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Grey Ghost 04-29-2021 9:16pm

.50 cal. hot round goes boom
 


I've had a couple of bad experiences with my .69 musket...nowhere near this guys level...but, once bitten twice shy ever since just before the trigger pull.

MEANZ06 04-29-2021 9:44pm

Lucky sumbitch :yesnod:

I like the "just put a thumb in it" shirt :D

Dan47 04-29-2021 10:14pm

Dang. Lots of experience with the ma duece but compared to a 120mm main gun, never respected it like I should have.

ToolMaker 04-30-2021 6:47am

I have been following all of Scott's video's over the past year or so. He is very strong, mentality and physically, and it's the only reason he is still with us. It made me sick to see how badly he was hurt!

BADRACR1 04-30-2021 3:42pm

Daaaamn.

Torqaholic 04-30-2021 5:23pm

I duped your post lol. Sorry bout that but delete seems to work well hahaha :D

Watched that video in .25 speed. This guy is very lucky to be alive.

In my worthless opinion if the normal working pressure is 55,000 he experienced far more than the 85000 mentioned. 85k would be around proof testing level and the gun should withstand that. IMO he probably saw something closer to double working pressure (110k). Catastrophic failure depends on design parameters and single shot actions such as his are as strong as it gets.

ToolMaker 05-01-2021 9:58am

Check out this perspective.


Aerovette 05-01-2021 11:28am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torqaholic (Post 1878092)
I duped your post lol. Sorry bout that but delete seems to work well hahaha :D

Watched that video in .25 speed. This guy is very lucky to be alive.

In my worthless opinion if the normal working pressure is 55,000 he experienced far more than the 85000 mentioned. 85k would be around proof testing level and the gun should withstand that. IMO he probably saw something closer to double working pressure (110k). Catastrophic failure depends on design parameters and single shot actions such as his are as strong as it gets.

Yes, I agree there were unreal forces exerted there. Taking the threads out of the cap is insane and then the added force needed to tear those tabs off had to be off the charts. with the barrel unobstructed, there was a clear path for the explosion out the barrel behind the round and it STILL blew apart with enough force to also take the barrel completely off. That is three points of failure. :willy:

Chuck A 05-01-2021 12:02pm

very painful, indeed

carlton_fritz 05-01-2021 12:21pm

Paused it before the shot. Kinda chicken to watch it.:leaving:

Aerovette 05-01-2021 12:31pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz (Post 1878259)
Paused it before the shot. Kinda chicken to watch it.:leaving:

It's not graphic

Torqaholic 05-01-2021 3:09pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz (Post 1878259)
Paused it before the shot. Kinda chicken to watch it.:leaving:

You're not the only one that's scared. This poor guy is probably going to flinch every time he pulls a trigger for the rest of his life.

Grey Ghost 05-01-2021 6:44pm

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Originally Posted by Torqaholic (Post 1878290)
You're not the only one that's scared. This poor guy is probably going to flinch every time he pulls a trigger for the rest of his life.

I had a wing come off a percussion cap and smack me in the eye. Lucky it didn't cut or embed itself in my pupil. Gave me a black eye and a terrible headache just from it. We seldom draw our ramrods or ram paper from the cartridge. We only do it at memorial services to go through the entire load and fire routine. We had fired one volley and the command was to load for the next. I ripped the cartridge and poured the black powder down my barrel...boom! Some of the paper must have still been in the bottom and burning from the previous round. We practice as much safety as possible. We keep the barrel turned away from face and others beside us. It did embed black powder grains into the skin of the fingers that were over the barrel when it ignited and a good burn from it. I still flinch a little and refuse to ram paper.

carlton_fritz 05-01-2021 7:10pm

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Originally Posted by aerovette (Post 1878262)
It's not graphic

I went ahead and watched it, but thanks.:cert:

bigblock427 05-01-2021 8:50pm

Horeeee SheeeeeeT!

He is both unlucky and lucky. God was watching over him.:yesnod:

Rodnok1 05-01-2021 9:46pm

Bet he don't fire ammo he doesn't know 100% about again... He's a lucky sum bitch didn't kill him.

Torqaholic 05-13-2021 7:58pm

There's new video regarding the incident.


Shear strength on the threads is calculated to be over 160,000 psi.

allthrottleandsomebottle 05-13-2021 9:00pm

I have NEVER liked the idea of threads holding the breech together on a .50........I have worked all kinds of metal, threads, etc my whole life and I will pass...........had a chance to buy and flip a .50 BMG Anzio Ironworks Corp. pistol....it had threads so I passed

markids77 05-13-2021 9:05pm

Dude is soft in the head. Kept going back to rounds which were behaving oddly even though he admits he had no idea of the origin or history of that ammo. He is truly blessed by God to have survived to tell his story. Dumb as a box of rocks, but blessed.


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