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July 3rd, 2009, 03:30 AM
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5.56 Cartridge Failure
I was just reading the thread about the S&W M&P-15 that exploded and it reminded me of a pic I have from a few months ago. I was shooting with some friends when one of their AR's popped out this gem. Anyone seen this before? Is it very common? The owner is a ex-marine and said he'd never seen it happen before.
The casing from the fired round was ripped in half and a live round was fed into it.   |
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July 3rd, 2009, 04:00 AM
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Wild... that's gotta be a "one in a million" event...
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July 3rd, 2009, 04:02 AM
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talk about feeding a hungry carbine!
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July 3rd, 2009, 04:06 AM
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Were they reloads? By my guess, it looks like there was head separation on extraction, leaving the first casing in the chamber, ejecting the case head, and trying to chamber new round.
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July 3rd, 2009, 05:47 AM
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Geez! Is Glock making their barrels for them? Never seen anything like that.
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July 3rd, 2009, 07:15 AM
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It's not very common, but it happens occasionally when over-worked or defective brass fractures during the firing / extraction cycle.
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July 3rd, 2009, 10:06 AM
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Thanks for posting the pics.
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July 3rd, 2009, 10:30 AM
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July 3rd, 2009, 11:12 AM
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I don't think they were reloads, but I'm actually not even sure what brand ammo it was. I'll have to ask him next time we go out.
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July 3rd, 2009, 02:21 PM
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Never seen that in thousands of rounds fired, including reloads.The good thing is there is no way the gun will fire in that condition
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