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I'm still curious why it has a screw on breech cap, and isn't just a traditional break action.
If it was a traditional break action and failed, you'd still have a significant amount of steel shielding you from the gasses. I would expect that would be cheaper to make as well...
Jaybird1980
Grandmaster
As someone who has shoulder fired a .458 Lott, I would have zero interest in firing that gun. Lol.
His Dad took it like a champ though.
Old slap rounds, using a smaller caliber projectile with a sabot of plastic around. Not been made in ages. I need to find the studies, but the military had trouble with the sabots coming apart in the barrel. Add into the effect of the plastic being old. Nothing But Trouble… look at the shots just before it blew, the shots were not going where expected. That should have been a red flag, but nope. Kept shooting them. I am going to guess the sabots were failing, that would explain the previous shots, and why it blew. I suspect a sabot failed and the sub caliber projectile nose dived into the rifling mid barrel. Instant barrel obstruction and kaboom. And with that threaded barrel end, an instant pipe bomb.
Probably not a good idea to fire something with that much recoil with a chest that is not fully healed yet.
Just for some perspective a .458 win mag produces about 5,300 ft/lbs. of energy, a modern .416 Rigby can reach 5,700 ft/lbs., the .458 Lott ups that to around 5,900 ft/lbs, and the .700 nitro express can produce up to 9,000 ft/lbs. of energy. I've shot a .458 win mag and a .416 Rigby, those were about enough for me.
Wow! Thanks for sharing this video! Luck had nothing to do with it on that day...and he knows that. God gets the credit and glory and He's obviously not done with him yet! And he appears well aware of that. Seems like a great guy...glad he is alive and healing well!
Jaybird1980
Grandmaster
This guy is wild
I have shot one just like it.
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"Freak accident"....No.
He never stopped and looked at the fired cases in the original incident. Watching the video he just threw them on the ground. Even when there was a significant sound/recoil difference from a normal round.
This new video doesn't really prove anything to me. How about disassembling one of the SLAP rounds? see what it is loaded with. Blowing up an expensive gun never impressed me other than a manufacturer under controlled conditions for testing reasons. There were no scientific controls applied in this video.
Sorry, just not impressed.
Don
He never stopped and looked at the fired cases in the original incident. Watching the video he just threw them on the ground. Even when there was a significant sound/recoil difference from a normal round.
This new video doesn't really prove anything to me. How about disassembling one of the SLAP rounds? see what it is loaded with. Blowing up an expensive gun never impressed me other than a manufacturer under controlled conditions for testing reasons. There were no scientific controls applied in this video.
Sorry, just not impressed.
Don
