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October 26th, 2005, 04:17 PM
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Blown up GP 100
I stole this off teh ruger forums, since there sre many GP100 owners here thought you may wanna see.
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October 26th, 2005, 04:34 PM
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Was any reason given? Plugged tube, perhaps? Double charged reload?
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October 26th, 2005, 04:44 PM
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By thge looks I would say bad ammo, look at the shell in the cyl, the primmer is blown out, he says it was 10 year old ammo.
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October 26th, 2005, 04:47 PM
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Gotta be bad to blow a GP!!! I haven't caught up on the supposed reason but has every appearance of a double/super hot charge of fast powder.
A squib with lodged bullet followed by second shot would usually cause just barrel bulge damage and not a rupture of chamber wall. For those wanting to see a further selection of revo blow-up pics go browse the THR thread - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=162282
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October 26th, 2005, 05:06 PM
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Thanks Bruce
It is tough to blow up a Ruger cylinder.
That is some tough Stainless steel that Ruger uses. Sure enough did though.
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October 26th, 2005, 06:31 PM
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supposed to be a factory winchester load its also posted on the high road
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October 26th, 2005, 06:41 PM
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Ahah - knew something was familiar. Saw thread several days ago and had half forgotten.
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October 26th, 2005, 06:43 PM
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A double charge can kill any gun... or shooter. The guy is lucky.
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October 27th, 2005, 11:49 AM
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Compare that to a S&W or Taurus, though! Hammer it back in-round and Tig it shut, the other 5 are good to go!
 (Yes, I am kidding, but only Ruger would hold together that well after something that catastrophic) |
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October 27th, 2005, 07:48 PM
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Yikes!!
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