Kabooms! (Tons of pics)

"Much Pictured P22"

You mean the two that were pictured twice? Even if you count that as 4, Glocks, AR15's and 1911's are all represented more times than that.

I'm quite certain no overcharged shell did that to the Beretta 92...

Blowtorch or bomb maybe..?

This is where all those "budget" build AR's end up...


(yes I saw the colts, just a joke. untwist yer panties)

Very humbling to say the least. Makes me think about the fact that I screw up occasionally when I shoot my GSG-5. Many snaps instead of cracks and the weak round has always gone out the muzzle, though the action won't cycle. There has been a couple times when I have simply cycled by hand and continued firing, only to THEN stop, take a deep breath, put the gun down and ask myself what the hell I just did. I am supposed to check to make sure the barrel is empty-idiot! I am supremely lucky that I have had no squibs still in the barrel. But luck is no answer to complacency. And probably most of those pics are .22s! Haven't done that lately and the pics are a great reminder for my next outing.

On the centerfire side I was surprised to see a Browning A5 and a AMT Govt, model. Thought I was the only one that ever owned a AMT Govt. Totally unreliable, but built like a tank. I also reload, but have never had a bad round, but then, I am extremely anal about my reloads. I have had a few bad factory rounds though, so I trust my own reloads more.

I didn't want to see the words 'intercooler' and 'Kaboom' in a title. Glad they didn't involve you. Take care out there.

I don't understand the Walther issues since those aren't reloads...

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Just blew through the pix, but are not all of the Walther P22 pix with the weight compensator?

I bought a P22-ain't happy 'bout the slide material, but when doing research before buying, it seemed there was a (heavily reported?) problem with the slide contacting the weight during cycling, causing the slides to break. If memory serves, I think 'bout all the reports of slide failure I was seeing reported were from guns with the weight compensator installed?

Didn't worry 'bout it too much since I got just the plain old P22 without anything hanging off the front end.

I had a factory ammo that went kaboom. (magtech) Buying factory ammo doesn't guarantee anything.

Well I saw NO Ruger MK series but I did see the P-22 Walters. What is going on NO well made 22 LR pistol or revolver should go Ka-boom even with a blocked barrel. :banghead:

anyone know what this one is? 19th pic down, the bullpup. looks like some strange ar lower
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Fascinating pix. Two things really caught my eye. One of them was that one of the Glocks was sporting an aftermarket barrel--wonder if that was for shooting lead? Doesn't look like it helped.

The other thing I noticed is that it looks like some of the revolvers had sympathetic detonations in rounds adjacent to the one on top, or some other phenomenon that caused the brass in those charging holes to rupture.

anyone know what this one is? 19th pic down, the bullpup. looks like some strange ar lower

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Bushmaster M17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmaster_M17S

Wow, just wow... I'm only halfway through the first page.

"Handloading.....................not in and of itself dangerous.....................very unforgiving of mistakes. "

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Of the 90% he attributes to handloads, I wonder how many were :

A. Newbies with a progressive, undoubtedly recommended as absolutely mandatory and essential within their first hour on a reloading thread.

B. Someone who doesn't weigh individual charges or Inspect charged cases before seating.

C. Pistol powder in a rifle case.

D. No powder in a pistol case, followed by an otherwise normal shot.


We aren't always talking snot when we bring this stuff up, folks.

"Walther's are pretty crappy guns. The slide breaking isn't uncommon." - FIVETWOSEVEN

Hardly, sir.

Lots of P22s in there, with zero other Walthers represented. P22s are known to have had issues. The rest of the Walthers are well known for reliability. I have heard of guys having over 40,000 rounds through PPQs, since 2011, without so much as a spring replacement.

I had a squib from a box of Federal Champion 9mm, luckily I checked the barrel before firing again. Just shows you that you can have a squib even if you don't reload.

Hoping the hands those weapons exploded in ended up okay.

Not all of those were Kabooms, I'm pretty sure.
Nifty pics though. Always wondered if "bulletproof" parts are actually bulletproof.

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My fav pic for sure is the one with the stacked squibs in it. I think I counted eight?
And it looks like they still had to cut the barrel open to show the squibs.

Many of these look like squibs. I reload and use a progressive press. I do use a powder cop to check for over or undercharges. It works well particularly for my rifle cases.

kb58 said:

MachIVshooter, I agree with everything you said, but reloading is something of an exception in today's nanny culture. That is, you do have to be careful, and you do have to concentrate, and you do have to doublecheck everything. We simply aren't conditioned to do that anymore and instead expect seatbelts, airbags, welfare, insurance, and social security to handle all the responsibilites in our lives so we don't have to worry, about any activity. To see the consequence of screwing up, it scares people (used to a Disney sort of world where everything is wonderful) that such a concept of responsibility is required. The phrase seems to be summed up as, "I won't do reloading because I have to pay attention and take responsibility for my own actions. Who will I blame if things go wrong?"

We've all become soft.

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A little bit of a stretch don't you think? People don't want to reload so it is a problem with society? Reloading mishaps have always happened, we just see "more" because we have the net. People make mistakes. Some people are just downright stupid. Both conditions extend to more than reloading. It has and always will be that way.

What I took away from all of this is that plastic and aluminum held up pretty well.

Those baffle strikes make me cry!

How exactly do you get that many bullets crammed into one barrel!?

Glocks was sporting an aftermarket barrel--wonder if that was for shooting lead? Doesn't look like it helped.

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If it indicates the use of lead bullets, then it also indicates reloads... reloads that were defective. I especially liked the photo of the trapdoor Glock look.

I'm going to pass on the shooting gloves just as I pass on wearing a helmet when in I driving my car. These catastrophic KBs might happen just as a head-on collision with someone driving left of center could, but it's quite unlikely.

Before anyone says they've experienced such KBs, I'll point out I know a few folks who have been involved in horrific head-on collisions. Again, it's unlikely and I'll pass on the helmet (and the gloves).

Thanks for that link. It was indeed sobering.

Factories can and do make bad ammo too. With handloads you have better control over the QC. With factory ammo, you just have to trust the factory.

The one that really scared me is the Barrett. With 230-245gr of powder, somebody had a bad day.