S&W 629 (.44 Mag) blow-up using Chinese junk ammo

[Aloha_Shooter]

Just received this from a friend and couldn't locate any related posts:


First it was baby formula, then pet food, but now you should watch out when buying anything from China , including bright, shiny ammunition.
A guy came into the police department the other day to ask a favor. He had an S&W 629 (.44 Mag) that he wanted to dispose of after a mishap at the range. He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new ammo (Chinese made), and the gun smacked him in the forehead, leaving a nice gash. When the tweety birds cleared from around his head, the pictures show what he saw.
Bet he never uses Chinese made ammo again!

Looks like when the round in the chamber went off, it also set off at least two other rounds in adjacent cylinders. I would have hated to been the one that pulled the trigger on that one!









A really good reason for not buying cheap ammunition or anything from China.
They are proving the statement “You get what you pay for” to be true.

Losing a nice revolver and visiting the ER just to save a few bucks on ammo ... yeah, that was a good call ...

On the other hand, he's lucky all he got was a gash.

[hatidua]

A really good reason for not buying anything from China.

fixed it for you.

[merl]

I wasn't aware we could still get ammunition from China

[car-15]

That's an old story that has been floating around the net for a few years now.

[Ah Pook]

Seems these pics have a few stories around them.

http://www.hayabusa.org/forum/random...-accident.html
http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/sh...d.php?t=299725
http://www.vincelewis.net/44magboom.html
http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=15232

[Flatline]

That revolver was made post 02, and we banned chinese ammo in 1993, so I'm not buying it.

[hatidua]

It's a post-lock/post-MIM S&W, of course it blew up!

[spqrzilla]

Five bucks says its long ago been debunked.

[Daniel_187]

Not this pic again

[sniper7]

Did that revolver blow up with hand loads...or wait, wasn't it over pressured. Or was it an emp set off causing a start in 3 of the rounds and the gun blew.l.or was it that the timing was off because they took it to a shady gunsmith that didn't know what he was doing.