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Mobat555
07-27-2011, 07:44
THIS IS A REPOST FROM FIREARM BLOG (it did not happen to me, sorry if I did not make that clear)


www.thefirearmblog.com S&W M&P15T Epic KABOOM (http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/07/27/sw-mp15t-epic-kaboom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm +Blog%29)


Cartridge #45 out of the first 50 round box. USAammo 223 55 gr FMJ Lot #2906113.

The ammo was recently purchased USAammo, remanufactured on once fired LC brass. As you can see from the pics, the usual parts suffered catastrophic damage. The Troy quadrail seems to have helped keep the upper receiver from completely coming apart.

The destruction: Both sides of S&W factory upper assembly, the dustcover, both front corners of the magwell, hairline fractures directly under the left and right sides of the picatinny rail, cracked barrel extension in the middle of the feedramp, factory lower bulged on the bolt catch side. The PSA MPI bolt, the Failzero bolt carrier, and the PMag were completely damaged also.

Possible damage: BCM vltor gunfighter CH, RRA 2 stage trigger/hammer, pivot pins.

http://cdn5.thefirearmsblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_0943-tm-tfb.jpg

Graves
07-27-2011, 07:51
That stung a bit huh?

Mobat555
07-27-2011, 07:56
USAammo new slogan can be "When you use our ammo you get a hell of a bang out of it!"

islandermyk
07-27-2011, 08:11
Dang... that sucks... at least you didn't get any of your appendages blown off as well...
Should send the same pic to that ammo company, and thank them for a great product [Rant1] and that their selling off the bad ammo to the wrong people... they should be selling the bad ammo to them drug cartels in Mexico [Coffee]

but I'm sorry to see this shit happened to you...

Mobat555
07-27-2011, 08:17
Sorry if I wasn't clear just a re-post from firearm blog, luckily it did not happen to me. More of a PSA then anything else.

flan7211
07-27-2011, 08:21
That sucks. I've heard really good stuff about them too. Was probably going to order some 9mm, not sure now.

leatherneck448
07-27-2011, 09:17
We had a FNX-40 come in about a month ago where the guy was using HSM remanufactured stuff. One case ruptured and sent the extractor, spring and plunger to kingdom come..... I was surprised that nothing else happened to it, considering the fate of the case

Byte Stryke
07-27-2011, 09:32
Update 7/26/11: Spoke to the CEO this a.m. He is eager to investigate the ammo lots so KBs don't happen to other purchasers. He admitted that some of his ammo has been overpressured due to "Western" powder supplier using powders with faster burn rates. The overpressure would also explain why my buddy had so many stuck cases of .308 175 gr. match ammo in his ArmaLite AR-10.

Im not reloading Genius er anything, but when you switch powders dont you change your recipe and then test?

rondog
07-27-2011, 10:04
Im not reloading Genius er anything, but when you switch powders dont you change your recipe and then test?

Us unwashed and unshaven reloaders do, but corporations bent on grotesque profits? They ain't got time for that shit.