C5 Golfer Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 A friend of mine sent these photos. The poor guy left his bore sighting device in the barrel and took his first and last shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Holysh#t!! At least it came out that end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 i believe this was deemed "plausable" by the mythbusters, although their tests didnt provide results like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bird Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 when i received that email it also had pictures of the guy being carted off to the ambulance. true or not, I'm glad to not have been involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 i believe this was deemed "plausable" by the mythbusters, although their tests didnt provide results like that Yep. They determined that it could split the barrel, but not banana-peel the barrel like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjvircks Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 wouldn't the splitting follow the rifling on the barrel interior? Looks to me like someone used a bandsaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopoet178 Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 holy crap!!!!!!! thats a keeper. think about the story he can tell his grandkids some day. ha ha last shot from the gun, right? not from the guy, right? cuz that would be very bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 I've seen a gun first hand that the barel was blocked and even though it was a shotgun the result was NOTHING like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 yeah mythbusters was all over that. great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.T. Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 total fake That rifle failed in the manner that most modern, mass produced rifles are designed to fail. The metallurgical structure of the barrel is designed with "stringers" (impurities designed into the structure and worked into a desired orientation) that run the length to the length of the barrel. The stringers provide the path of least resistance, which the crack will propagate along, not the rifling. Barrels are supposed to banana peel, but that doesn't always mean they will. If a rifle old (i.e. pre-"stringer" design), or has severe corrosion inside the barrel, the failure mechanism could be different. The purpose of the peel is that it prevents the barrel fragmenting and shrapnel flying everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 wow, i wonder why they didn't go over that on the show. I'm not on the forum there, but if it hasn't been mentioned yet, someone should go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I've seen a gun first hand that the barel was blocked and even though it was a shotgun the result was NOTHING like that shotgun barrels are much thinner and react totally differently. they usually just bulge where the blockage was. be careful buying a used one you will sometimes find a bulged barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 shotgun barrels are much thinner and react totally differently. they usually just bulge where the blockage was. be careful buying a used one you will sometimes find a bulged barrel. yup, and a small chunk was missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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