Kaboom! Not a Glock

[liketoshoot]

Ah it has the infernel lock, thats the problem, if it was pre-lock it would of held up.
Glad he's ok except for I'm sure he needed to change his shorts......

[yzErnie]

Even if he triple charged it there would only have been 12.6gr of powder in the case. Something does not sound right in the story.

[llamatrnr]

What was the grouping like?

[Brown Rock]

13.2 vs 4.2?!?! HOLY HAND GRENADE!

You rang?

[Corbin Dallas]

I dunno, looks like an unsupported chamber to me...

[anothergunnut]

I just measured; a 45ACP case will hold about 16.3 grains of Bullseye if you fill it completely to the top, leaving no room for the bullet. If you go about 3/4 of the way, leaving room for a bullet, you can get about 11 grains of Bullseye.

[cortayack]

Happy to say it, but your friend is a idiot.....Hopefully he has some common sense NOW!!!!!!

[Cokebottle]

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=429907

Is this not the same gun? The cylinder damage detail seems identical.

The pics in that thread are very old... I saw them at least 2 years ago.
Note that the top strap is completely gone, and the casings for the two adjacent chambers are still there.
The cause was likely the same, and this is simply what happens when a revolver Kabooms.

[Bavaria1990]

This is the EXACT reason why I stick with Hi Point

[Cokebottle]

Even if he triple charged it there would only have been 12.6gr of powder in the case. Something does not sound right in the story.

Unless he was loading by volume, rather than measured weight, as mentioned above.

What I want to know is how he knows there was exactly 13.2 grains in that load since when it was fired it burned away. Maybe it was 8.4 or maybe 12.6 but I call BS!

May have been the first shot from a new batch, after collecting himself, he pulled the rest of the batch apart and consistently found 13.2gr loads.

I know I certainly would have at least done a 10% "spot check" on the rest of my batch had something like that happened. This underscores the importance of documenting every batch, just as the manufacturers do with lot numbers, and not just dropping your new loads into an ammo can with the batch that you completed a couple of months ago and haven't used up.


Too many distractions in life. When reloading, the phone, computer, and TV need to be OFF. I almost killed myself working on an amplifier about 20 years ago because I was distracted by a phone call. I thought I had discharged the power supply filter bank, but hadn't. Took a phone call, then after hanging up, promptly zapped myself with an 8 megawatt-second hit at 600vdc.
I still have the scars from the entry and exit on both hands.

[MrOrange]

Not being a smart-azz, but I have a 625 and if he wants to sell that mess cheap I could pick it up for parts.

Being a smart-azz, he's probably so traumatized that he'd pay somebody to take it away, so for $50 I'll take care of it.

Oh snit, I see yer in Anaheim, ugh, shipping!

[yzErnie]

Unless he was loading by volume, rather than measured weight, as mentioned above.

That by itself (volume loading) is a problem. If he doesn't know how to properly load ammo then he shouldn't be loading at all. LOL

[Cali-Shooter]

What was the grouping like?

[m1aowner]

And that's a unique wheel gun. Punch your friend for me please.

I wonder if it can actually be repaired? A little heat treatment, some expert welding, careful hand grinding, and slap in a new cylinder?

Anyone?

[Cokebottle]

That by itself (volume loading) is a problem. If he doesn't know how to properly load ammo then he shouldn't be loading at all. LOL

Agreed, but with ammo cost and availability from 2008-2010, a lot of people got into reloading who have no business putting gas into their own car.