Soo my Type 97 just blew up on me
- Thread starter Colin
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A friend a few years back got a little heavy on a charge in his SW 629 44 Mag, he blew out the cylinder wall and bent the frame. He was very lucky...If you admit to shooting reloads. Its void. He sent the gun to a SW warranty center saying it was factory Ammo. They fixed the gun and returned it with a two page letter on the evils of shooting reloads. Do you want a new gun or don't you?
Expendable Nate
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Runningfool
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Some people's integrity is worth more than the price of a new gun. Not yours of course, but some people's.
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SupersonicSupply.ca
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This makes me rethink bullpup stocks.
OP Glad your ok.
Kind of reminds me of this story about lack of crimping- http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...t-forget-crimp-warning-graphic-injury-images/
OP Glad your ok.
Kind of reminds me of this story about lack of crimping- http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...t-forget-crimp-warning-graphic-injury-images/
Hey Colin,
Glad that you are not toooo damaged.
Another member here contacted me about a similar blow up.
(I posted a WTB ad http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1389878-Cheap-(damaged-)-T-97?highlight=t-97 for a damaged T97)
He was using factory loads when his let go.
So far, he has not posted here, so I wont name him.
His didnt trash the rear plastic as bad, but it did break a bit.
It blew the bolt lugs apart, and bent the shield part of the bolt carrier.
Yours looks like it has a bit of a bend too.
I'm beginning to wonder if I should rethink my barrel swap idea...
Glad that you are not toooo damaged.
Another member here contacted me about a similar blow up.
(I posted a WTB ad http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1389878-Cheap-(damaged-)-T-97?highlight=t-97 for a damaged T97)
He was using factory loads when his let go.
So far, he has not posted here, so I wont name him.
His didnt trash the rear plastic as bad, but it did break a bit.
It blew the bolt lugs apart, and bent the shield part of the bolt carrier.
Yours looks like it has a bit of a bend too.
I'm beginning to wonder if I should rethink my barrel swap idea...
I'd say depends what the pressure of the other caliber you're thinking of is..
Other then the plastic cover and bolt head, the gun is intact, I can't get the bolt carrier to move, no bore obstruction and I can see a bit of the case in there, so it would appear to be a ammo failure of some sort. I just checked my press, the throw is correct, now in the process of pulling the bullets on 200 rounds and of course after 15 of them the collet in my puller gives up the ghost, sigh....
redshooter
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Bullpups give me a bit of anxiety.
Handloads aren't really any more dangerous than factory unless you're running them hot, anyone can make a mistake, at the bench, or the factory floor. It can be an unforgiving hobby, safer than a bike though.
Glad you didn't suffer more than a bit of superficial tissue damage and I assume a slight elevation in your heart rate...and of course the loss of the rifle.
Handloads aren't really any more dangerous than factory unless you're running them hot, anyone can make a mistake, at the bench, or the factory floor. It can be an unforgiving hobby, safer than a bike though.
Glad you didn't suffer more than a bit of superficial tissue damage and I assume a slight elevation in your heart rate...and of course the loss of the rifle.
mebiuspower
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Good luck on selling anything on EE from now on.
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It shouldn't. And even so not to a catastrophic level
not any more than a bolt action or lever action gun.
Also by the time the gas reaches back to push the piston and unlock the bolt and cycle the explosion in the chamber has long been over
