Be careful metering out our powder

[Hoosier]

wants to warn everyone about using powder that does not meter well from powder measures. Thankfully these were subsonic loads. Had they been full power I would probably have ended up in the hospital.

Photo by John Noveske

That's three rounds stuck in the bore of a barrel. The first was a squib, the second and third were loaded for a velocity of 1000 ft/sec (4.0gr IMR Trail Boss, 55gr fmj pill). It appears that the second did not touch the first, probably air pressure prevented that from happening. The third caused the core of the second to "squirt" out the front and into that cavity. The meplat of the first was poking out past the crown.

[BigBear]

Wow... so are their any details on what he was using/doing/etc? No one hurt I'm assuming?

Also, could you explain what I'm looking at. I'm assuming the brass is bullets... the grey inside of the brass is lead?

Was he not reciving hits or did the barrel bulge or what? i.e. how did he know he had a squib, etc?...


Sry, I like details.

[Irving]

\
Also, could you explain what I'm looking at. I'm assuming the brass is bullets... the grey inside of the brass is lead?

Was he not reciving hits or did the barrel bulge or what? i.e. how did he know he had a squib, etc?...


Sry, I like details.

It says right in the thread.

[bear45]

WOW, hopefully no one was hurt!!

[BigBear]

Wow... so are their any details on what he was using/doing/etc? No one hurt I'm assuming?

Also, could you explain what I'm looking at. I'm assuming the brass is bullets... the grey inside of the brass is lead?

Was he not reciving hits or did the barrel bulge or what? i.e. how did he know he had a squib, etc?...


Sry, I like details.

It says right in the thread.

Rgr Thanks... I got that. I didn't type comprehensibly apparently (hardly ever do). I'll try to be more clear. The first questions were more rhetorical since yes, the answers were in the thread. The second set of questions is where I wanted more details. Did he have to cut the barrel in half, etc.

[Irving]

I was wondering that myself, since I didn't see any bulges or anything. I remember seeing a thread some where of a bulged barrel, and I couldn't even tell in the picture, so I figured that must be the case here.

[TFOGGER]

I was wondering that myself, since I didn't see any bulges or anything. I remember seeing a thread some where of a bulged barrel, and I couldn't even tell in the picture, so I figured that must be the case here.

Looks like he cut away the barrel with an end mill....there is a slight bulge just behind the threads at the muzzle. I gotta think even though these were subsonic loads that the recoil would have been weird with all the gas exhausting at the breech....

[Byte Stryke]

There are really easy ways to prevent this.



yeah, I think its about as relevant.

[Irving]

Never would have happened if that barrel was running Linux.

[Ridge]

What the hell barrel platform is that?