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That’d be my guess. Squib, followed by a real one?

Must be that guy from Oregon again.

You know you're thinking it....

LOL

The cerakote dribbled down da tube?

As I understand it, the deceased was attempting to launch a golf ball.

Too much Bullseye powder !

A good reminder to always pound your tomato stakes in butt first.

Wow!
I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that!

" Things like that just make me go all to pieces..."
Droopy Dog

Anxiously awaiting the details from aforementioned mystery member. Bet that was exciting... 😬

Yes! What the hell is the backstory on this? Why all the mystery about what might have happened??

Receiver was just seen at a gun show.. I don't know that more details are known, at least known for sure.

Oh, dang. I had thought you meant the member holding it was the kablooey master.

Of course I used Bullseye powder. I wanted to hit the bullseye.

I'll see if I can find the pic? My neighbors son, in WV, had a Savage 110 in 270 turn the barrel into a banana peel. They called Savage and Savage ask what ammo. They said Hornady factory. Savage said that Hornady had a bad batch of ammo, the machine skipped a shot of powder now and then. They said call Hornady and they would replace the rifle. But, they though it looked so cool as a wall hanger they just kept it.

That has to be a result of a barrel obstruction.

You can't put enough powder in a short case to do that kind of damage.

Randy, are you referring to the picture or Jeremy turning his 110 into a peeled banana? They think Jeremy's rifle was a squib load. If it split the barrel half way down, would the obstruction be closer to the muzzle?

As a general rule a "squib" load* causes destruction behind where the bullet is stuck in the barrel, wherever that point may be. A plugged muzzle will "banana peel" back from the muzzle, how far back being dependent on the dimensions and metallurgy of of the steel in the barrel and the pressure that the obstruction is stopping.


*Seemingly overnight, once upon a time long ago, the term "squib" entered shooter's vocabularies to describe a bullet stuck in a barrel. How that came about is beyond me, probably just another instance of average American's disregard for definitions/pronunciation/spelling/grammar/etc. In fact, there was a Mr. Squibb who designed bullet moulds to cast bullets intended for low velocity close range target practice, plinking, pest control, etc. Ammunition loaded with his bullets was called "squibb loads". Evidently someone stuck a bullet in a barrel when employing squibb loads and blamed it on the load and not the fact he probably did a dumbass thing like creating a super light load that couldn't push the bullet out the end of the barrel, and it caught on. Poor Mr. Squibb's name was forever maligned.

I am referring to the original picture of the 99.

Actually no. I think it came from the Elmer Keith collection!

As a purveyor of mouse farts, Mr. Squibb deserves the eternal shame associated with his name 😝