Someone got VERY lucky

fogman · Jul 21, 2012

On Tuesday I was up at Jefferson Sportsman's Association getting some pistol practice in. During one of my breaks I did a little policing of brass in front of the firing line(easy to do when you're the only one on the range). I came across this piece of .30 carbine brass. Someone almost had an out of battery rupture on his M1 Carbine.

jobow74 · Jul 21, 2012

WOW!!!

I wonder if the lucky person even had a clue, either way very lucky

fogman · Jul 21, 2012

I'm going to post the pic on the bulletin board at the range when I go up this week.

Storm40 · Jul 21, 2012

i had an m1 carbine blow up in my hands once.

i dunno if you can tell from the picture, but it looked like the back of the round mushroomed forward into the bore. the above pic makes me think it might have been an out of battery detonation (if i've got my terminology right). kind of a scary day.

eventhorizon · Jul 21, 2012

fogman said:
I'm going to post the pic on the bulletin board at the range when I go up this week.

Great avatar fogman! :party29:

fogman · Jul 22, 2012

Definitely fired out of battery but the case did not rupture. The round fired before the bolt was completely closed causing the case to mushroom in the gap between the unclosed bolt and chamber. There are also a couple of stress cracks in the bulge. I don't think he could have come any closer to a rupture. Reminds you to always wear your eye protection when shooting.

eventhorizon said:
Great avatar fogman!

Thanks, I have it as a bumper sticker on the back window of my truck.

huesmann · Jul 22, 2012

eventhorizon said:
Great avatar fogman!

Too bad Reagan couldn't get elected nowadays.

mranaya · Jul 28, 2012

Woah! Close call! This is the reason I'm not comfortable reloading my own. I know a lot of you have the skill set, but I believe that takes years to develop--or some great instruction from someone who has those years.

km04 · Jul 29, 2012

mranaya said:
Woah! Close call! This is the reason I'm not comfortable reloading my own. I know a lot of you have the skill set, but I believe that takes years to develop--or some great instruction from someone who has those years.

You should get into reloading if you really want to. There is a wealth of knowledge here, and the folks who have it are more than willing to share. I just got into it myself and the folks here were a tremendous help. Search the reloading section, lots of advise, very good advice, and knowledge like I said before. The best thing to do is read up on it and ask questions. The only dumb question is an unasked question(and "are we there yet???").

Drmsparks · Jul 30, 2012

mranaya said:
Woah! Close call! This is the reason I'm not comfortable reloading my own. I know a lot of you have the skill set, but I believe that takes years to develop--or some great instruction from someone who has those years.

Not necessarily due to reloading.

There have been several threads about guys shooting wolf having the same problem. The laquer builds up in the chamber preventing the case from seating fully, eventually this leads to a OOB at a later date....

Machodoc · Aug 10, 2012

Drmsparks said:
The laquer builds up in the chamber preventing the case from seating fully, eventually this leads to a OOB at a later date....

Clean, clean, clean, clean. This was hammered into me by a crusty USMC sergeant in Gitmo about 1956. I was only nine years old, but that didn't matter to him. Maintain a safe environment, clean your piece, and NEVER hit outside of the black! Failure to do any of the above earned me the toe of his boot to my prone-lying and exposed butt.

BPSballistics · Aug 12, 2012

wow really lucky. Thats nuts Bro. If any of you are familiar with hap baker firing facility I wa sinvolve din an accident there 3 years ago where I was taken to the er where they had to cut my leg open and pull out a frag of the bullet. i still have it in a medical jar.

Machodoc · Aug 12, 2012

Storm40 said:
i had an m1 carbine blow up in my hands once.

i dunno if you can tell from the picture, but it looked like the back of the round mushroomed forward into the bore. the above pic makes me think it might have been an out of battery detonation (if i've got my terminology right). kind of a scary day.

Did that M1 happen to have "Universal" stamped on it?

Hotrod Diesel · Aug 12, 2012

I imagine Wednesdays are empty. Normally on a Saturday or Sunday I see 1 other person all day, unless its the week before deer season...

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