My 50 Cal Exploded

[George K]

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[kluurs]

Yeow! It was good of this guy to share his experience.

[George K]

@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.

[Horace]

His iPhone saved his life. iPhones should probably get Time's Person of the Year at some point.

[Jolly]

Don't shoot old, unknown hot rounds...

[jon-nyc]

Wow. He’s lucky to be alive.

[George K]

"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....

[Jolly]

@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.