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Never blew one up, exactly, but did some damage and had a solid scare with a case rupture in the Taurus knockoff of the Beretta many years ago shooting some cheap range reloads.
Haven't gone near cheap reloads since.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something,
make it a hole to remember.
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My first reload ever…blew up my first rifle…a Springfield/Savage single shot .22. Split the bolt, ballooned the receiver (which was machined integral with the barrel, or else I probably would have sent the barrel downrange.  )
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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Savage 110 300 Win Mag ![[Linked Image]](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/Shoalcove/Savage/Part2.jpg) A classic Campfire moment. Would you take load advice from the guy that caused that ?? really ? Makes me think of the old phrase " stupid hurts" . I konw I know.... chit happens There was NOTHING unplanned about it. Apparently your magnificent powers of observation missed the the string, which was of course attached to the trigger.
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I didn't miss the string. It was pretty obvious.
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Savage 110 300 Win Mag A classic Campfire moment. Would you take load advice from the guy that caused that ?? really ? Makes me think of the old phrase " stupid hurts" . I konw I know.... chit happens There was NOTHING unplanned about it. Apparently your magnificent powers of observation missed the the string, which was of course attached to the trigger. Pretty poorly planned IMO. Obviously, the bungie you used on the fore-rest was too wimpy, else it would have held things better.  And, BTW, why didn't the chronograph make it into the pic? Any good overload deserves to have its speed recorded for posterity on the chrono.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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What did it take to blow that Savage to bits?
Stupidity is expensive
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!
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36 cal. cap n ball, chainfire all 6 cyl.
there is no man more free than he who has nothing left to lose --unknown--
" If it bleeds we can kill it" Conan The Barbarian
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Didn't happen to me, I was there as an instructor when a student blew up his .45ACP Colt 1911.
He had been shooting his Colt Delta Elite 10mm a few minutes earlier and switched to his carry .45ACP. He stuffed his mags with .45ACP, which was on the bench with his 10mm ammo. He was talking with other shooters around him and didn't notice that he stuck a 10mm round in the mag.
In the middle of a firing drill, his pistol went "click" instead of "bang", so he did a proper Type 1 malfunction clearance, chambering a .45ACP round.
The 10mm round had been stripped out of the mag and shoved into the chamber, and into the barrel, just out of reach of the firing pin, creating an obstruction.
Continuing the drill, he fired the .45ACP round, the bullet striking the 10mm round, which went off, inside the barrel just forward of the chamber.
The barrel was blown into three pieces, the barrel bushing went downrange, the slide blown up at about a 30 degree angle, the mag was blown out of the frame and both grip panels blew off, tearing the pistol from his grip.
Fortunately, no one, including the shooter was injured.
Ed
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Never been that Stupid so far
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Never had one blow up but I did have a Browning BT99 I bought used that had a choke tube peel up from the inside. It was an after market tubing done before I bought it. I've seen a few ruptured barrels from stuck wads so I always check before I drop the next shell in the chamber. After the last shot of a round of handicap I noticed an obstruction near the muzzle. The choke tube was caved in just like someone had stood it on end and hit the back end with a hammer. It unscrewed from the barrel just fine and the shop owner gave me a full refund for the gun. I'm glad I noticed it before I shot another round.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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Savage 110 300 Win Mag A classic Campfire moment. Would you take load advice from the guy that caused that ?? really ? Makes me think of the old phrase " stupid hurts" . I konw I know.... chit happens To answer your question............YES I would take his load advice.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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Never has happened to me and I have been reloading since about 1964. Unless I know the person real well, I don't shoot other's reloads
Years ago I did pick up a decent Fox Sterlingworth that had the right barrel blown about 14" up. Wasn't the owner's fault as it appeared the reamer had walked one way at that point and the metal was very thin. I have since re-barreled that shotgun myself for a good shooter.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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Only once have I seen one in person. Barrel peeled back on a rifle after the shooter forgot a bore guide was still in the muzzle.
Oops.
Nobody hurt, amazingly.
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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gnoahhh; Good day to you sir, I trust that your Friday the 13th has been without incident thus far. While I'm cognizant you've clearly stated guns that I've blown up, hopefully I can be forgiven for a posting these photos and details of one that is in my possession but I was not present at it's demise. ![[Linked Image]](http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/DSCN15092.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/DSCN15072.jpg) It was a B78 chambered in .22-250, which at the time belonged to a now passed on single shot rifle enthusiast and hobby gunsmith. As I inherited it from his estate the information I received was second hand, but I was able to view all the parts that were able to be found that day. The fore end was shattered, as was the butt stock. The barrel was loose and had moved somewhat forward - we unscrewed it by hand with no effort. Strangely it looked OK? The cocking lever/trigger guard was broken at the pivot points. The drop block was visibly damaged as was the extractor. The hammer was nowhere to be found. The best guess was that the gentleman had somehow managed to chamber a .250 round in the rifle as he had both at the range that day and ammunition for them on the bench. Thanks for the sobering reading your thread has provided sir and all the best to you this weekend. May we all go the remainder of our shooting lives without another such incident. Dwayne
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Witnessed a Ruger 45 ACP blow up, I figure it must have been a double charge. Bowed the slide, popped the magazine and the guts thereof out the bottom. The recoil brought the pistol up just enough to pop his nose...it was sore for a while (the nose and his pride)
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Never did anything quite so crazy as blow up a gun, but there was a day when I flat made a mess of a 12.7mm gun with 7.62mm ammo.
I may have learned that from 'Flave.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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I blew up the first Kimber 6PPC every made. It's serial number was 6PPC-1. I was sent to the range with the rifle and five boxes of Sako ammo. In my stupidity, I didn't tie the rifle to a tire and fire it by lanyard. I fired it from the shoulder and it literally blew up. The receiver split at the top,the barrel landed about thirty yards downrange, the scope hopped up in the air and hit my head, the bolt stayed in the receiver, but the cocking piece literally blew up ... parts of it left in my right hand still. The worst part was that the receiver had a gas relief hole in the bottom of the action, but nobody had thought to drill the heavy laminated stock so that the gas could actually escape. When the gas hit the laminated wood, it opened up like a duckfoot. When the stock closed back up, a bunch of the skin of my left hand was squished and inside of the stock. When the round went off, my face burned and I could not see. My face hurt and my left hand was on fire. The stock was stuck to my left hand. My glasses were like sandblasted by steel and brass and there was blood flowing from my forehead and down my face. Somehow, I got my glasses off and the blood out of my eyes. At that point in time, Greg Warne and three potential investors showed up to witness the firing of Greg's newest wunderkind. When Greg saw me ... bleeding and helpless ... he blanched and suggested that the group retire to a nicer place. I croaked, "Could one of you please take a screwdriver and open the laminations, so I can get my hand out of this stock?" They all looked blankly at me, got in Greg's fancy leased automobile and drove off. Typical rich yuppie pukes. I finally got the stock off my hand, the bleeding stopped and the rifle pieces gathered up. I took the sh1t back to Kimber of Oregon and dumped it on Greg's desk. That was the last shot I fired for Kimber. Reason for the blowup was simple. There were no gunsmiths at Kimber. When Clymer called to ask if the 6PPC reamer was to be "target" (meaning turned neck) or sporter (not turned neck), the secretary said, "Well, Kimber makes accurate rifles, to send us a target reamer, you silly  " So, I put a non-turned cartridge in a chamber that was intended for a turned case neck. The neck had no expansion room and the bullet became a solid bore obstruction. Can you spell D.E.T.O.N.A.T.I.O.N ???? I'm lucky the blowup didn't kill me. The bolt could easily have blown back between my eyes and into my brain. Might I state that the rifle was built by fools who knew very little about firearms? Anyway, that is my opinion. Blessings, Steve And I thought your blog was a good read! Dang brother, you got some stories to tell. Thanks for sharing that one.
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is.
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After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
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[quote][ Guns you've blown up /quote]
Not a single one.....now let me find some wood to knock on.....
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I was acquainted with one fellow who, on our first time out in the field together, held his 257 Weatherby between his legs to pry the bolt open after a shot. Apparently his reloading philosophy was to load it up till the bolt seized or a primer blew and back it off a half grain. I avoided going afield with him after that incident. I always figured I'd hear that he blew one up but I never did hear if he did.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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I had to stalk the rifle I blew up. It didn't want to be destroyed. It was sitting on a rifle rest under the range canopy. It looked to be sleeping. I crept up on it slowly, hiding behind the roof pillars to avoid being seen.
When I got to within five feet of it, I thought that I'd been discovered. I dove down behind a shooting bench, to the right of the Remington bolt. At first I thought that it might have been blind on that side, but learned later from a Remington employee (Mike Walker maybe?) that bolt actions have problems seeing out of the right side (and the left side for LH rifles)because of the handles. They are also hard of hearing because of their triggers.
Anyway, I slid along the cement floor, slowly sat up beside the rifle, and jammed a loaded cartridge into its breech before it had the chance to slam its bolt shut.
Remingtons are probably the most skittish of all the bolts. You could tell that it was nervous. Mere seconds after I chambered the cartridge, it went off! Luckily I had crouched down below the table top. All I heard was KABOOM!
It was just a plain Jane ADL in 308 Winchester, but it looked like an art exhibit after 30 grains of pistol powder got 'sploded behind a 180 grain Core Lokt! As it expired, I heard it whisper, "Bastards..." And that was that.
The others came running over after they heard the commotion. Old Man Winger - we called him 'the Prospector' because he dressed in dirty, worn work clothes and carried a steel pan in his backpack - yelled,
"Ha! That will serve him right! Smug little rifle! No one can hurt me! I was made with a tough ring of steel!' Bah! Take that you domestic piece of sheit*!" *edited so it wouldn't get bleeped.
Later that afternoon, some short guy, smoking a cigar came over to our table and said, "You'd never do that to a Ruger No. 1."
And he was right of course. I have too much respect for them.
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