with the camera rolling, didnt want it too look like he didnt know what he was doing......he failed either way but at least he knows where the forward assist is too bad it dosnt fix stupid.
The 357 looks like a candidate to become a 12.6
Some interesting testing has been done on barrel obstructions. if the bullet is stuck near the muzzle, the barrel will burst. If it is near the chamber, it will shoot out, but leave a bulge.
I have cleared many stuck bullets by pulling a bullet from a case, dumping out half the powder, then chambering the empty case (muzzle up) and shooting. If that does not shoot it out, I repeat with more powder.
I have never damaged a barrel doing this. on the other hand, I have seen barrels ruined with attempts to pound the bullet out with a cleaning rod.
If you are ever in the field and have a stuck bullet, an empty case with a half load of powder is an option to consider.
Some interesting testing has been done on barrel obstructions. if the bullet is stuck near the muzzle, the barrel will burst. If it is near the chamber, it will shoot out, but leave a bulge.
I have cleared many stuck bullets by pulling a bullet from a case, dumping out half the powder, then chambering the empty case (muzzle up) and shooting. If that does not shoot it out, I repeat with more powder.
I have never damaged a barrel doing this. on the other hand, I have seen barrels ruined with attempts to pound the bullet out with a cleaning rod.
If you are ever in the field and have a stuck bullet, an empty case with a half load of powder is an option to consider.
There is a special kind of stupid in those videos
Wanna bet those are .38 specials and not .357 Rem Mag rounds!?
Re: the AR vids...I don't understand, what is going on there? I would do the same thing. I see a FTF, he clears the round and chambers another, FTF, clear, chamber, another FTF, clear, chamber, Kaboom! WTF!? Enlighten this AR noob please. {at least it blew out the mag as it should...a reminder of where not to put your support hand}
Re: the AR vids...I don't understand, what is going on there? I would do the same thing. I see a FTF, he clears the round and chambers another, FTF, clear, chamber, another FTF, clear, chamber, Kaboom! WTF!? Enlighten this AR noob please. {at least it blew out the mag as it should...a reminder of where not to put your support hand}
Lexthedestroyer
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Wanna bet those are .38 specials and not .357 Rem Mag rounds!?
Re: the AR vids...I don't understand, what is going on there? I would do the same thing. I see a FTF, he clears the round and chambers another, FTF, clear, chamber, another FTF, clear, chamber, Kaboom! WTF!? Enlighten this AR noob please. {at least it blew out the mag as it should...a reminder of where not to put your support hand}
I don't even own an AR; but in the first video, he keeps smacking the forward assist. Unless his rifle is extremely fouled, something is preventing the round from being chambered (read that: the rifle going fully into battery). Looks like an accident waiting to happen. In the second video, after blowing the magazine out of the magwell, I would stop and at the VERY LEAST field strip the thing. Probably have a smith look at it.
charlesquik
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how could it not kaboom after the second shoot? I mean if the barrel is blocked pressure need to escape from somewhere aka the wheel , it would have blowed up
Well that's not my gun but here's a true story- enjoy the laugh at my expense...
Back story; I shoot a fair amount, IPSC for about 10 years, I'm an RO and I shoot everything that goes bang. I'm a good shooter and take my firearms seriously. But this still happened...
The gun: a S&W 14-3 38 special with about a 6.5" barrel.
So the set up:
I'm going the range for an afternoon of plinking with several firearms, one of the wife's friends was going to come out so I thought I'd throw together some light loads for her to use as she has never shot a gun before.
So I had limited materials on hand...some old Unique, some jacketed 158's... I found a load and dropped in the minimum. It should work...
At the range we set up some targets and brought out the guns. Seeing I had not witnessed the load in use I wanted to put a bunch down range first (make sure it's safe and accurate).
So the first six go in it. Bang, bang, bang, etc...Not bad, a little light, a little low...So six more slide in it.
Bang, Bang, bang, etc...Be damned if I'm missing an IPSC classic target at about 10m....WTF...
So six more go in it. I take a closer target at about 10', bang, bang, bang, bang...no holes...are you F'ing kidding me...I take a quick pull on another one...
No dice, the trigger is locked up solid...As Gru would say... "light bulb"...
So I look down and about half a 158 is out of the end of the barrel.
To say I repeated the seven words you can't say on TV would be an understatement.
The gun's report was the same- first shot to the last. I've been around lots of squibs, ones that cleared and ones that never- This gun sounded absolutely normal, light but normal...
So now what...2 live rounds in the cylinder and I can't open it...
So I made some plastic (HDMW) vice barrel clamps, clamped the gun barrel up, filled the cylinders in question with oil and slowly drilled the bullets. When I got through I wd40'd them then filled them with oil for a week...While I was waiting on a piece of drill rod and some long drills to come in.
Soon the materials come in, I got 3 of them out with a screw and slide hammer, the others I drilled out but the jackets stayed behind. I ground the drill rod into a type of cape chisel and eventually got to the chamber. Once I cleared that the pistol came apart fine and opened up.
After polishing the barrel the damage was minimal, the drill just tagged it in two spots lightly and my punch lightly grazed the frame when driving in the barrel retaining pin.
After what happened it still looks good and works great. I'll never sell it due to what happened and will keep it as a reminder.
FYI: it was the powder, I used it in another pistol with a known loading and it did the same. I threw out that jug and never had the problem since..
I'm lucky, it could have gone way worse...
To this day, I saw holes in the target and it sounded the same.
Yes, I was sober. For what it's worth...
Back story; I shoot a fair amount, IPSC for about 10 years, I'm an RO and I shoot everything that goes bang. I'm a good shooter and take my firearms seriously. But this still happened...
The gun: a S&W 14-3 38 special with about a 6.5" barrel.
So the set up:
I'm going the range for an afternoon of plinking with several firearms, one of the wife's friends was going to come out so I thought I'd throw together some light loads for her to use as she has never shot a gun before.
So I had limited materials on hand...some old Unique, some jacketed 158's... I found a load and dropped in the minimum. It should work...
At the range we set up some targets and brought out the guns. Seeing I had not witnessed the load in use I wanted to put a bunch down range first (make sure it's safe and accurate).
So the first six go in it. Bang, bang, bang, etc...Not bad, a little light, a little low...So six more slide in it.
Bang, Bang, bang, etc...Be damned if I'm missing an IPSC classic target at about 10m....WTF...
So six more go in it. I take a closer target at about 10', bang, bang, bang, bang...no holes...are you F'ing kidding me...I take a quick pull on another one...
No dice, the trigger is locked up solid...As Gru would say... "light bulb"...
So I look down and about half a 158 is out of the end of the barrel.
To say I repeated the seven words you can't say on TV would be an understatement.
The gun's report was the same- first shot to the last. I've been around lots of squibs, ones that cleared and ones that never- This gun sounded absolutely normal, light but normal...
So now what...2 live rounds in the cylinder and I can't open it...
So I made some plastic (HDMW) vice barrel clamps, clamped the gun barrel up, filled the cylinders in question with oil and slowly drilled the bullets. When I got through I wd40'd them then filled them with oil for a week...While I was waiting on a piece of drill rod and some long drills to come in.
Soon the materials come in, I got 3 of them out with a screw and slide hammer, the others I drilled out but the jackets stayed behind. I ground the drill rod into a type of cape chisel and eventually got to the chamber. Once I cleared that the pistol came apart fine and opened up.
After polishing the barrel the damage was minimal, the drill just tagged it in two spots lightly and my punch lightly grazed the frame when driving in the barrel retaining pin.
After what happened it still looks good and works great. I'll never sell it due to what happened and will keep it as a reminder.
FYI: it was the powder, I used it in another pistol with a known loading and it did the same. I threw out that jug and never had the problem since..
I'm lucky, it could have gone way worse...
To this day, I saw holes in the target and it sounded the same.
Yes, I was sober. For what it's worth...
Donny Fenn1
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- East Kootenays
That's super cool, that's a very low drag bullet now.
The site from which this pic is borrowed, also states that he has seen worse. He has also encountered a gun with so many bullets lodged in the barrel that the cylinder would no longer turn. Takes a whole new kind of stupid to accomplish that task..
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