You have to see this! (PICS)

[ColoEnthusiast]

Fake! We all know wheel guns are the most reliable contraption ever invented by mankind!!

Exactly! Just like in the thread, everyone knows only Glocks kaboom. Yep, one day it's just sitting on your dresser and then.. !!kaboom!! It blows up your lamp and favorite picture of B.O.

[sniper7]

wow that is crazy!

[hobowh]

ouch

[Gritty]

Good story. Safety first!

[Bailey Guns]

What's the big deal??? He's got three good cylinders left!

[ColoEnthusiast]

What's the big deal??? He's got three good cylinders left!

I AGREE!!
Plus if he feels like it, he can replace the cylinder.
With the top of the frame gone he could really get a spin on that baby. Easier access too!

[rhineoshott]

Wow! that's some metalic carnage

[TFOGGER]

I looked at the thread on that other board and the guy claimed it was a brand new revolver. He also claimed he was using factory ammo and the detonation occured on the second round ever fired through the gun. No way to confirm one way or the other, but I kind of have my doubts. Not saying it couldn't happen, but it would be highly unlikely. My best guess would be he dropped the box of ammo, projectile side down, causing one or more bullets to be shoved further down into the cartridge than it should have been. Kind of like what SAFriday was talking about in his thread the other day. Only a guess on my part though...

Possible, but pretty unlikely. Most revolver cartridges (especially magnum level rounds) have a pretty heavy roll crimp and a cannelure on the bullet to prevent bullet movement under recoil. Mostly this it intended to prevent the bullet from moving forward and locking the cylinder, but it also serves to prevent rearward movement. If I had to guess, I'd say squib followed by full power round, but you'd normally see a bulged barrel, unless the first bullet stopped right after the forcing cone.

[Irving]

I read the original thread as well. He said that his local gun smith measured the cylinder and it was more narrow at the front than the rear, and there was a clear lip of metal, like it was unfinished. He must have some other parts not in the picture that he brought in though, or else the smith measured one of the remaining, intact, cylinders and it was also unfinished.

[ColoEnthusiast]

Possible, but pretty unlikely. Most revolver cartridges (especially magnum level rounds) have a pretty heavy roll crimp and a cannelure on the bullet to prevent bullet movement under recoil. Mostly this it intended to prevent the bullet from moving forward and locking the cylinder, but it also serves to prevent rearward movement. If I had to guess, I'd say squib followed by full power round, but you'd normally see a bulged barrel, unless the first bullet stopped right after the forcing cone.

Hey Tfogger. That was my first thought as well (squib load and followup shot) that I posted earlier in the thread. I don't think that would be likely anymore because much of the pressure would have been released between the cylinder and forcing cone.
Just theoretical, but I don't think there would be enough pressure left over to detonate the walls of the cylinder. Seems that the gap would allow pressure escape in front of the projectile as the round exits the cylinder and once past that point, the excess pressure still being exerted behind the projectile would escape the same way.