My 50 Cal Exploded
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wrote on 2 Jul 2021, 13:47 last edited by
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wrote on 2 Jul 2021, 19:42 last edited by
Yeow! It was good of this guy to share his experience.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2021, 21:18 last edited by
@kluurs said in My 50 Cal Exploded:
Yeow! It was good of this guy to share his experience.
I really didn't want to get into the weeds of what happened - just wanted to share the HOLY SHIT moment.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2021, 22:31 last edited by
His iPhone saved his life. iPhones should probably get Time's Person of the Year at some point.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2021, 22:54 last edited by
Don't shoot old, unknown hot rounds...
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wrote on 2 Jul 2021, 23:36 last edited by
Wow. He’s lucky to be alive.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2021, 23:42 last edited by
"I'm gonna shoot a 50 cal round into a fire hydrant. What could possibly go wrong?"
Granted, his...um..."experience" had nothing to do with his target, but....
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"I'm gonna shoot a 50 cal round into a fire hydrant. What could possibly go wrong?"
Granted, his...um..."experience" had nothing to do with his target, but....
wrote on 3 Jul 2021, 00:40 last edited by Jolly 7 Mar 2021, 00:44@george-k said in My 50 Cal Exploded:
"I'm gonna shoot a 50 cal round into a fire hydrant. What could possibly go wrong?"
Granted, his...um..."experience" had nothing to do with his target, but....
Not as wild as you would think. A 30-06 AP will go through a piece of railroad steel. I've got some 7.62x39 AP, which is pretty anemic and it will bust an engine block. A .50 BMG will blow through 1/4" plate steel like hot buttah, so a fire hydrant ain't past the point of possibilities.
The lock up system on his rifle is fairly robust. The point failure was how it blew up. With something like a Barrett, I would think it would fail at the locking ring, which might not blow the back of the bolt in your face (reason the 98k Mauser has a blast shield).
That round was hot, hot, hot.