Springfield grenade

[milsurp2.0]

I'm guessing this guy is not a member or he would have already posted this. Was anyone around when this happened?

http://glock.pro/ammunition-reloading/6077-time-stop-think.html

 

[dennishoddy]

Lucky the injuries weren't much worse. That was a heck of a kaboom.

 

[milsurp2.0]

Lucky the injuries weren't much worse. That was a heck of a kaboom.

Thats what I was thinking. Had to have been a load of pistol powder as the factory proof rounds would have been as high pressure as a double load of the rifle powder or close to it. Either that or the receiver was cracked and ready to go, although I wouldn't think so the way the case was incinerated.

 

[Perplexed]

It's incidents like this that will make reloading a long and stressful process for me if I ever get started doing that. I'd be going very slowly, double- and triple-checking every round, and wringing my hands the entire time.

 

[milsurp2.0]

It's incidents like this that will make reloading a long and stressful process for me if I ever get started doing that. I'd be going very slowly, double- and triple-checking every round, and wringing my hands the entire time.

I go pretty fast. The only time I slow down is to grab another beer or light another cigarette.

 

[cmhbob]

Thats what I was thinking. Had to have been a load of pistol powder as the factory proof rounds would have been as high pressure as a double load of the rifle powder or close to it. Either that or the receiver was cracked and ready to go, although I wouldn't think so the way the case was incinerated.

Near the end of the thread, there was an engineer commenting something to that effect, based on the coloring of several cracks he saw.

 

[been]

Thats crazy! glad nobody was seriously hurt!

 

[criticalbass]

I once owned a rewelded '03, and traded it off at Tulsa for a Glock. Now I'm more pleased than ever that I no longer own that rifle, and hope whoever now owns it doesn't suffer the same consequences as the subject of this post.

It is evident by the continued posts about reloading safety that not everyone has read the entire contents of the link. It was a failed reweld of a demilled '03 that caused the kaboom.

Not to downgrade the need for reloading safety. It's serious business.

 

[milsurp2.0]

I once owned a rewelded '03, and traded it off at Tulsa for a Glock. Now I'm more pleased than ever that I no longer own that rifle, and hope whoever now owns it doesn't suffer the same consequences as the subject of this post.

It is evident by the continued posts about reloading safety that not everyone has read the entire contents of the link. It was a failed reweld of a demilled '03 that caused the kaboom.

Not to downgrade the need for reloading safety. It's serious business.

I just read that. The guy was knowingly shooting a welded on receiver. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

[HiredHand]

I just read that. The guy was knowingly shooting a welded on receiver. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Gibbs seems to stand by their use of reactivated drill rifle receivers. http://www.gibbsrifle.com/files/val_message.pdf