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About LinkBacksWOW! That's scary indeed,its got me wondering about my 340PD now. But I don't use to many magnums in its,just mostly +P .38's for practice and some .357 SD loads.
I to think this was a factory defect as well,and what a defect to boot.
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WOW! That's scary indeed,its got me wondering about my 340PD now. But I don't use to many magnums in its,just mostly +P .38's for practice and some .357 SD loads.
I to think this was a factory defect as well,and what a defect to boot.
Snub nose revolvers,the original concealed carry guns.
"Light weight" and "magnum" are two things that never went together in my mind, I stick to my steel revolvers.
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Don't worry I have a 340PD and a 360PD both have seen magnum loads. Just keep the bullet 120 grain or heavier.Originally Posted by 1911luver
If the pistol has a defect bad enough to cause a kaboom nothing short of putting it on display will keep it from failing. This goes for steel, aluminum, titanium, polymer and scandium. Checking the pistol for any defects or failures and getting them fixed before you have a catastrophic failure would be best.
That said I have put well over 200 .357 magnum and 500+ .38 special through my 340PD and have experienced no failures, no jacket spitting, no kabooms, no flame cutting and no squibs.
Keep it, shoot it, put ice on your wrist... wash rinse repeat
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
I agree, I bet it would be the case the majority of the time.
The Ruger MKIII 22/45 is the worst handgun in history to take apart, but is one of the funnest to shoot...
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I'm with you on this one. A .44 Magnum revolver with a scandium alloy frame just seems, right up front, like such a bad idea. Cylinder looks fine. Barrel looks fine. I don't think that can classify as a KB. Looks like the barrel just torqued the frame apart.
Under the sword lifted high, there is Hell, making you tremble. But go ahead, and you have the land of Bliss.
~ Miyamoto Musashi
It is amazing that the Forum can see the obvious but Smith & Wesson engineers and marketing cannot.
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.44 magnum SAAMI pressures are only about 1000 CUP higher then .357 magnum....
I actually applaud smith for trying something different. Going for a feather weight gun using a metal alloy instead of making a plastic magnum. Imagine having a pistol that can take down large game and weigh about as much as a steel j frame.
The 340PD and 360PD are production guns that have the best power to weight ratio in the world. I own both and I bought my 340PD knowing that some scandium pistols have KB before. What gun doesn't?
I guess I'm alone here but I like the scandium pistols.
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Ditto. That's why I'm picking up a Ruger Super Redhawk for my .44Mag gun for when I go camping. Sure, I'd probably sink to the bottom of a river if I ever fell out of a canoe, but the gun would survive.
I'll be picking up the .44Mag at the next gun show slated for the beginning of June.
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Holy moly! That would have been a bad day for sure.
"...whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one." (Luke 22:36)
Christianity and Self Defense from a Biblical Perspective
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Right, if one out of every ten thousand revolvers fail that doesn't mean the design is bad.
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Yeah looks like a defect on a gun that was a questionable design to begin with. I'll stick with steel for my magnum revolvers, thank you very much.
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This might be something to consider if thinking about getting a Ruger LCR .357 Magnum.
"The Second Amendment: America's Original Homeland Security"
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I wonder if those people with the KABOOMS can still open there ketchup bottles.
I'll stick with my STAINLESS STEEL 629's
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