The don't make em like they used to.....

[Fenway]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vftq9hNpvBc]YouTube - 357 Magnum barrel blows off[/ame]

 

[esrice]

Cool parting shot.

 

[arbitrary]

Hope it was a rental

 

[Fenway]

Here are the details from the video

The barrel of a gun ranges's rental Taurus stainless steel 357 magnum blew clean off after we fired about 20 rounds threw it. I happened to be taking video at the time. The guy shooting had some slightly burned and battered fingers but was otherwise fine. Ammo was factory Magtech bought at the range, and the only other ammo we had with us was 22LR

 

[Dave]

Enough said

Taurus

 

[dblagent]

Huh, I had no idea there was a revolver that you could use for long range/hunting and then turn it into a snubby for carry. Only Taurus would think of that.

 

[Lars]

why does that scream "Squib round" in the barrel to me.

 

[Nathan]

wow! and i was looking into buying a taurus. don't worry, i won't let this one incident deter me from my desicion making process.

 

[in812]

why does that scream "Squib round" in the barrel to me.

that would be my frist idea what happened

 

[Crystalship1]

Hmmm.... did you notice the huge fireball in the slow-motion shot? I'm not ready to blame Taurus for this one.

 

[Lars]

Hmmm.... did you notice the huge fireball in the slow-motion shot? I'm not ready to blame Taurus for this one.

Yup. My thought was. The barrel is plugged. Gasses have to go somewhere.

 

[TomN]

Yup. My thought was. The barrel is plugged. Gasses have to go somewhere.

I get that way a lot too, but a spoonful of Metamucil and it all goes away!

 

[Lars]

I get that way a lot too, but a spoonful of Metamucil and it all goes away!

 

[Lars]

Regarding the "Huge fireball". Take a look at these stills from a video of an HK45 firing Remmington 230gr .45 JHPs

The fact the flash is not coming, primarily, out the front of the barrel leads me to believe there was a blockage.

 

[Crystalship1]

Last one is wayyy cool!!!

 

[Mr. Mysterious]

Was the first shot the preceding shot before the Kaboom. If so, it look like that was a normal discharge and not a squib round.

 

[baldmax]

Maybe the cylinder was not lined up with the barrel. If it is a rental, thoses things get abused, causing even the best to fail.

 

[Disposable Heart]

There was an awfully high amount of flash coming from the BACK of the cylinder. Me thinks squib, or a combination of weaker design (its a strong gun, but not a Ruger) and bad ammo, not to mention a beat to crap range rental. I would never rent a gun at the range after hearing horror stories from folks of them blowing up or malfunctioning.

 

[jontheturboguy]

I wonder if a cylinder / chamber error could have caused this (as in the cylinder wasn't lined up to the barrel)?

Doh! baldmax beat me to it...

 

[epsylum]

Regarding the "Huge fireball". Take a look at these stills from a video of an HK45 firing Remmington 230gr .45 JHPs

The fact the flash is not coming, primarily, out the front of the barrel leads me to believe there was a blockage.

The HK45 isn't a revolver and therefore does not have any cylinder gap. I have several muzzle flash pics of revolvers shooting properly that look like there is more flash coming from the cylinder gap than from the muzzle (including one of me shooting an 8" .460mag and the big honking barrel is completely lost in the flash, along with part of the cylinder).

Not to say it wasn't a bore blockage issue, just that revolvers have a lot of flash that come from the cylinder gap that isn't noticable until on film.