Hope this hasn't been posted before.

WTF!!!

 

Can anybody explain?

Holy Crap!

She fires off 6 rounds, no problem. On the 7th, she squeezed the trigger and nothing happened. Then she fiddled with the action, removed something, raised it to her shoulder, pulled the trigger and it fell apart.

 

Watch early in the video and notice the quantity of smoke exiting. Next, watch the quanity of smoke exiting during the catastrophic failure. It is 1/10th.

 

My guess, is that the 7th round had no charge. The primer pushed the bullet into the barrel. The 8th and final round had no where else to go but I'll bet if they looked down the barrel, there was no obstruction as THAT bullet pushed both out but the extreme pressure blew the rifle apart.

 

The key would be knowing what it is she removed during the clearing operation. You can see her grab something with her left hand and drop it on the ground.

Ok,

 

I tracked back to youtube and read her comments. It appears it fired out of battery.

 

I am the person this happened to. The 7th round jammed, which is nothing unusual for this gun. It happens all the time. That is why I didn't really hesitate to shoot the final round. We were using newer ammo, so we don't think that's the problem. My brother has been looking at his M1, and we noticed it will still fire with the chamber not fully closed. The chamber can be open up to 1/2" and the weapon will still fire. We think that's what happend.

The 7th round was a live round. The M1 jammed like it often does. Instead of forcing that round into the chamber, I took it out and slammed the bolt forward. We are thinking the chamber did not close all the way. My brother's M1 will still fire that way.

 

All guns can fail, Specially 70 year old ones that might have seen a couple of wars, loaded with surplus ammo or worse with commercial ammo which may or not may meet the specs of the original ammo (150gr ball only I think, unlike the 180-200gr you can buy now) or even screwed up reloads.

 

Things break.

WTF!!! Can anybody explain?

Frank, Gun Blew Up Frank!!!

She fires off 6 rounds, no problem. On the 7th, she squeezed the trigger and nothing happened. Then she fiddled with the action, removed something, raised it to her shoulder, pulled the trigger and it fell apart.

 

Watch early in the video and notice the quantity of smoke exiting. Next, watch the quanity of smoke exiting during the catastrophic failure. It is 1/10th.

 

My guess, is that the 7th round had no charge. The primer pushed the bullet into the barrel. The 8th and final round had no where else to go but I'll bet if they looked down the barrel, there was no obstruction as THAT bullet pushed both out but the extreme pressure blew the rifle apart.

 

The key would be knowing what it is she removed during the clearing operation. You can see her grab something with her left hand and drop it on the ground.

 

Good analysis Mark!

Frank,

Gun Blew Up!!!

 

Typical Harley Davidson analysis.... Thanks Harry... :girlwacko:

Typical Harley Davidson analysis.... Thanks Harry... :girlwacko:

 

Anytime Frank,,,

Also troubling, she said "We were using newer ammo".

 

So, when you bend the operating rod on a garand, what happens?

Looks like failure to correct firing stance on a blond resulted in a rifle killing itself.

Looks like failure to correct firing stance on a blond resulted in a rifle killing itself.

 

That kind of attitude is what gets us all those you tube videos of girlfriends getting hurt by large caliber handguns and the image that shooting sports are for fat middle aged white man. Please don't do that.

That kind of attitude is what gets us all those you tube videos of girlfriends getting hurt by large caliber handguns and the image that shooting sports are for fat middle aged white man. Please don't do that.

 

 

Really? That's why? All that and fat middle aged white people to boot?

Gosh i'm sorry.

My range is 90% fat middle aged white guys and fat middle aged Filipinos.

My range is 90% fat middle aged white guys and fat middle aged Filipinos.

 

Are we shooting at the same place?

I'm a member at Tenafly. I never realized how much Filipinos like guns until I joined the club.

When she pulls back the bolt, she doesnt let it ride back by itself, but sort of holds it....And it doesnt close all the way. I have seen this with some shooters....They pull back the bolt....but wont just let it go to slam back into battery....If they are lucky the gun wont fire...If they arent...well, you saw the video...