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Posted: 4/16/2019 11:02:18 AM EDT

How this gun didn't blow up is beyond me.

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:12:51 AM EDT

[#1]

Wow!

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:13:02 AM EDT

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Cylinder gap vents pressure yo!
It would only blow if the obstructed barrel prevented the bullet from leaving the cylinder.
I am surprised it's not ringed though.

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:15:31 AM EDT

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Posted: 4/16/2019 11:15:35 AM EDT

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Looks like they ran through the whole cylinder.

In a 500 magnum no less.
It's amazing that didn't kaboom in a spectacular fashion.

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:16:37 AM EDT

[#5]

OP, you play guitar?

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:29:30 AM EDT

[#6]

No Kaboom = the Gods were not angry.

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:32:08 AM EDT

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LOL not my hands. These were posted by a local shop.

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:32:26 AM EDT

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Posted: 4/16/2019 11:32:41 AM EDT

[#9]

Miss miss miss miss miss

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:33:34 AM EDT

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That's pretty amazing.

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:35:10 AM EDT

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How would you not notice that was happening after a couple rounds?

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:42:51 AM EDT

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Out of a 500? Impressive.

Edit: if they were squibs then I'm willing to bet the owner was doing reloads for lower velocities/recoil impulse. That's why it probably didn't blow up.

Posted: 4/16/2019 11:48:53 AM EDT

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rookie numbers

link

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:07:48 PM EDT

[#14]

THAT is impressive!

I wonder what the guy thought when he saw that he wasn't hitting the target?

I know, shoot again!

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:10:32 PM EDT

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Ho lee shit.

I have had 1 squib in my 20 years of shooting and I knew something was wrong instantly. The gun felt and sounded different when it happened.

That guy must have completely zoned out or something.

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:13:19 PM EDT

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Patsy reloads so he could shoot his .500 like a boss without flinching like a bitch?

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:17:16 PM EDT

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I am surprised it's not ringed though.

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This.

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:21:41 PM EDT

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rookie numbers

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Hi-Point, too ugly to die.

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:23:44 PM EDT

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The gods were probably too fucking dumbfounded and busy laughing their asses off.

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:24:31 PM EDT

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Squibs are usually really obvious

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:32:46 PM EDT

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Last time I was shooting with a friend who brought some CCI quiet .22lr to the range.
Work exceptionally well with his suppressed 16" carbine, I fart louder than that rifle with those loads.

I loaded a few rounds in my CZ 455 Ultralux with the 28.5" barrel.
Round never made it out of the barrel. It went "putz" but no sound of the round hitting the backstop.
I pulled the bolt, looked down the barrel & it was black.

Pushed it out with a cleaning rod easy peasy.
Not even close to what is posted in the OP but it was a great reminder to listen when you shoot.
It was my 1st squib, & the 2nd that happened on my range. Caught both before any appendages were blown off.

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:34:45 PM EDT

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Those are rookie numbers. I had a shooter put 26 air rifle pellets in, but none came out!!! He is a graduate student though.

He beat the older record of 17 pellets

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:37:47 PM EDT

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I should have had a squib in 44 mag once but the crimp kept the bullet in the case. No powder, primer only. Definitely sounded wrong.

Posted: 4/16/2019 12:48:36 PM EDT

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I want to know where the air is going between those rounds

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:19:14 PM EDT

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Yeah, I caught that too.

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:22:54 PM EDT

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I reload some mouse fart loads for my J frame, I shot them from my Marlin 357 lever and the report was so subtle I checked the barrel for a squib.

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:25:18 PM EDT

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I always thought the OP was a dude? Since he’s not, how bout some pics?

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:26:26 PM EDT

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I reload some mouse fart loads for my J frame, I shot them from my Marlin 357 lever and the report was so subtle I checked the barrel for a squib.

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:26:56 PM EDT

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And they will put up the same gun for sale on Armslist saying it is like NIB and never had an issue...

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:33:44 PM EDT

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Twice.

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:42:36 PM EDT

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You'd think like a thousand times more obvious with .500 magnum.

Posted: 4/16/2019 1:54:33 PM EDT

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I did that with a 22 revolver one time. "Missed my target three times before I walked up on it and missed again. Checked the gun and all the bullets were lodged behind a barrel obstruction.

Posted: 4/16/2019 2:04:03 PM EDT

[#33]

That should be S&W's next ad.

Posted: 4/16/2019 2:06:23 PM EDT

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What's the story behind it?

How were they extracted? Hydraulic pressure using grease?

How is the barrel? Specifically, is there a bulge?

Posted: 4/16/2019 2:09:27 PM EDT

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I reload some mouse fart loads for my J frame, I shot them from my Marlin 357 lever and the report was so subtle I checked the barrel for a squib.

Twice.

Looks like he would have learned after the first time that he didn't have to do that.

Posted: 4/16/2019 2:14:40 PM EDT

[#36]

Darwin smiled and passed on that one. Sheeeeiiiiit!

Posted: 4/16/2019 2:58:36 PM EDT

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Yeah, details would be interesting, instead of just the smith merely posting the usual “look at what our dumbass customer did”.

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