Tampa-XD45 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/20/sw-500-explodes-shooters-hand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 A classic case of loading a .380 brass .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Thunder Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm guessing 'Ouch!' is the word we're looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolguy Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 It looks to me like there was an inclusion in the original barrel material that gave way, resulting in the frame breaking too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alecmc Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I bet the timing of the cylinder was the culprit ,timed up slow when the primer went off and bullet impacted the forcing cone and blew up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken6PPC Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 And THAT is how Ian developed his incurable flinch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolverJockey Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 5 hours ago, alecmc said: I bet the timing of the cylinder was the culprit ,timed up slow when the primer went off and bullet impacted the forcing cone and blew up. I agree. I bet the hand was a little too short looks like it was cocked really slow and out of alignment. I have seen a few revolvers come through the shop where a round was stuck in the barrel and a second was fired - even in .44 mag but the cylinders were still locked closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatJones Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 A customer of mine lost a .460 in a similar manner. This particular gun had somewhere around 5k rounds through it. The rifling was very worn and it appeared to me that a small crack had begun at the forcing cone and finally let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 The guy could have weak thumbs but it seems funny that he had to use both thumbs to cock the gun. I wonder if the cylinder was binding up, for whatever reason, and was misaligned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missed it by that much Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Got to say he had some good follow through on that shot.... Or suffered from PTSDSent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 On 9/21/2017 at 7:05 AM, jhgtyre said: The guy could have weak thumbs but it seems funny that he had to use both thumbs to cock the gun. I wonder if the cylinder was binding up, for whatever reason, and was misaligned? If the bullet had worked forward under recoil and was protruding beyond the front of the cylinder, that could explain the effort needed to manually cock the hammer. In the video, as you see the barrel falling down, you can see that the forcing cone has a long split. I suspect that incomplete cylinder indexing is the most likely culprit for this. Good catch on the cocking effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete627 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Wow ... great video. I wonder how far a cylinder can be out of index and still hit the primer?? The cylinder could have been dragging on a squib stuck in the forcing cone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolverJockey Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Assuming you meant angularity, it would be equal to [(2piR)/.120")*360]. This accounts for the farthest off center hit I have seen that still set off the primer. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete627 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 1 minute ago, RevolverJockey said: Assuming you meant angularity, it would be equal to [(2piR)/.120")*360]. This accounts for the farthest off center hit I have seen that still set off the primer. Lee Yep ... moving the bullet past the forcing cone moves the primer past the path of the firing pin ... Seems like if it were in alignment enough to hit the primer that the bullet would probably go out the hole ... if there were a hole. In any case ... they were sure well prepared to capture the event on video ... That was pure luck capturing a video like that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water63 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 On 9/20/2017 at 3:09 PM, Ken6PPC said: And THAT is how Ian developed his incurable flinch... It would give me one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpr17 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 On 9/20/2017 at 2:09 PM, Ken6PPC said: And THAT is how Ian developed his incurable flinch... LMAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHitchcock Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I know this happened back in September....but did the shooter end up with any burns/injury to his hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echd Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I love shooting my 500 (for a little while, at least) but I'd love to know average round counts before one has the potential to have these sorts of issues. I know battlefield Las Vegas, a business that rents out guns in LV, says that after having some similar rapid, unplanned disassembled they began replacing barrels every 6 months or so on the 500s. I'd wager the vast majority of 500s out there probably have yet to crack a hundred rounds. I don't load mine to factory full power status often and I still put it down after 25-30 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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