Kentucky Ballistics gun explosion
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He is lucky to be alive
FrenchieBoy
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That is one very lucky man!
Only three questions.
What make were his safety glasses, because I want some ?
What ungodly thing was that Serbu rifle, with the breech cap being merely restrained by a precious few fine pitched threads ? Goodness me it looked as rickety as anything.
Why on earth did he keep on shooting that dodgy ammo, despite all clear signs that it was not right from the beginning ?
Observations:
Assuming that we have heard the whole story, albeit perhaps with some embellishment, why oh why do our (ex) colonial cousins have such a love of doing mad and crazy things like this, that serve no purpose whatsoever ? Is it that their youtube channels are so lucrative, or that they are only defined by self affirmation from their groupies ?
His bottom line was that he still didn't think that he had done anything wrong, misjudged anything, and that his God had saved him, to keep on carrying on. Interesting.
What make were his safety glasses, because I want some ?
What ungodly thing was that Serbu rifle, with the breech cap being merely restrained by a precious few fine pitched threads ? Goodness me it looked as rickety as anything.
Why on earth did he keep on shooting that dodgy ammo, despite all clear signs that it was not right from the beginning ?
Observations:
Assuming that we have heard the whole story, albeit perhaps with some embellishment, why oh why do our (ex) colonial cousins have such a love of doing mad and crazy things like this, that serve no purpose whatsoever ? Is it that their youtube channels are so lucrative, or that they are only defined by self affirmation from their groupies ?
His bottom line was that he still didn't think that he had done anything wrong, misjudged anything, and that his God had saved him, to keep on carrying on. Interesting.
Foxyboy43
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Jeez!! If ever there was a lesson for us all to make sure we know what we are putting in our rifle this is it. I tell so many tyro newbie reloaders that they are making a potential bomb which if they get it wrong may well detonate three inches from their face - this video isvproof if ever there was any of just that. Moral is start low and work up in small increments, please!
The normal maximum chamber pressure for the .50 BMG is 55,000 psi. Proof pressure is 65,000 psi. For a production model to give way at 85,000 psi is entirely acceptable.
As a comparison, the .308 Win maximum chamber pressure is 50,000 psi.
A Guy Out West
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Just another reason to load your own ammo.
Yanks don't proof their guns.
Serbu can say what they like about what it could have coped with, but they cannot possibly know about any individual thing, unless it has been proofed. Even then, no guarantees as to how it might deteriorate later with poor materials, manufacturing, user neglect, etc. etc. Still looked like a pipe bomb with a barrel screwed on the end to me.
No comparison in bolt thrust between a 308 and a .50 BMG. Massive difference.
"Entirely acceptable" ? Good grief.
Fundamentally the chump carried on shooting his ancient unprovenanced dodgy rounds despite all warning signs, until eventually it blew. But they cost him "over $100 a round and were rare things" thus therefore very special.
To what end ? To shoot through an old fire hydrant and add content to his channel.
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Same thing struck me, I would rather say 2-3x safety factor. You need to take fatigue, wear and tolerances into account.
I worked long enough on tensile strength testing.
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Do you really believe that all US weapons manufacturers do not pressure test their products before they sell them to possibly the most litigious public in the world?
It may be batch testing and not the CIP methodology of 2 proof rounds per barrel but Yanks do proof their guns.
A Guy Out West
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Hehe, you watched it.
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