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Posted: 1/2/2012 6:02:50 PM EDT
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This video made me wince.
Video Has anyone ever seen a headspace problem like this on a new rifle? Supposedly, this guy re-used a barrel pin and this happened. |
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linky no worky, takes me to my watch later page. Fixed it for you... Video link is here.. NOT pretty.. ETA: Watched video.. HOLY FUCK!!! 
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I would say the guy got hurt pretty bad...
I know this may sound a bit crazy, but something tells me that this catastrophe could have been caused by an over powered round.. I know the video states "light ball" ammo, but how easy it would be to accidentally load up a 203gr round and hit send, therefore resulting in a catastrophic failure.. |
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Sorry about the link. It appeared on the Rifle Dynamics Facebook page last night. Jim Fuller chimed in and said that the shooter apparently re-used an old barrel
pin in his own build. The first shot crushed the pin and the second happened with the apparently excessive headspace. I've never seen or heard of that with a factory new rifle, though. 
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I would say the guy got hurt pretty bad... I know this may sound a bit crazy, but something tells me that this catastrophe could have been caused by an over powered round.. I know the video states "light ball" ammo, but how easy it would be to accidentally load up a 203gr round and hit send, therefore resulting in a catastrophic failure.. Or, wrong powder. Friend of mine loaded up some .308 with some milsurp pulldown. Turned out he grabbed the pistol jug, not the rifle jug. (Both plain white jugs, similar labels, honest mistake) He blew up a FAL. Scary shit when it went up! I'm at work, so haven't watched the vid yet. but, as a PSL owner, I will watch it when I get home. |
| I am very surprised that he didn't get at least some powder burns/brass shrapnel. As for a reused barrel pin, I imagine most of the AK's , PSL's and even G3's out there have their original barrel pin reinstalled and not too many incidents like this that I know of. |
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Update: This is from InterOrdnance, an importer of these rifles.
I.O. Inc. has determined that the use of old military surplus ammunition in the SSG-97 and SSG-2000 rifles may cause malfunctions and damage due to erratic or excessive pressures caused by long-term and/or improper storage. Therefore, the use of any ammunition without a commercial headstamp or the use of any reloaded or otherwise unsuitable ammunition will void the warranty. Repairs on such rifles will be at the owner’s expense. If I.O. cannot repair the rifle, it will be returned to the owner. For best results, I.O. recommends the exclusive use of commercially loaded 7.62x54R cartridges with 146-150 grain bullets. Heavier bullets are unsuitable and may cause extraction, ejection and feeding problems in the SSG due to excessive gas port pressure. Thank you. The gun is designed to use a STANDARD military 54r with a 147-158 grn bullet.
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I Made this public due to I "jumped the Gun" and reused a Drilled Barrel pin on my re-welded build project. For the few dollars for a NEW barrel pin, I should have just waited. Not just a used pin ... a drilled pin. That's why he suspected possible failure. Checking the headspace would have done nothing, the failure was caused by the pin failing during/because of the first shot. The broken pin caused the cartridge to fail to fully feed and stop before the bolt locked ... out of battery discharge when the firing pin met the primer This is not the typical failure with heavy ball, its stupidity ... a drilled out hollowed barrel pin? Darwin at it's best. Link to his other video . . |
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Hey...check out this gunbroker auction...
Same guy?? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=271360545 NON-Shootable PSL with bad gas port KaBoom... Jay |
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