BOOM! S&W fail....

[M. Sage]

I don't think the shock would ignite adjacent rounds. Gun powder isn't shock-sensitive to my knowledge. It only burns when you light it.

Now, explosives like C4, TNT and dynamite... You can add them to your campfire without having to worry about blowing yourself up (as long as you don't have a cap in any of them), but I wouldn't be swinging a hammer at any of them.

 

[Maxpower]

most of the damage will buff right out

 

[DCortez]

most of the damage will buff right out

Yea, and add a fresh coat of paint

 

[Texas42]

slightly used S&W revolver for sale. . . by the pound.

 

[thorkyl]

Nothing a little bondo, duct tape, and silver paint would not fix.

looks like a full fledged double charge bad reload

 

[Hoji]

All it takes is a spark in that powder...

But you're right, looking at it again it doesn't look like that happened. More like the gases coming by from the (probably overloaded) cartridge blew the soft brass apart and unseated and "shot" the bullets out.

100% correct. There is a reason that there is a maximum pressure rating. If you routinely see what you can get away wwith, eventually it will bite you in the ass.

 

[randmplumbingllc]

most of the damage will buff right out

But who is gonna buff out his shorts ? LOL !

 

[texreb66]

mm mm mm mm mmm my my my Would hate to be that'un

 

[sgtjab]

Wow, I can't even imagine. This is (was)such a solid gun.

 

[zembonez]

Could somebody post some hi resolution pics? I can't see any damage in these.

 

[cuate]

I don't think that Frank S. the S&W repair man for the Southwest out at Comanche would tough this one with a ten foot pole....

 

[cowboy45]

Might want to back off a grain or 20 on that handload. That looks like a double charge of powder. Anyone got any duct tape handy?

 

[Esoterix]

GunBroker.com Message Forums - Please Be Careful When Handloading Ammo

The individual reloaded with the wrong powder and double charged. The calculated PSI was something like 385,000 psi, way over SAAMI specs. I cannot remember where I first read the story, it was not here or the gunbroker site I listed above. If I find it, I will re-post the link, seeing it was made a "sticky" by request of the person that screwed up and was he was lucky to be alive. It was on a reloading forum that is all I can remember. If somebody else finds the link, it would be nice for them to post it as well -- makes for good reading.

 

[TXCleaver]

PERFECT gun for those "turn your guns in for a free turkey" or whatever at the local precinct!